I've loved spoken-word poetry since the sleepover during my freshman year of high school when my friend showed me "Pretty" by Katie Makkai while we painted our nails light purple. Five years later, I watch Button Poetry religiously, and I even write and perform some of my own pieces. I specifically love watching pieces on topics of empowerment, resilience, and social activism. Here are a few of my absolute favorites.
1. "Pretty" by Katie Makkai
2. "Heels" by Imani Cezanne
3. "Black Boyfriend" by Dave Harris
4. "Not A Leader" by Muna Abdulahi
5. "Here" by Aman Batra
6. "9 Things I Would Like To Tell Every Teenage Girl" by Melissa Newman-Evans
7. "When The Fat Girl Gets Skinny" by Blythe Baird
8. "Abuela Disciplines Dominican Drake" by Noel Quiñones
9. "Ten Responses To The Phrase 'Man Up'" by Guante
10. "OCD" by Neil Hilborn
11. "Shrinking Women" by Lily Myers
14. "Dear Straight People" by Denice Frohman
15. "You Can't Have My Culture" by Kito Fortune & Aman Batra
16. "Relapse" by Blythe Baird
17. "Why We Dance" by Dave Harris
18. "21" by Patrick Roche
19. "10 Honest Thoughts On Being Loved By A Skinny Boy" by Rachel Wiley
20. "Like Totally Whatever" by Melissa Lozada-Oliva
21. "Friend Zone" by Dylan Garity
22. "Weighing My Worth" by Beck Cooper & Jim Dulin
23. "Art Major v. Derrick" by Cy Ferguson
24. "Fat Girl" by Megan Falley
25. "Explaining My Depression To My Mother" by Sabrina Benaim
26. "To The Boys Who May One Day Date My Daughter" by Jesse Parent
27. "Skirt Steak Girls" by Blythe Baird
28. "Mom" by Alyesha Wise & Aman Batra
29. "Word Choice" by Imani Cezanne
30. "Mother Loves Me" by Arvind Nandakumar
31. "I Don't Have An Anxiety Problem" by Aman Batra
32. "For Colored Girls (The Missy Elliot Poem)" by Ashlee Haze
33. "My Name" by Yesika Salgado & Aman Batra
34. "For Teenage Girls" by Clementine Von Radics
35. "Pocket-Sized Feminism" by Blythe Baird
36. "Shiv" by Rachel McKibbens
37. "Yet Another Rape Poem" by Blythe Baird
38. "Too Big" by Beck Cooper
39. "The Help" by Ashlee Haze
40. "Girl Code 101" by Blythe Baird
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