rebuttal

so you say you want your dick
sucked
want to fuck
the bitches and hoes
well, you’re talking about me
bro, when I say what I see
when I speak out
about the words you choose
how you use
my sisters, when I refuse
to cower before
your condemnation
implicit intimidation
explicit degradation
and no, I am not just offended,
and yes, I am just a little bit
angry,
assaulted, insulted,
pissed off and fed up
with the bullshit
I will not submit
I am sick
of the attacks so
you better backtrack
take another tack jack
examine the stack
of lies that comprise
your mind redesign
your thinking
stinking with hostility
and misogyny

 

two can play this
little word game and
I am not ashamed or
as tame
as you may believe
looks can deceive
my words achieve
power beyond shock
value shallow and hollow
I allow myself
to be defiant
will not be silent
or compliant
will not genuflect
I have self-respect
and my message is direct:
you want pussy motherfucker?
good luck
go fuck
yourself

 

Listen: Naomi Bindman performs “rebuttal”

 

Author’s Note: I wrote”rebuttal” in response to the felt-assault of hostile, racist/misogynistic rap performed in a space billed as safe and inclusive. I intend it as an explicit calling-out of frat-boy hip-hop culture, and an expression of the need for women to speak up and out ongoingly.

Naomi Bindman is an award-winning educator from Vermont. She earned her BA from Dartmouth College, and her Master’s from Harvard University. Naomi is a past president of SolarFest, a nationally known music and renewable energy education festival. She has published articles, essays and poetry in the Bennington Banner, Healing Options, VTDigger and Mothering magazine. She has just written her first book, You’re the Words I Sing: A Memoir of Song, Sorrow and Solace.

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