"For the suburban queers who only have tumblr to not feel alone in the world" No, I'm not crying, my eyes are just sweating.
@elizabethe.4789
10 жыл бұрын
SAME that line got me
@elizabethe.4789
10 жыл бұрын
in fact my eyes just ran like 7 miles damn they really are sweating
@greenday1310
10 жыл бұрын
Elizabeth Escamilla Yeah, it sucks living somewhere where you have no one to talk to about that kind of stuff, especially when you're trying to figure things out yourself and you're drowning in your own confusion. Oh, well...
@elizabethe.4789
10 жыл бұрын
Anna T. I feel that way too. The internet has helped me a lot in learning and feeling less alone. Maybe we can talk! my tumblr is clarityinvulgarity if you would like to message me.
@greenday1310
10 жыл бұрын
Elizabeth Escamilla ok.
@celesteramirez4720
8 жыл бұрын
"This is from my ten year old daughter, who stood up to the other kids when they called her friend gay. She said mom, they said it like it was a bad thing."
@Rachel-og8jy
10 жыл бұрын
"Oppression is a loud room and sometimes we can't hear our own pulse." That is more poetic than anything I've ever read in class.
@courtneyverhage346
10 жыл бұрын
"Poets are cheaper than college". I live it!
@anaschroeder31
10 жыл бұрын
As a 14 year old girl who's confused as hell about her sexuality because she likes boys a lot and has been with boys, but gets butterflies when talking to girls this made me feel not alone. Thank you
@elizabethe.4789
10 жыл бұрын
I love the internet for allowing beautiful connections like these to exist. Ana, I promise you that the journey to finding yourself is never 100% over, but always 100% worth it.
@anaschroeder31
10 жыл бұрын
Thank you all for your comments. These make me feel so much better and confident in my sexuality. Thank you for helping a random stranger find comfort
@eddawodort1013
6 жыл бұрын
Ana Schroeder God bless you
@littlemonalisaliar
10 жыл бұрын
I started sobbing when she talked about her daughter when she said, "Mom, they said it like it was a bad thing."
@700britt
9 жыл бұрын
"Mom, they said it like it was a bad thing"
@rrnn6881
7 жыл бұрын
This line makes me cry every. time. this poem is so powerful and beautiful and resonant. yus.
@fanaticgirlanon8549
9 жыл бұрын
My Mom is a lesbian and happily engaged to a wonderful woman and yet she tells me if I was gay she would cry. Because of every judgemental look she had ever gotten on the street. But it doesn't seem that way to me. My bisexuality is more like a ball and chain because if I came out I'd never be able to go out. Sleepovers wouldn't be part of my vocabulary. Because she wants to protect me from doing something I'd regret. But how am I ever going to live if life is a series of choices? All of my choices taken away from like she is baby proofing my way through life. How am I ever going to find myself if she covers my eyes? I wasn't allowed to go to my best friends house any more because she had a crush on me. I was only allowed to go out with guy friend's if they were gay. My Mother has been through a lot that I do not know of and maybe I am just bitching my way through adolescence but I want to be trusted to not think of people as opportunities.
@TigerPrawn_
9 жыл бұрын
fanaticgirlanon That must be so hard for you. Break free, show her that nowadays, it has got better. Be yourself and don't let anyone stop you even if you love them and they love you. peace x
@Ameliamaemay1990
10 жыл бұрын
Cried. I loved the line about having to get drunk to kiss girls....I've been there but five years sober makes it harder because now when I wanna kiss them I have to admit I actually wanted to...
@laurenkayel136
11 жыл бұрын
"for the suburban queers who only have tumblr to not feel alone in the world"
@jessicaseguin9160
9 жыл бұрын
Wow, I'm so glad I'm not the only one who's had to learn all of this stuff by themselves. It gives me hope and makes me want to come out and wear my bisexuality on my sleeve.
@cwaey25
9 жыл бұрын
LGBTQIA! "For the Q, for the I, for the A, HEEEYYY!!" FUCK IT UP!
@OutlanderImagination
10 жыл бұрын
Woah. I adore Lauren Zuniga and while I was a bit wish-washy at the beginning, I was in love at the end, especially when she started listing people and said "For the Q" because so many people don't acknowledge that Queer is a sexuality. Her tears with the "creating a safe space for me to fuck it up" was gorgeous also.
@kipsoucie1745
10 жыл бұрын
"the suburban queers who only have tumblr to not feel alone in the world,"
@rkrockproductions
9 жыл бұрын
I've listened to this poem over 10 times yet I still manage to tear up ever time. Shoutout to all of the other "suburban queers who only have tumblr to not feel alone in this world". We'll get through it :)
@airohtheenby
8 жыл бұрын
As an agender greypansexual panromantic teen living in a small town, I needed this, thank you!
@familyguy578
8 жыл бұрын
what
@horsecrazy2266
8 жыл бұрын
+Rodolfo Garcia Uhm. I think two of them mean doesn't identify with a gender and loves everyone
@talytasbarcelos
8 жыл бұрын
Agender greypansexual panromantic. That is kind of me too! Thanks!
@totalweirdo8538
8 жыл бұрын
+Rodolfo Garcia Agender= not identifying with any gender at all, Greypansexual= only only experiencing sexual attraction under specific circumstances but feeling it for any gender when it is felt, Panromantic= experiencing romantic attraction for all genders.
@horsecrazy2266
8 жыл бұрын
TotalWeirdo thanks!!
@TheSvnoyi
9 жыл бұрын
I love this poem, but one thing that always hits me is Luther Bageese(? Mcgee?) I wonder if Lauren was able to find them. I hope she was because the pain in her voice at that one moment was absolutely heart wrenching for me.
@horsecrazy2266
8 жыл бұрын
This is for every straight person here who still thinks they are completely and totally straight wowie
@eminek8526
8 жыл бұрын
What
@horsecrazy2266
8 жыл бұрын
tylerrjoseph That was a line in the poem. It's talking about how a lot of bisexuals think, at first, that they would never ever like someone of the same gender. Then one day, they do, and it's really confusing
@eminek8526
8 жыл бұрын
+horsecrazy2266 the word 'every' is in a way offensive because believe it or not there are straight people who are "still" straight and will always be
@horsecrazy2266
8 жыл бұрын
tylerrjoseph i know. 1, it was a line in the poem. 2, the meaning of the word straight here was an implication that some of those people aren't actually straight
@UknownAgain
8 жыл бұрын
+tylerrjoseph It was a strike back at people who say bisexual are secretly all straight/gay.
@quinn1222
10 жыл бұрын
This is the first slam poem to make me cry, thank you so much for speaking the words that needed to be said
@TigerPrawn_
9 жыл бұрын
Quinn Casey Oh there are so many more out there. Or maybe it's just me being an emotionally sensitive person?! peace x
@quinn1222
9 жыл бұрын
Hi kat yes this is quinn
@quinn1222
9 жыл бұрын
*****
@MegaOtaku777
9 жыл бұрын
As someone who is confident in my asexuality but still question romantic attraction, who has had more crushes on girls than boys but doesn't have enough confidence to stray from the "straight" and narrow, this really helps. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one struggling with trying to find myself. :)
@TigerPrawn_
9 жыл бұрын
MegaOtaku777 Don't be so attached to labels, is what I say, be unapologetically you and don't feel you need to define yourself as anything other than 'Me' (or 'human', which is what we all are when it comes down to it)! Go with the flow my friend :) peace x
@MegaOtaku777
9 жыл бұрын
***** Thank you. :)
@AmaraOmShazadi
8 жыл бұрын
This was phenomenal. Lauren- you're awesome.
@Uniklymade1
9 жыл бұрын
I still have that lump in my throat. Tears, tears
@LilyCraven1
9 жыл бұрын
I just sat and cried. gosh darn it.
@idodaredisturbtheuniverse684
7 жыл бұрын
I found this poem over 4 years ago, when I was a baby gay trying to figure shit out. It was massively helpful then, and "the world is problematic, please fuck it up" still rattles around my head a lot. Thank you
@MicroCass
8 жыл бұрын
Well, fuck.
@MsEliras
10 жыл бұрын
i cried like a baby at the end
@alyxpierce1558
10 жыл бұрын
That Bible Study line hit me. That's totally me.
@danaross3090
9 жыл бұрын
this is one of the first poems to actually make me cry... wow.
@artistsComplex
10 жыл бұрын
This is an important poem in many ways. I am also afraid to fuck things up and I just want to learn...
@NovletteRathbone
11 жыл бұрын
I think you are one hell of a poet even if you don't think you are, that piece was f@cking amazing... And I am glad and hope that they did teach you the right Transgender 101 bc there are so many Trans 101's lol I happen to be on page 200 under ST* Trans 101 that doesn't fit in either world so I'm f@ckin shit up every where! lmfao! And went through myself one of those hard times you mentioned... Glad I can write you still today. Mess. me sometime doll. Thanks for saying that. ;-)
@nebraskajones9736
11 жыл бұрын
so many quotable lines in here. bisexual discrimination is an unfortunate aspect of LGBTQ culture. this poem is pure gold!
@Yellowducky665
9 жыл бұрын
This was AMAZING
@mariarathje6580
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this, this is amazing. I hope you're well somewhere in the world
@ShanLaShow
10 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, Lauren.
@SmartBlonde250
9 жыл бұрын
This gave some major goosebumps.
@tashalouise4380
10 жыл бұрын
thank you, lauren. thank you for sharing. learning not to be 'conveniently straight' taught me a lot. i cry so much at 'mom, they said it like it was a bad thing' every time. god damn i can't share this enough. i can't thank you enough.
@kittore63
10 жыл бұрын
Is your profile picture the fucking AJJ cat? If so I love you.
@talytasbarcelos
8 жыл бұрын
I learned some words too. It's awesome
@Frog869
11 жыл бұрын
got such a lump in my throat
@rurugby
10 жыл бұрын
This poem is awesome live, and to me even more amazing on paper. So, so many amazing poets referenced.
@lindsay4254
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@readwritedream
10 жыл бұрын
unashamed to say this made me cray actual tears. thank you.
@markk8588
10 жыл бұрын
this is good.
@kafkaseyebrows
9 жыл бұрын
the most beautiful slam poetry I've ever heard esp the line about your daughter and tumblr.
@waikatoref
10 жыл бұрын
wow that made me cry, that was beautiful!
@hayllie515
8 жыл бұрын
this is so powerful. thank you.
@chloedeffenbaugh5198
10 жыл бұрын
Wow, this hit me on several levels. It, this poem was amazing.
@cadettelove
11 жыл бұрын
I don't think she's saying that in an offensive/dismissive way at all! She's expressing how unwilling many people feel with their sexualities, so much to the extent they have convinced themselves they feel a certain way in order to not have to address their own sexual/gender identification, or even the slight inkling or curiosity to try out something new. At least that's how I interpreted it!
@Kenzi24
11 жыл бұрын
can i just say i don't like the whole, "this is for every straight person here who still thinks they're completely and totally straight." it's like me saying, "for every person here who 'thinks' they're gay." all sarcastically. you can't be self-righteous because you're bisexual or gay like that somehow means more than being straight. i just hate that and i've heard countless poets say things like that. if you want respect, give respect.
@trumpettcry
10 жыл бұрын
that was beautiful
@dianalovato8605
10 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for writing this :') the first poem that I've actually cried while listening to because its made me not feel so alone.
@briankelly4328
11 жыл бұрын
This is the first video that Ive seen that doesnt have one dislike. Not. One. 521 likes and 13,500 views, and not one dislike.
@TheRatLover1
11 жыл бұрын
is it bad that i want her to shut up because i dont want a poem that describes how im feeling at the moment??
@MsLuckyMe16
11 жыл бұрын
"for the suburban queers who only have tumblr to not feel alone in the world"
@shug010
11 жыл бұрын
thanks youtube for making poetry education available to everyone with internet!
@chestermore4509
10 жыл бұрын
All of the feels, absolutely all of them. That was fucking amazing
@Gailsla10
9 жыл бұрын
I'm so privileged to have such understanding friends and to be surrounded with amazing and supportive people it was so hard to accept myself I guess that's why it surprised me when other people did it so easily I was so scared I'm still so fucking scared to tell my own family I mean blood's supposed to be thicker than water but I don't even know anymore
@elover8
11 жыл бұрын
Putting words too something I've felt for a long time now.
@tarakeane7509
11 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is amazing. I don't have enough words to say how much I love this but there was no fucking up in this poem, not that I could see.
@undavefined
11 жыл бұрын
holy fucking shit. well done, human. i love your soul.
@livharrington9039
5 жыл бұрын
Why am I crying so much I relate TOO much
@reemah9
10 жыл бұрын
"poets are cheaper than college"
@lo373
7 жыл бұрын
i broke down so hard i couldn't breathe
@MuckyPuddleDuckling
11 жыл бұрын
"The world is problematic; Please, fuck it up."
@FashionablePoison
11 жыл бұрын
Possible the most beautiful thing I've ever heard.
@nikitantuma5596
7 жыл бұрын
This is an inspirational message and served to educate me.
@soyeahimlaura
10 жыл бұрын
So many chills. So good.
@leilae.1949
11 жыл бұрын
I wish I'd had all the smart words then.
@emilynahanee
10 жыл бұрын
this is pretty fucking great
@alinamichelle2531
7 жыл бұрын
she looks like she doesn't bathe
@julisie14
11 жыл бұрын
everything about this is perfect.
@madelynvoltz4343
11 жыл бұрын
"Poetry is cheaper than college."
@alexweston2732
6 жыл бұрын
WE ARE HEARE ! WE ARE BI WE AR PROUD
@huntermeek7450
8 жыл бұрын
yassssssss queen! this needed to be said hun
@haggisa
11 жыл бұрын
This was fucking beautiful.
@MirandalovefourC
11 жыл бұрын
hits home indeed. thankyou
@JeanetteLeBlanc
12 жыл бұрын
damn. damn. damn. amazing.
@Viilja
10 жыл бұрын
Soooo freaking good!!
@nickilovesdogs8137
8 жыл бұрын
What an amazing girl.
@TheAABproductions
10 жыл бұрын
NO IM NOT CRYING
@pinkpanda202
11 жыл бұрын
this is so perfect.
@TheAmazingEllen
11 жыл бұрын
This is wonderful.
@emrau3438
7 жыл бұрын
Wow this is good
@emhsongs
11 жыл бұрын
Fucking spot on
@neha_dustlight
10 жыл бұрын
AMAZINGGG! I had goosebumps. absolutely love it. :) .
@JBabyLeather
10 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@JollyDenise
11 жыл бұрын
@mattyj5751
11 жыл бұрын
Like x 1,000
@nicoleswirl8769
11 жыл бұрын
@laurendelaney2094
11 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@Redheadrachelm
7 жыл бұрын
Superb.
@lalanahastalanausea
11 жыл бұрын
wow.
@issabee7743
6 жыл бұрын
Stone Butch Blues is an amazing book though. Everyone should read it (and be prepared to cry).
@daniellehudak248
10 жыл бұрын
that was amazing! I hope that everyone that sees this also sees your bravery and your strength...I loved it, and I hope to see more from you Lauren....
@empathee07
11 жыл бұрын
Oh my god, Lauren, This is so beautiful! Thank you for your wonderful honesty
@SunnyHusky
7 жыл бұрын
brought me to tears... sometimes we need to borrow other people's words to really figure out what we're trying to say. thank you
@leighcharping7502
11 жыл бұрын
"Mom, they said it like it was a bad thing" ... I always cry when she says that.
@jshal2012
11 жыл бұрын
Thank you Lauren! from a 66 year old 'straight' guy ;-), made me cry!
@recklesstenacity
11 жыл бұрын
I really gotta stop falling in love with poets on the Internet....
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