“There is simply no room in my womb for your party to meet my fallopian tubes.”
We introduce you to: Theresa Davis.
Theresa Davis: the poet.
Theresa Davis: the teacher.
And, now, Theresa Davis: the feminist queen.
A video, which has just been released, shows Theresa performing her poem – “What to Do When a Politician Tries to Fall Into Your Vagina Feet First” – at the 2015 Women of the World Poetry Slam.
Theresa addressed her fierce poem to the anti-abortion activists and politicians who attempt regulate and legislate women’s bodies.
We can’t count the number of times her words had us fist-pumping the air and vigorously nodding our heads in agreement, because no one has a way with words quite like Theresa.
“My body is not yours to pump, lobby or legislate,” dictates Theresa.
“What’s fucked up here is I understand your God complex…but I’m thinkin’ that if your God really wanted you in my pants, He’d have made you…me.”
Oh, yes Theresa. Yes.
We promise you, this poem will be the best 3 minutes and 7 seconds of your day.
Watch the video here:
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The only thing 'tone apart' in the context of abortion is the little life in utero. Sorry. As an anti abortion woman my ideological position is uneffected by this woman's poem.
Agreed. I'm on the fence about abortion, mainly because (as far as I know) no-one in my inner circle has ever had one so it's never been made an issue.
But this poem did nothing to sway me either way.
It's really not that hard to for a sec imagine being a woman and getting pregnant and not wanting to be. Then imagine being in that position and having limited options, not wanting to go through labour and adopting it out (why the heck should you ?) and wanting an abortion. I can VERY SAFELY SAY that if men were able to have kids this abortion thing would not be an issue at all and it would be widely and freely available and there would not be any debate.........don't call me out, it would be a GIVEN.
Just watched the video, went straight to the comments with this one as I knew there would be some "good" ones.
What a fantastic feminist Ms Davis is, she made ALL the points you need in this debate and anyone too privileged to understand them or does not think she has any good arguments (??) is just plain pathetic and really does not deserve their (as Ms davis put it) God complex.
If i was to make some slam poetry and state repeatedly that the unborn child's life is more important than the mothers freedom of choice, would that be tearing apart the pro-choice activists?
Okay, so you like the poetry of someone who agrees with your ideology, makes sense.
What i can't see is how it tears apart the anti-abortion activists? It doesn't particularly make any good arguments, only 'you're not invited' and other comments like that.
But that's just it; only the person whose body it is, is invited to have any influence or say-so, i.e. not those who wish to impose their very specific beliefs on another person, for a decision that will not impact the imposer in the slightest, but will materially and dramatically change the person being imposed upon, forever.
Well no one is invited to my medical choices apart from me
Yes, but how does saying that in a poem tear apart anti-abortion activists?
Covers all the bs arguments in a witty way
Even you gotta admit it was catchier than my body my choice