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I have a new chapbook of poems called “The Codependent...

I have a new chapbook of poems called “The Codependent National Anthem.” The poems are exclusively about love, heartbreak, queer shit, and Lana Del Rey. If you know my work, you know love poems are a rarity for me - so get your hands on one of these limited edition puppies quick! They make a perfect belated Valentines Day gift for someone you have confusing emotions towards. Or a gift for yourself that’s the opposite of a Hallmark card. Available only through www.gofundme.com/6qczeg

Boysenberry

Boysenberry:

coffeeslut:

I wonder what would have happened
if your kindness was enough
for a girl like me?

If I never felt compelled
to leave you
for someone mean.

My hair would still be long,
how you liked it. Sometimes I’d free it
from its coiled bun and let it mop
our cabin floor. This is how
I’d make you laugh.

I’d eat venison. I’d have to. Learn
to love anything whose heart you could stop
beating—like you did with mine.
I’d even watch as you skinned the deer, tender,
like rolling stockings down my butter-white thighs.

There’d always be pie. I’d always be pregnant.
We’d name our daughter something wild
like Boysenberry. Our son, Grizzly.

My writing would be confined
to Christmas cards, or recipes,
or obituaries

for the lives I mourn
each time the road forks,
each time the world says
choose.

-Megan Falley puts perfectly into poem form this thing I was trying to capture here.

"The main problem I have with Men’s Rights Activists is that their name really doesn’t do them..."

“

The main problem I have with Men’s Rights Activists is that their name really doesn’t do them justice. They’re Straight Cis White Men’s Rights Activists. I have NEVER seen Men’s Rights Activists campaign for the inclusion of trans* men in their spaces.

I have NEVER seen Men’s Rights Activists campaign to end the social stigma around black fatherhood. I have NEVER seen Men’s Rights Activists campaign for better pay and equal career mobility for men of colour. I have NEVER seen Men’s Rights Activists actively campaign for more gay men’s rights. I have NEVER seen Men’s Rights Activists advise others in their group on how using f*ggot to emasculate men who aren’t part of their cause is alienating and marginalising other MEN.

I have NEVER seen Men’s Rights Activists campaign, raise awareness of, or support victims of male rape unless it’s in order to derail a discussion around female victims of rape. I have NEVER seen Men’s Rights Activists campaign, raise awareness of, or support male victims of domestic abuse unless it’s in order to derail a discussion around female victims of domestic abuse. Men’s Rights Activists are hypocrites and frauds.

They’re bitter privileged white men who don’t want to campaign for the rights of men — they want to campaign to keep their privilege unchecked and their ability to discriminate against others. If you want to be a real Men’s Rights Activist — be a fucking (intersectional) Feminist. Peace out.

”

- i flew bikes.:   (via theyellowbrickroad)

wonderdave:Megan Falley performs Conception and Retraction to...

wonderdave:

Megan Falley performs Conception and Retraction to Conception.

How do I buy the limited chapter book from the website you provided?! I want :)

Hi! Right now I am selling TWO brand new chapbooks with a promotional deal to help raise money to send me to The Woman of the World Poetry Slam.

For $20 you can get one chapbook, one 10 track downloadable CD, and one mini poem written just for you!

For $25 you can get BOTH chapbooks and all the other stuff before.

Here’s the link: http://www.gofundme.com/6qczeg

& thank you for your support!

"One male poet approached me after a performance and said, “I don’t mean to be rude, but do you ever..."

““One male poet approached me after a performance and said, “I don’t mean to be rude, but do you ever write about anything other than the struggles of women?” I replied, “I don’t mean to be rude, but take your finger off the trigger and I’ll stop.” After all, who among us ever wanted to speak about these things? What little girl dreams of growing up to write ‘rape poems?’ About violence? About the muffled voices of women worldwide?””

-  Andrea Gibson (via areyouwritingthisalldown)

Oh look! I wrote a brand new, limited edition chapbook of poems...

Oh look! I wrote a brand new, limited edition chapbook of poems called “Mental Health Day” and I even model in my swimsuit on the cover! You can get a copy (I’m only making a few, so hurry!) right here: http://www.gofundme.com/6qczeg

"If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word."

“If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word.”

- Margaret Atwood (via booksarepeopletoo)

Click here to support Send Megan Falley to WOWPS! by megan falley

Click here to support Send Megan Falley to WOWPS! by megan falley:

Hey! My name is Megan Falley and I am a poet and performer living in Brooklyn, NY. I am the author of “After the Witch Hunt” and the forthcoming “Redhead and the Slaughter King” (both published with Write Bloody Press.) My highly personal work seeks to empower women, abuse-survivors, and queer fo…

My Darlings! I am trying to raise some money to send my poetry-writing/performing tush to The Woman of the World Poetry Slam in Austin, TX! There are lots of goodies to receive per donation, including a brand-new-never-before-seen chapbook, or a show in your very own living room! Any contribution is a miracle. Thank you.

what’s better than this besides nothing.

what’s better than this besides nothing.