Braving the Waves: The Pantoum of Women

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English - March 11, 2024 14:00 - 17 minutes - 24.7 MB
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Episode Notes

Mikaela Brewer reads a poem this week for International Women's Day on March 8th, inspired by America Ferrera’s speech in the Barbie movie.

In the format of a pantoum poetic form, which repeats lines in succeeding stanzas, the contradictions women face are perpetually repeated and in conversation with each other—overlapping and taking on new meanings that simultaneously clarify and confuse, similar to how finding an answer/response to our questions opens the door of further questions.

The purpose of this is to create a safe container for the cyclical feelings of overwhelm and exhaustion to be seen, heard, and shared.

Here's an excerpt of the poem (the full written versions can now be found & read at mikbrew.substack.com!):

and don’t wait to grow old with a little selfish fear and peel back layers of beefy mould soup

and shave it shiny when you fall down & fail rudely because today we will snip the feeding tube
Listen to this week's episode to hear the full poem! If you’d like to share your moment or memory on the podcast, please head to tinyurl.com/bravingthewaves.

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