Erin Schick - Identity: A Love Story

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Erin Schick, performing at WoWPS 2016 in Brooklyn, NY.
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[@xnlx9748]

"I know I'm most aware of myself as broken, when someone else is holding me together"

[@KirstenKingMe]

That's what I was going to say! You stole me thunder lol

[@laurenmitchell3593]

"Refusing to blame my body for things it does not do." --- Love this line. THIS is the kind of culture-changing poetry we need!!

[@wildgr33n]

Lauren Mitchell i struggled with that until i found the ace community at 23..

[@m.morevna8901]

"Call my shame betrayal of a dead woman and me traitor to the gender I leave behind. No one asks if I'm positive I want to be having it, if I'm positive mopping the kitchen floor is a better use of my time." Someone put my feelings into better and more powerful words. Amen to this entire poem, what a work of ace art.

[@Kiwimango95]

Such a beautiful poem! This is one of the few asexual poems I've ever heard and I appreciate it so much, thank you. My identity is enough. Amazing

[@krystina55478]

do you have links to any others? this is the first one i've seen!

[@Kiwimango95]

I wish there were more but unfortunately I've only seen a few and you can find them all if you search asexual poem! I'm so thankful for representation like this, I wish there was more of it!!

[@mickeciaa2335]

💕

[@jessicaclones4574]

i started sobbing probably 30 seconds in. this is so important. so much of it resonates with me. i needed to hear this.

[@EveVL]

I was so not ready for this!! This is seriously one of the best poems I've ever heard!!!

[@stah841]

I know I like to be alone, a lot. I know I am most aware of my self as broken when someone else is holding me together.

[@LoraK31]

Endless chills.

[@lo373]

i love so much that this is categorized in "Love Poems" in Button's yt page

[@totalweirdo8538]

FUCK YEAH! I've experienced so much hate from 'sex positive' groups/people/whatever, but the thing about sex positivity is about having as much OR AS LITTLE sex as you want.

[@miriamkaruga]

I have yet to hear something so beautiful and relatable!

[@BlazeTheFierce]

I definitely needed this in my life. It's beautiful and really strikes the core of what it feels like to be asexual. There are so few poems on the topic so it really is such a gem!

[@giannareeve2529]

love the tone and ace visibility

[@abbyplace2560]

"Positive that there is a part of me not defined by violence, or confusion or shame" damn

[@nooneknows2686]

This is beautiful it makes me hopeful and scared at the same time thank you.

[@jamesheath2394]

Thanks.

[@nathaliearntsen2080]

Thank you

[@KirstenKingMe]

I couldn't call myself queer unless I felt the way everyone said I should. I love this and therefore you💜

[@YINYANGWINDS]

THANK YOU!!!! I identify as Asexual an people don't understand and you just put my whole life into beautiful words THANK YOU

[@sorereasons]

I loved the words "corrective rape" hadn't heard it before. Amazing choice of words.

[@ang3licfire843]

Same, I thought I made that up in my head .♥️💞

[@lucatruex7303]

this is so beautiful

[@CYPRESSHIRAETH]

gorgeous

[@Custom_Cosmic]

Powerful

[@lscocloud]

this needs more views and likes

[@lehlogonolomashao3933]

amazinggg

[@markwylie8357]

ace pride!

[@accordingtobaily]

This is the most powerful poem I have found about asexuality yet this is amazing

[@jabareywells6815]

Damn.

[@MCPerez]

now that is a decleration at its finest through spoken word wow

[@CMcm428]

#deep