Sabrina Benaim - Congratulations! It's a Girl!

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  • Опубліковано 3 гру 2014
  • Sabrina Benaim was our amazing feature poet on December 1st at the Vancouver Poetry Slam. This is Sabrina's poem Congratulations! It's a Girl!
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  • @hyperactivegenie
    @hyperactivegenie 9 років тому +614

    "Girl has spent an eternity attempting to return your rib."

  • @momcat2223
    @momcat2223 8 років тому +891

    "See, Girl doesn't want you to fight her battles for her; Girl wants you to be one less person she has to fight."
    :::snaps fingers:::

  • @carringtonjones4532
    @carringtonjones4532 8 років тому +218

    "Rest in peace, Mufasa." FUCKING DYING I LOVE HER

  • @alphadawgxx
    @alphadawgxx 7 років тому +321

    I adore how when she starts doing the A B C D, she's using sign language for the letters. It's the little things

  • @janhabimukherjee4088
    @janhabimukherjee4088 9 років тому +346

    This addresses almost every stereotype that has ever disturbed me about females, all through my life.
    Thank you.

  • @shay8518
    @shay8518 8 років тому +259

    i couldn't help but notice she used sign language when she was saying the "A,B,C" points @ 2:35 I've never seen anyone do that before, her hand gestures draw me in for some reason she captures some of her words with movements not everyone does that. shes great.

    • @totalweirdo8538
      @totalweirdo8538 8 років тому +3

      Oh, that's amazing, I didn't realise because I use a different translation but kudos to her!

  • @JamieHung5201314
    @JamieHung5201314 9 років тому +91

    I'm obsessed with her poetry readings. She's amazing in every poetry competition!

  • @lizreagan1643
    @lizreagan1643 7 років тому +526

    Congratulations! It's a girl!
    Girl is pink balloons, crinoline dress, polka dots, and barbie dolls.
    Vanilla birthday cake with sprinkles, great big icing roses, and, "blow out the candles, princess."
    See, Girl's name means princess, princess means daddy's little girl, means end of the family line, means Girl will be given away.
    See, Girl is gift.
    Girl is gift wrapped burden, teeth veiled in wedding dress white, floss, face wash, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, luffa.
    I don't even use my luffa; I just like to say the word luffa.
    Blow dryer, bobby pins, makeup.
    I mean, Girl woke up like this!
    Girl, please.
    See, Girl wants you to tell her she looks damn good because Girl looks damn good.
    Don't I look damn good?
    See, Girl is selfie, as in she can do it by her selfie.
    Am I right ladies? Trick question; Girl is always right.
    Girl knows how to make you think it was your idea, inception.
    Girl is too much.
    Girl thinks she is so funny.
    Girl is so funny.
    Girl is laughing with you and at you because girl is indecisive.
    But Girl knows exactly what she doesn't want.
    See, Girl doesn't want you to fight her battles for her, Girl wants you to be one less person she has to fight.
    Girl learns early, she'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar.
    Girl's honey is gold, but they say her silence is golden.
    Girl is a language lost in translation.
    Girl is talk, talk, talk, talking, talk less, girl?
    Practice sitting proper as a place setting?
    Set the table, cook the food, tidy the house?
    Girl is a good girl.
    Girl only gets dirty for a good, clean man.
    Or woman.
    Or humans who identify as humans.
    Or the holy spirit, preach!
    Girl is the pledge of lemon fresh sheets washed and tucked in all four corners.
    Girl is on all fours.
    Girl, why you think it's okay to to be treated like K9 show dog, sit pretty, come down off your hind legs, take off those high heels.
    Trying to make yourself taller?
    Wrong way, Girl, grow smaller, shrink back into your chrysalis, reemerge boy if you want to stand erect.
    Let's get one this straight.
    A, Girl is not soft.
    B, Girl likes soft things, Girl has soft parts.
    C, except when Girl likes hard things.
    D, yeah, I'm talking bout dicks, but Girl doesn't need you because Girl has spare batteries.
    Girl is float like a butterfly, sting like a... bee? Well, bees die after they sting, so sting like a wasp. Be wasp, Girl.
    See, Girl isn't trying to hurt your feelings, Girl is trying to understand why you are trying to hurt her feels.
    Girl has so many feelings.
    Girl is full blown crying on her couch, watching The Lion King-rest in peace Mufasa
    See, you don't even know girl.
    You call her things like baby, sweetie, honey, bitch.
    Call her by name.
    Girl is mother, life giver, Girl has spent an eternity attempting to return your rib.
    Girl is creator.
    What hasn't Girl done for you?
    She opened her legs and introduced you to this world.
    Has Girl heard you say thank you yet today?
    Say it, say "thank you."
    Say, "you look damn good."
    Aw, you're welcome.

  • @catherinemaestas6192
    @catherinemaestas6192 6 років тому +32

    "Girl is laughing with you and at you because girl is indecisive."

  • @tabithaking19
    @tabithaking19 9 років тому +280

    I saw your poem on depression, a conversation with your mom and I really connected with it. So I decided to watch your others and they're all brilliant. Thank you!

  • @lydsk-w345
    @lydsk-w345 8 років тому +46

    "A" "B" "C" in ASL. Loved it!!

  • @skylarjayy7405
    @skylarjayy7405 8 років тому +59

    "rest in peace mufasa" lmao

  • @metamorph1373
    @metamorph1373 8 років тому +73

    It took me WAY too long to figure out what "spare batteries" was supposed to mean. This is why I love this girl. She's a riot!

    • @hugofrota
      @hugofrota 7 років тому

      i didn't get it yet :p could you explain it to me, please?

    • @hugofrota
      @hugofrota 7 років тому

      hahaha thanks!

    • @lynleymarie9623
      @lynleymarie9623 6 років тому

      Metamorph à

  • @gigibeal
    @gigibeal 7 років тому +11

    "Because girl is indecisive" *You got that right fam*

  • @k.b.9464
    @k.b.9464 8 років тому +19

    sabrina's poems always amaze me!

  • @bridmairead
    @bridmairead 9 років тому +122

    Am I right Ladies?, trick question, girl is always right

  • @ElloryZossum
    @ElloryZossum 8 років тому +31

    I cannot get over her

  • @SageAMalik
    @SageAMalik 8 років тому +19

    From her video of depression she's gotten so confident and beautiful light and happy. It so great to see that progress

  • @leynalouise5329
    @leynalouise5329 8 років тому +28

    girl wants to be told she looks damn good because she looks damn good

  • @kyms5496
    @kyms5496 7 років тому +21

    This left me smiling. :) I LOVE YOU SABRINA!!

  • @lmack34
    @lmack34 7 років тому +17

    this poem is so pure i love it

  • @bqwadseertg
    @bqwadseertg 7 років тому +3

    Sabrina is and will always be one of my favorite female poets. I love everything she does

  • @whatever7730
    @whatever7730 8 років тому +14

    omgg she is amazing i love her

  • @kazzolshrestha1255
    @kazzolshrestha1255 8 років тому +27

    i literally have watched this over 1000 times and still not over it.

  • @seekinginnertruth
    @seekinginnertruth 9 років тому +7

    So many good lines in this poem.

  • @devinana2413
    @devinana2413 7 років тому +5

    i LOVE HER OMG

  • @samanthapavnick1847
    @samanthapavnick1847 6 років тому +2

    I love her so much

  • @enigmath
    @enigmath 9 років тому +4

    she's truly amazing.

  • @DragonflyHeart2
    @DragonflyHeart2 8 років тому +4

    One of my favorite poets

  • @Kristina5652
    @Kristina5652 8 років тому +219

    "good clean man... or woman... or humans who identify as humans"
    yayy nb peeps

  • @unicorngod423_4
    @unicorngod423_4 6 років тому +1

    God I swear every poem I listen to from her I love her more and more Sabrina is life 😍😍

  • @wickedly4
    @wickedly4 9 років тому +2

    she's amazing i love her

  • @Diamondhamster
    @Diamondhamster 9 років тому +2

    That was one of the best pieces I've heard all month! :D

  • @whatever1086
    @whatever1086 9 років тому +1

    she's so perfect i love her omg

  • @tiktoks3773
    @tiktoks3773 8 років тому +2

    Omg i loooooove sabrina ❣❣❣

  • @jessartist25
    @jessartist25 6 років тому

    One of my fav poems from her💗

  • @nikki5095
    @nikki5095 6 років тому +2

    you are truly an exceptional poet. Thank you so much for sharing your work.

  • @MinniMouseLuver143
    @MinniMouseLuver143 9 років тому +1

    Yas girl! Can't love this anymore than I already do!

  • @alanietawavu5241
    @alanietawavu5241 9 років тому +5

    ahaha! this is really good stuff 😂 love listening to all your poems!!!

  • @idrial12345Flash
    @idrial12345Flash 8 років тому +2

    simply outstanding

  • @roniboni___
    @roniboni___ 6 років тому

    This is officially my Fav poem by sabrina

  • @letsdiscoverrealities2794
    @letsdiscoverrealities2794 7 років тому +1

    so much touchy it was ❤

  • @sleepisfortheweak1
    @sleepisfortheweak1 9 років тому +1

    I love her and what she does

  • @viviansushi2069
    @viviansushi2069 6 років тому +4

    "Rest In Peace mufasa," I died

  • @Sparkes97
    @Sparkes97 7 років тому +4

    sassy, truth bombs and comedy. love this

  • @marwakobeissi6288
    @marwakobeissi6288 6 років тому

    thiiiiis issss amaziiiinngggg. sabrina is soooo cuteee and such an amazing poetttt. my favvvvvv

  • @pascal_case
    @pascal_case 7 років тому +1

    She's my favorite.

  • @Linzipinz
    @Linzipinz 7 років тому +1

    love this!

  • @shelbyteresak
    @shelbyteresak 8 років тому +3

    fuckin masterpiece

  • @bonnie5076
    @bonnie5076 6 років тому +3

    Girl is crying on her couch watching the Lion King *whispers* Rest in Peace Mufasa

  • @heyy6823
    @heyy6823 6 років тому

    She’s perfect!

  • @bowtiesarecool7062
    @bowtiesarecool7062 7 років тому

    I got chills

  • @tifanyeldridge5969
    @tifanyeldridge5969 6 років тому +2

    she's so adorable 😁😁

  • @scottweatherby6896
    @scottweatherby6896 9 років тому

    Nothing short of excellence.

  • @arielg7393
    @arielg7393 9 років тому +2

    I really like this one :)

  • @naomiselvan4702
    @naomiselvan4702 7 років тому

    i love thisss

  • @shruti8271
    @shruti8271 5 років тому

    loved it
    ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @artijerai5267
    @artijerai5267 4 роки тому

    I love her!!! She is my girl crush.😍😍

  • @jodigood5427
    @jodigood5427 9 років тому +1

    beautiful

  • @edwardjones2202
    @edwardjones2202 9 років тому +2

    Paul Dirac, the great Quantum Physicist, once reporached a colleague for his interest in poetry.
    The colleague, baffled, asked why.
    Dirac responded: the job of a scientist is to take difficult things which nobody understands and make them as easily understood as possible, the job of a poet is the exact opposite.
    Case in point.

    • @CDLatin
      @CDLatin 8 років тому

      You don't get it. If you think love or oppression or truth are simple you don't really understand

    • @edwardjones2202
      @edwardjones2202 8 років тому

      +chris latin
      you're kind of missing the point because Dirac made it in a slightly flippant way for the sake of. elegance. so the point is that poets, artists and literary types wallow in paradox and mystification whereas scientists try to achieve as much clarity and rigour as possible.
      Sometimes this rigour requires not saying anything where complexity bars knowledge.
      Case in point, your comment about "love" not being simple. To the extent we know anything about love it is simple. To the extent it is not simple, we don't know anything.
      In science, there is plenty that is known that is not simple. In the subject matter you mentioned, what is known is simple, and what is not known and yet still spoken about is mystification.

    • @CDLatin
      @CDLatin 8 років тому

      Edward Jones What was this conversation even about?

    • @edwardjones2202
      @edwardjones2202 8 років тому

      Poetry = Waffle?

    • @angelicahernandez9565
      @angelicahernandez9565 8 років тому

      your logic is sound haha

  • @ilovemyfam928
    @ilovemyfam928 6 років тому

    Incredible

  • @jamielexapro1250
    @jamielexapro1250 7 років тому +3

    Float like a butterfly
    Sting like a wasp

  • @moderenprincess
    @moderenprincess 9 років тому

    This lady. I like her

  • @danimoore4888
    @danimoore4888 7 років тому +4

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YOU FUKING QUEEN.

  • @emillyneary763
    @emillyneary763 6 років тому

    that was fucking amazing. thank you for sharing it!

  • @jacobceniceros1777
    @jacobceniceros1777 6 років тому +1

    Wow

  • @HaidieS
    @HaidieS 8 років тому +2

    I'm in love with you, Sabrina.

  • @havsgdvbehrbwiwibuvwycdup9453
    @havsgdvbehrbwiwibuvwycdup9453 9 років тому +1

    I love you so much cx :3

  • @aileenvazquez3927
    @aileenvazquez3927 5 років тому

    “Girl is not trying to hurt your feelings, girl is trying to understand why are you trying to hurt her feelings”...

  • @madisonmcconnell7481
    @madisonmcconnell7481 8 років тому +1

    I really liked your explaining my depression to my mother but I don't like the other ones :(

  • @darlenelane1719
    @darlenelane1719 6 років тому

    Girl is indecisive but she knows what she doesn't want

  • @006122107
    @006122107 7 років тому +2

    Does anyone know where can I find it transcribed? English is not my mother tongue and there are some parts that I couldn't understand only by listening to. Thank you!

  • @sophiecrabtree311
    @sophiecrabtree311 6 років тому +6

    Sting like a bee... well bees die after they sting.. so sting like a wasp

  • @AshleyMullinsBookz4Nerdz
    @AshleyMullinsBookz4Nerdz 9 років тому +6

    Is there a way to get the script for this piece?

    • @MorgonBranning
      @MorgonBranning 9 років тому +1

      Ashley Mullins Write it down.

    • @momcat2223
      @momcat2223 8 років тому +1

      +Ashley Mullins I transcribed "Reasons" - your turn! =0)

    • @ela_robles
      @ela_robles 8 років тому +10

      +Ashley Mullins I got you, girl.
      (I might've messed up the parts when she lists the stuff, but I tried my best!)
      Congratulations! It's a girl!
      Girl is pink balloons, crinoline dress, polka dots, AND Barbie dolls. Vanilla Birthday cake WITH sprinkles, great big icing roses, and "Blow out the candles, princess."
      See, girl's name means Princess. Princess means daddy's little girl, means end of the family line, means girl will be given away.
      See, girl is gift. Girl is gift-wrapped burden, teeth veiled in wedding dress white- floss, face wash, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, loofah- I don't even use my loofah. I just like to say the word "loofah". Blow dryer, bobby pins, make up, I mean "Girl woke up like this-" Girl, please.
      See, girl wants you to tell her she looks damn good because she looks damn good. Don't I look damn good?
      See, girl is selfie. As in she can do it by her selfie. Am I right ladies? Trick question - girl is always right.
      Girl knows how to make you think it was your idea. (Inception~)
      Girl is too much. Girl thinks she is so funny. Girl is sooooo funny. Girl is laughing with you and at you because girl is indecisive. But girl knows exactly what she doesn't want.
      See, girl doesn't want you to fight her battles for her- girl wants you to be one less person she has to fight.
      Girl learns early she'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar, girl's honey is gold but they say her silence is golden.
      Girl is a language lost in translation.
      Girl is talk, talk, talk, talking, talk less, girl? Practice sitting proper as a place setting? Set the table? Cook the food? Tidy the house?
      Girl is a good girl. Girl only gets dirty for good, clean man. Or woman. Or humans who identify as humans, or the Holy Spirit- PREACH.
      Girl is the pledge of lemon-fresh sheets washed and tucked in all four corners.
      Girl is on all fours, Girl, why do you think it's okay to be treated like canine? Show dog? Sit pretty? Come down off your hind legs? Take off those high heels? Trying to make yourself taller? Wrong way, girl, try to grow smaller. Shrink back into your chrysalis. Re-emerge boy if you want to stand erect.
      Let's get one thing straight- A) Girl is not Soft. B) Girl likes soft things, girl has soft parts. C) Except when girl likes hard things. D) Yeah, I'm talking about dicks.
      But girl doesn't need you, because girl has spare batteries.
      Girl is "Float like a butterfly, and sting like a-" bee, well bees die after they sting, so sting like a wasp. Be wasp, girl.
      See, girl isn't trying to hurt your feelings, girl is trying to understand why you're trying to hurt her feelings. Girl has so many feelings.
      Girl is full-blown crying on her couch while watching The Lion King (Rest in peace, Mufasa)
      See, you don't even know Girl. You call her things like Baby, Sweetie, Honey, Bitch- call her by name.
      Girl is Mother: life giver. Girl has spent an eternity attempting to return your rib.
      Girl is Creator: What hasn't girl done for you? She opened her legs and introduced you to this world. Has girl heard you say "Thank you" yet today? Say it. Say "Thank you". Say "You look damn good."
      Oh, you're welcome.

    • @AshleyMullinsBookz4Nerdz
      @AshleyMullinsBookz4Nerdz 8 років тому +1

      Thank you so much. I mean its been a year. lol

  • @luccagrey3259
    @luccagrey3259 6 років тому

    Rest peace mufasa

  • @anlolsi
    @anlolsi 7 років тому +1

    Or the Holy Spirit... Preach! 😶

  • @MultiKeelyn
    @MultiKeelyn 8 років тому +1

    Huh?? Thanks hamza

  • @Erika-yu9ru
    @Erika-yu9ru 5 років тому +1

    This is the same girl who talked about explaining depression to her mom

  • @GoogleAccount00
    @GoogleAccount00 9 років тому

    3:33 "Girl has spent eternity trying to return your rib"

  • @jazzc3697
    @jazzc3697 6 років тому +1

    *snaps fingers loudly*

  • @melissakumskow-garcia4407
    @melissakumskow-garcia4407 6 років тому +1

    Every second is worth hearing!! But personally this stood out /first/best 2:39...

  • @titusmani1322
    @titusmani1322 4 роки тому

    Thank you girl, you look damn good 🌹♥️🔥

  • @historyalwaysrepeats6870
    @historyalwaysrepeats6870 6 років тому +3

    She is actually right right. The only thing is girls are born rich & boys are born poor. Girls look fantastic until they reach 30. Then they hit the wall. She was once rich but every year after she becomes poorer. Boys are poor, they have nothing but unlike girl he will work, he will earn & he will mature. When he becomes a man he will prosper while women flounder. A single guy in his 40s is rich, a single woman in her 40s is poor. Rich man can pick up 25 year old girl, 40 year old woman is neglected. Yes she does have a vibrator which is only a substitute. The richer the man becomes the more attractive he becomes to young women, the older the woman becomes the more society neglects her. Good luck to these future cat ladies, I hope as you become poorer you honestlhy believe it was worth it.

  • @SageAMalik
    @SageAMalik 8 років тому

    From her video of depression she's gotten so confident and beautiful light and happy. It so great to see that progress