Hieu Minh Nguyen & Ollie Schminkey - Go Away
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
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Ollie Schminkey and Hieu Minh Nguyen, performing at NPS 2014 in Oakland, CA.
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"My rapist is not a god." I don't think I've ever been so proud of people that I don't know personally.
"my rapist is not a god" gave me shivers
I came out to my mum as transgender and bisexual at the same time. The first thing she said to me was, "Can I ask a personal question?"
I nodded.
"Have you been sexually abused?"
Thank you so much for this poem. Thank you.
Their poems always feel like being slapped by a wave of rose petals... You need those words, they're so beautiful that they touch your very soul.
"I do not need a diagnosis"
"I do not need to explain my existence"
i honest shrieked a little when i saw that ollie and hieu had a collaboration piece.
total respect for both of these poets.
and total respect for this piece.
reminder that Ollie uses "they" pronouns and we should respect that!
FINALLY!! I've been trying to find their pronouns bc I knew they didn't use she/her, and I wasn't sure if they used he/him either. Thank you!
Which ones Ollie?
Blue Turtle the one on the left
Literally one of my favorite poems ever!
YES YES YES this is fucking amazing. I screeched of excitement when I saw this collab. Incredibly powerful and beautiful poem; this just made my day. Ollie and Hieu are amazing beyond words!!
I was excited too when I saw this in my subscriptions, two of my favorite spoken word poets.
This poem had me wanting to yell out loud "HELL YES!"
Same here!! :D
Hieu, you are strength. You are a true man. You are power in ways I cannot comprehend.
"and i wonder what happened"
what an amazing fucking point.
My love for Ollie is eternal and this poem...beyond words.
I identified as a lesbian before I was raped. after I was raped , I started to have what I refer to as gender dysmorphia (Idk if that's an actual thing). I began feeling like my body was wrong , like maybe I was gender fluid , genderqueer , until I realized that my body felt wrong because the ghosts of his hands were still touching me. my body is not wrong . what he did to my body is wrong.
SCHMINKEY IS BAE
seeing this in my sub box made me so freaking excited more Schminkey collabs yes omfg make me cry please
I resonate with Ollie's story a lot. I was transgender before it happened, I was transgender after the guy I had cared about so much had done that to me. No he did not fuck the woman out of me, there was no woman inside me to begin with. No, he is not the reason I don't like most guys, no he is not the reason for anything but my anxiety and the annoyance I have over my anxiety... He's not a fucking God, he's just a fucking pig who swore he'd change then tried to do it again. No he's not my god damn creator, he won't take credit for I am today... He didn't shape me, he just left a dent that's smoothed out now.
THIS IS EVERYTHING 👏👏👏👏💯💯💯💯💯
Once again I am left astonished by the inspiration. Do people ask these questions? Unless someone tells you, and trusts you, their origin story is none of your business.
My god.
Stunned.
I would like to offer hugs
this is so accurate it hurts
I literally cried after watching this, I didn't think it would strike a chord this much but I cant stop the tears.
Button Poetry bringing their A game and making spring come early. First with Marshall now with Ollie! Happy early birthday to me!!
Do you think you could put trigger warnings in the description box where all the links and such are? Like at the very bottom something like "tw:rape" ect?
I got goosebumps...
This poem really made me cry from the power of it. They are truly amazing poets.
Thank-you! Finally people said it!
this hit me way too hard
they brought tears to my eyes, I could literally feel the emotion..
Easily my favourite poem of the year and collab.
powerful. needed
When I saw this in my sub box, who was reciting, I knew it'd be fucking incredible.
Deep and beautiful. Always wonderfully delivered.
I think this poem is great as well because it gives some of us, the power to say my past has no reason to define me, I am not the bad shit that happened. I am so much more, this is so powerful for the dark days, thank you xxx
This is the most real, hilarious poem, god bless.
This. Is. Fucking. Awesome.
God I needed this poem.
I don't know how to thank them enough for this. This was so beautiful and I could relate to every word that spilled from their mouths
I could relate...
I love this so much
WHY IS THERE ONLY A "LIKE" BUTTON AND NOT A "LOVE" BUTTON, NOT AN "I FEEL THIS IN MY SOUL" BUTTON?!!
Like button is just nowhere near enough.
This is perfect and much-needed and I love them.
Man this is so powerful, so strong!
I was sooo excited when I saw them in the same thumbnail. This was amazing.
this gave me chills
WOW! that was incredible. thank u thank u thank u thank u!
Jesus Christ. Crying my eyes out.
So good.
LOVED IT GREAT JOB ❤️❤️❤️
amazing.
nice!
Amazing
ollie 💛
i haven't been writing lately and just seeing that made angry with myself that i haven't made the time to enough lately when there is just fucking amazing perfect beauty out there like this. their anguish and voices merge so well here, just a truly powerful poem
*weeps*
thank you
Nice
criedddddddddddd
Thank you for thus. I was in tears most of the time. First way to many girls and boys are raped or molested and more then not are straight. This really spoke not just to me but you two took the words right from my soul. I hate being asked that question. I hate how I am always so nice and polite.
The teeth bit cracked me up 😂
I want to scream along to this like I'm at a concert because that's how hard I relate.
jfc ollie and hieu are fucking brilliant
so real....so amazing...i wonder where the 9 dislikes came from?
Why can't I favorite things more than once??
"YOOOOO" was my only thought at the end of this
Damn
This was fucking amazing😭
I've never related to something more in my life
This also applies SO MUCH for asexuals. Thank you!
I am an asexual and a survivor
Heard this a lot
Wow this is a whole new level. We can all learn so much from this sort of passion through words. It's an art. Performances like these inspired me to create my own poetry. I'm just starting out making videos but wish to convey this sort of passion one day. If you're browsing poetry videos, check me out and give me some feed back!!! Again, GREAT video.
When I came out as trans for the first time to my old case worker asked if it was cuz of the rape I see her every time I go to court and she puts her hands on my cheeks and says"what a beautiful young lady you've turned into remember sweetie your still a girl even if he broke you"
I'm sorry for my ignorance but that is the first time I hear about this "correlation" and I am seriously disgusted some people think like that.
Is his name supposed to be pronounced like "human"?
Fatherless