Sophie Priceman - How Teenage Girls Are Like Poetry

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    Sophie Priceman, performing at 2018 Classic Slam in Los Angeles, CA.
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  • @aanthony0304
    @aanthony0304 5 років тому +6866

    Shoutout to the girl in the audience screaming, “GO IN.” That’s the kind of energy I need in my life.

  • @shaylynnmichelle4674
    @shaylynnmichelle4674 5 років тому +3348

    "Like good poems teenage girls for the first time are just learning to be heard not just read over" LOVE THIS🙌🏻

    • @estherwolfe461
      @estherwolfe461 5 років тому +4

      Shaylynn Michelle v

    • @babsaugs
      @babsaugs 5 років тому +6

      Exactly 😣😭💕 this poem is on POINT

  • @9thgalaxy778
    @9thgalaxy778 5 років тому +2076

    I’ve heard a lot of passionate audience responses but I don’t think i’ve ever heard genuine screams of living.

  • @jisellelopez516
    @jisellelopez516 5 років тому +2217

    Started crying when she said she wanted to be a woman not just because she looked like one.... phew go off sis 🙌🏽

  • @rachelradtke4450
    @rachelradtke4450 5 років тому +1440

    “so I learned to stare back hard into the male gaze daring it to cross me” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @kmtello93
    @kmtello93 5 років тому +2623

    I WILL NEVER STOP SCREAMING ABOUT HOW PROUD I AM OF THESE TEEN GIRLS TODAY WHO DONT JUST SIT DOWN BUT STAND UP AND DEMAND TO BE HEARD. When i was 17 if I stood up I would be knocked right back down. Fists and words. I'm 25 now and just beginning to find my own voice. I'm behind you. I adore you. Thank you. This made my soul soar.

  • @jaemimi9499
    @jaemimi9499 5 років тому +1688

    "That my teenage years end more like a semi-colon and less like a period..."
    SO GOOD

    • @carterg333
      @carterg333 5 років тому +8

      This poem was incredible and that part hit me really hard

    • @wynter_aneiya969
      @wynter_aneiya969 3 роки тому +1

      I dont get that one

    • @jaemimi9499
      @jaemimi9499 3 роки тому +6

      Wynter Wonderland semi-colons (;) are used when the sentence after continues the idea. A period ends the idea to start another one. So the poet is saying that they want their story to continue growing off of what they’ve already lived through instead of seeming like starting over

    • @wynter_aneiya969
      @wynter_aneiya969 3 роки тому +2

      @@jaemimi9499 dang that's deep thanks

  • @aubreymanry9030
    @aubreymanry9030 4 роки тому +3152

    I’m 13
    And I’ve been
    *Assaulted*
    *Miss used*
    *Beaten*
    *Broken*
    But guess what what?
    *I’m in love*
    Not with a boy nor a girl
    *With myself*
    I survived
    *Eight Suicide attempts*
    *Depression*
    *Sexual Assaults*
    *Death*
    *Life*
    *Having no parents*
    I am in love with living
    *I AM ALIVE*
    So, I will stand
    To love whom ever I please
    To vote for whom I want
    To work where I want
    *To live*
    And no one
    Man, women, child, or animal
    Is going to stand in my way

    • @anxiouspotato6910
      @anxiouspotato6910 4 роки тому +142

      You commented this forever ago but I'd just like to say I'm proud of you and I love you

    • @abigahicantu105
      @abigahicantu105 4 роки тому +66

      Thanks, for being strong for yourself, for finding beauty in living 💜

    • @familyfunadventures8619
      @familyfunadventures8619 4 роки тому +45

      I stan you

    • @maritzamejia9734
      @maritzamejia9734 4 роки тому +17

      Congratulations.

    • @sufflooza
      @sufflooza 4 роки тому +23

      I love you you strong beautiful woman❤❤

  • @missteenguapo
    @missteenguapo 5 років тому +437

    SHE DID THAT SHIT! A beautifully rendered and heartfelt piece. YOU ARE POETRY MY LOVE!

  • @taryngillespie7906
    @taryngillespie7906 5 років тому +341

    hearing this at 12 is everything I could ever need

  • @dasaf.2382
    @dasaf.2382 5 років тому +138

    "That my teenage years end more like a semi-colon and less like a period..."
    I wish I could write like this girl, every line has power to it. we see you QUEEN

    • @dasaf.2382
      @dasaf.2382 3 роки тому +4

      fancy seeing you here 😏😏

  • @emotionalpanda9223
    @emotionalpanda9223 5 років тому +545

    It's 11:00pm and I'm in my room snapping and screaming YES GIRL SPEAK YOUR MIND!!😍😍

    • @alib.5159
      @alib.5159 5 років тому +2

      EMOtional panda92 same😂

    • @chloe6334
      @chloe6334 5 років тому +3

      Haha, your poor neighbors. 😂

    • @Tara-km2sc
      @Tara-km2sc 5 років тому +2

      EMOtional panda92 me tho😂😂

    • @mackenzietm8136
      @mackenzietm8136 5 років тому +2

      EMOtional panda92 it’s 4 am for me

    • @iicravedeath7658
      @iicravedeath7658 5 років тому +1

      12:10am right now

  • @reaux07
    @reaux07 5 років тому +497

    I feel privileged to even be able to hear such an amazing written work. Thank you for this. You've been heard.

  • @groweve
    @groweve 5 років тому +248

    She did what? She did THAT!🙌🏿

  • @sophiepenney9519
    @sophiepenney9519 5 років тому +313

    “Teenage girls for the first time are just learning how to be heard
    Not just read over”

  • @alib.5159
    @alib.5159 5 років тому +211

    This poem speaks the words I didn’t know how to

  • @ambrosiamiramontes4430
    @ambrosiamiramontes4430 5 років тому +237

    This was everything I needed and as a teenage girl I am grateful

  • @bookishshenanigans4769
    @bookishshenanigans4769 5 років тому +289

    Am I the only one crying? That was empowering in an overwhelming way.

  • @sarahstubbs2525
    @sarahstubbs2525 5 років тому +462

    Why don’t we study poems like this for GCSE

    • @layanfiras7539
      @layanfiras7539 4 роки тому +38

      because we live in a society that thinks teaching teenagers about "la belle dame sans merci" is better than teaching them shit with meaning. shit that could save lives. shit that could be the reason that a woman stands up for herself and demands she is heard. shit that makes the boys in ur class finally realize that no. women are not inferior and they must stop treating them as though they were

    • @SticktheTwig
      @SticktheTwig 4 роки тому +5

      Well at least we found this on our own. I do so wish they thought this at school.

    • @daisiecardona4603
      @daisiecardona4603 4 роки тому +1

      @@SticktheTwig at my school they do. We have poetry club and teachers who really help and teach poetry

  • @makedadavies9900
    @makedadavies9900 4 роки тому +40

    I love how she incorporated literature. She really just said "a truck driver commented on my ASSonance" I said 😮😮

  • @bqwadseertg
    @bqwadseertg 5 років тому +128

    I'm 20 and it has taken me until just recently to feel like I deserve to be heard, yet most days I'm still too scared to do it.

  • @spacedustandplanets7901
    @spacedustandplanets7901 5 років тому +102

    God I love this she’s my age
    She’s strong and beautiful and I can see her going far in life

  • @harland.2616
    @harland.2616 5 років тому +385

    What was the line everyone freaked out about? I couldn’t really hear it.
    Not the trump one, (which I LOVED) the one at the beginning

    • @marika4445
      @marika4445 5 років тому +154

      "13 tought me i was a witch who could pull languages out of boys they didnt know they could speak, as if my similies could swollow them whole and my metaphores could make men out of them''

  • @janelledyett52
    @janelledyett52 5 років тому +39

    i too am a 17 year old girl and resonated with this poem so much, i felt every word, every syllable, every breath. Great poem

  • @jupiterjanet4507
    @jupiterjanet4507 5 років тому +19

    “not because i look like one but because i want to” i had goosebumps the entire time

  • @issyjones882
    @issyjones882 5 років тому +84

    What an absolute goddess, poetic genius.

  • @bellagraulau3252
    @bellagraulau3252 4 роки тому +7

    “Loving myself because there are so many more important things to resist.” Good lord that hit.

  • @theonewhosthere
    @theonewhosthere 5 років тому +25

    i wish i had as much support as that audience exudes

  • @bayliewilbert5428
    @bayliewilbert5428 5 років тому +88

    SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

  • @emmakayy4172
    @emmakayy4172 5 років тому +7

    No matter how often I listen it brings tears to my eyes. She’s so eloquent and her lines are so beautiful, and as a girl of the same age I can do deeply relate

  • @ryleemsallee
    @ryleemsallee 5 років тому +49

    you are a whole entire QUEEN

  • @annesophie351
    @annesophie351 5 років тому +63

    Speechless. That was truly amazing. Wow

  • @mrhd4332
    @mrhd4332 5 років тому +68

    And my truth can't help but boil out of me... 🔥🔥🔥

  • @margaux06
    @margaux06 4 роки тому +10

    I'm literally dying at how amazing this is. It sends such a good message to young teen girls, such as myself. This girl will continue to empower women in her life & I can't wait to see what she does next.

  • @yumbunny2566
    @yumbunny2566 4 роки тому +17

    OMG how the hell did she write this??? You go girl!

  • @purityvillarreal3488
    @purityvillarreal3488 3 роки тому +4

    This is 2021 anyone still watching this masterpiece?

  • @Mahrukh1997
    @Mahrukh1997 5 років тому +5

    This poem is so lit. I love it. This is the kind of confidence every teenage girl should have while using her voice.

  • @pratishthakharbanda194
    @pratishthakharbanda194 5 років тому +3

    I don't even know what to say. Poetry that makes me cry is my favourite kind of poetry. This shook me and moved me and everyone NEEDS to see this

  • @samanthavillella2711
    @samanthavillella2711 4 роки тому +6

    I was literally here in my room just cheering her on "YOU TELL EM SIS"

  • @iamapersontoo7619
    @iamapersontoo7619 5 років тому +38

    She killed it 👏👏👏

  • @RickNelsonMn
    @RickNelsonMn 4 роки тому +1

    This still makes me cry

  • @lynnzynna9175
    @lynnzynna9175 4 роки тому +3

    I love this poem it relates so much to my life it makes me cry

  • @Alloy_Tessa
    @Alloy_Tessa 4 роки тому +4

    Am 17 am a writer and a poet also an actress am proud of me 💯💯

    • @fearlessfozzy749
      @fearlessfozzy749 3 роки тому

      That’s amazing! Keep that self confidence, don’t let it get away from you. I hope you’re still doing well!

  • @kayleewagner8444
    @kayleewagner8444 5 років тому +4

    This girl, no, this WOMAN, gave me chills. Such a strong lady with such a strong voice, she will go places. ❤

  • @elise5251
    @elise5251 5 років тому +5

    This made me want to cry. I love this.

  • @solastacey127
    @solastacey127 4 роки тому +4

    i’m weeping this is so beautiful

  • @alexdelaossa7907
    @alexdelaossa7907 5 років тому +2

    the energy in that room and the support is sooooo amazing, what an great audience

  • @taintedmind6669
    @taintedmind6669 4 роки тому +5

    Fuck yeah! I’m turning 13 next month! This is beautiful!

  • @jaderene
    @jaderene 3 роки тому +6

    Wow this poem is very empowering and really speaks to how society treats teenage girls, who have yet to become women!!!!❤️🥰😍

  • @rostanb.229
    @rostanb.229 5 років тому +24

    This audience is like totally into it, wow

  • @sydneyhale4579
    @sydneyhale4579 4 роки тому +1

    im in tears.. thank you for writing this!

  • @booa8956
    @booa8956 3 роки тому +3

    I LOVE THIS SO MUCH I have goosebumps more people need to see this

  • @emmajaber3
    @emmajaber3 3 роки тому +1

    literal shivers

  • @francescorbett2408
    @francescorbett2408 5 років тому +6

    INCREDIBLE. So powerful and perfect. Everything I needed to hear.

  • @rcols659
    @rcols659 3 роки тому +3

    this is some of the best word play I've ever seen

  • @meowleymontana
    @meowleymontana 5 років тому +29

    When someday spoken word poetry will be a part of literature syllabus, this one has to be a part of it 🖤

  • @lilly-iy8cs
    @lilly-iy8cs 5 років тому +20

    "First thing that goes is your innocence", 13. That is what happened.

  • @ollietramel3746
    @ollietramel3746 5 років тому +11

    the kind of poetry i aspire to write

  • @bigzeus3236
    @bigzeus3236 3 роки тому +1

    Goosebumps......

  • @lydsmusiclover568
    @lydsmusiclover568 5 років тому +11

    You go girl. This poem is awesome!!

  • @prettygirlslovepink
    @prettygirlslovepink 3 роки тому +1

    This genuinely made me tear up. I have chills, wow

  • @kaireese2518
    @kaireese2518 5 років тому +12

    This made chills run through my body godDAMN

  • @m.gracekeech4960
    @m.gracekeech4960 5 років тому +1

    Beautiful in the most humble way. The power in confidence shakes the stage

  • @sakuragrll
    @sakuragrll 3 роки тому +2

    1:46, gave me goosebumps.

  • @laneyhawthorn4632
    @laneyhawthorn4632 5 років тому +2

    It still gives me goosebumps, I love this person so much!

  • @lexipoo8886
    @lexipoo8886 4 роки тому +3

    i LOVE the audiences reactions omg

  • @renskevandeweijer7799
    @renskevandeweijer7799 2 роки тому

    It's been 3 years and I still come back to this video from time to time

  • @emmadolacinski7918
    @emmadolacinski7918 5 років тому +1

    i don’t even have words to explain how thankful i am for this, you are an amazing woman, a strong, independant and amazing woman

  • @alexagleo2002
    @alexagleo2002 4 роки тому +1

    this should go viral

  • @nechma13
    @nechma13 5 років тому +30

    Oof yes here for this relatable I'm loving this poem

  • @sallybatboy
    @sallybatboy 4 роки тому +2

    absolute chills. I love her

  • @drilonkennedy-gorne2049
    @drilonkennedy-gorne2049 4 роки тому +1

    This is so powerful. So much raw emotion

  • @gelflingshawty
    @gelflingshawty 5 років тому

    Incredible. Her voice awakens things inside of people. I started crying.

  • @justnessa7767
    @justnessa7767 5 років тому +2

    THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST POEMS I HAVE EVER HEARD

  • @euaggeliagkesiou9141
    @euaggeliagkesiou9141 5 років тому +1

    Hands up. One of the best I've heard this year. I'm proud

  • @Thesparesam
    @Thesparesam 3 роки тому +2

    I'm 12 I'm type 1 diabetic and I have anxiety I have problems expressing my feelings so I bottled up all my sadness and when it spills out I call my a burden and week and I close the bottle as much as I can just so that no one knows because expressing the emotions you don't know why you have is gonna be harder in front of people just cry it out alone then close the bottle again

  • @angelofdarkness2345
    @angelofdarkness2345 3 роки тому +1

    I turned 16 in 2016 too. It was exactly like this.

  • @matthewhappiness2069
    @matthewhappiness2069 Рік тому

    Watching this I felt sooo emotional, it made me to remember those adolescents that was taken advantage of, I felt like crying the pain , the neglect ..this is wow kudus to us the spoken word artist I love this .

  • @oliviannichole
    @oliviannichole 4 роки тому +1

    Oh my gosh im tearing up... WOW GO YOU SISTER

  • @zoea3142
    @zoea3142 3 роки тому +3

    Any teenage guys in the comments? We need more guys listening to this.

  • @mob6632
    @mob6632 3 роки тому +17

    i may be a trans boy but i can relate to this poem so much-

  • @sydnieshelton9821
    @sydnieshelton9821 4 роки тому +1

    this gave me chills. beautiful work.

  • @virtuallygabs
    @virtuallygabs 5 років тому +3

    I LOVE THIS. this was well spoken truly something every young girl shall hear.

  • @chief9935
    @chief9935 5 років тому +17

    Reminds me of girl code by Blythe Baird

  • @Delulu_lee
    @Delulu_lee 5 місяців тому

    I have an assignment about having to choose a poem and write why I chose it. I chose this one. This one truly speaks to me as I can relate to this too much. I am excited and proud that I found and chose this one. This one speaks to my heart ❤

  • @marissabrugnoli6700
    @marissabrugnoli6700 5 років тому +1

    This sent chills down my spine. Amazing.

  • @lecherouslibrarian9924
    @lecherouslibrarian9924 4 роки тому +19

    She reminds me of Anne with an E for some reason.

    • @fearlessfozzy749
      @fearlessfozzy749 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah I see it, her will to be heard, confidence, etc

  • @mysticangel192
    @mysticangel192 4 роки тому

    *I'm speechless..............*

  • @jocipants09
    @jocipants09 5 років тому +2

    Wow. Wow, wow, wow. This was absolutely astounding.

  • @belladalessandro8160
    @belladalessandro8160 5 років тому +22

    that was so beautiful
    l

  • @Barreamexica4457
    @Barreamexica4457 2 роки тому

    That gave me chills

  • @lovelyflower7989
    @lovelyflower7989 3 роки тому

    Everyone needs to hear this! Beautiful Job.

  • @elinaearl1717
    @elinaearl1717 5 років тому +1

    I cried to this. This is so powerful. I love this. GO IN, SIS!!!!!

  • @khalisar.d.9467
    @khalisar.d.9467 5 років тому +3

    this gave me goosebumps oh my god

  • @idknanmolla1176
    @idknanmolla1176 5 років тому +1

    In my ELA/ reading class everyone got to play one song or video and I played this, my teacher was so happy that I knew what this was (no one knew, I was sad) she said she was happy that I watched and listened to such meaningful things (everyone played songs about drugs, sex, murder. Ya know all that)

  • @EggsToYourBacon
    @EggsToYourBacon Рік тому

    I love the emotion in her voice.

  • @brya8835
    @brya8835 5 років тому +1

    I nearly cried, this girl is amazing

  • @makenzie4917
    @makenzie4917 Рік тому

    Im 12. Ive been through some things, and im going through some things. Ive been getting through it with God, but this helped me, I've cried.
    Thank you.

  • @user-ci5dh1ps4g
    @user-ci5dh1ps4g 5 років тому +30

    Life at twelve sounds nice.
    But my innocence was robbed far too early and I was left with barely my life in a hospital room on my 12th birthday.
    I've never been so thankful to fail anything as I am thankful I failed my suicide attempt.

    • @globisdead
      @globisdead 5 років тому +1

    • @girly-hs2ge
      @girly-hs2ge 4 роки тому +1

      💗 be strong

    • @fearlessfozzy749
      @fearlessfozzy749 3 роки тому

      I had very similar experiences, I hope you’re doing better, did you notice the blue bracelet on her wrist? It looks like one from a hospital to me but I’m not sure

  • @helenpetersen447
    @helenpetersen447 4 роки тому +1

    You tell them Queen. We’re with you 💕