In watching the debates some of the anti-porn feminists have been having on YouTube I noticed something. They tend to call people whores, fat bitches and sluts a lot. This is VERY odd to me as a feminist of the sex pos persuasion because these are things misogynists say to silence and degrade a woman.
I then came across a post by Amanda Brooks called "Whoring My Whore Piece Because I'm Really a Whore" where she discusses one of the ways the word "whore" is used now a days i.e. promotion of ones work or art. These two things inspired me to write this poem and make this video about what the word "whore" means to me. Enjoy
I'm a Whore...
Don't approve of me...I must be a whore
Don't agree with me...I must be a whore
Can't have me...I must be a whore
Or maybe you can...then I'm definitely a whore
You're smarter then me...I'm a dumb whore
But I proved that you're not...”Whatever you whore!”
Men like me...unquestionably a whore
And to the ones that don't...I am always a whore.
“Whore”
to put me at odds with myself.
“Whore”
to make me hate myself.
“Whore”
the only weapon of a world who's control over me is slipping away.
A weapon to shame.
to blame.
A weapon to silence & stigmatize.
Men calls me a whore...
when they can not enjoy my pleasures for free.
Women call me a whore...
when I will not bow the the agenda they have for me.
“Whore” gets its power only
from my fear.
Whore
Whore
Whore
Whore
Whore
Whore
Becomes just a strange sound with no meaning
...to me.
Call me what you will.
Your words have no power over me.
I refuse to live in fear of the judgments you pass on me.
I AM A WHORE
I AM A WHORE
I AM A WHORE
And I'm not going to fear your words anymore.
Enjoy the video version as I did intend it to be a video poem. The music is Azam Ali.


Salon.com
Comments
GREAT! You're a whore! You're in some great company. All the most powerful women in society have been called a whore at one time or another. They used to go on and on about how much of a whore Cathrine the Great was.
Awesome!
I inspired poetry!!
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all you "whores" are "Ladies" in my book ... rated, loved the music too ... lew