Sarah Kay: If I should have a daughter ...

http://www.ted.com "If I should have a daughter, instead of Mom, she's gonna call me Point B ... " began spoken word poet Sarah Kay, in a talk that inspired two standing ovations at TED2011. She tells the story of her metamorphosis -- from a wide-eyed teenager soaking in verse at New York's Bowery Poetry Club to a teacher connecting kids with the power of self-expression through Project V.O.I.C.E. -- and gives two breathtaking performances of "B" and "Hiroshima."

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[bridget becica]

Her voice is so beautiful.

[Paloma Martinez]

I have seen this video so many times its not even funny.

[Rexicano]

What a pile of bullshit. Even my momma would say that. A world made of sugar? Yeah, I really want this dummy to have kids. She looks like she got her outfit from a teenager who shops at Goodwill....but never got the good stuff. All bimbos are not blonde. She sounds like someone who smoked pot for the first time and can't STFU.

[christmusic4ever]

On a scale from one to over trusting, I am...pretty damn naïve. That would be me.

[anyways345]

tough crowd

[Farrrdoos]

Okay Sarah Kay is my role model now....k

[gablison]

i am dying to leave a coherent comment and am desperately trying to find the right words to express my feelings for this talk, but for the life of me i can't and i don't think there is any vocabulary to describe how amazing i think this woman is, i am completely speechless! i mean, just freaking, WOW! i have watch many ted talks, and none has left me this emotional or inspired!

[Angela Wong]

Sarah you are soooooo amazing!!! You're leaving imprints on many.. <3

[cozycollision]

wow this young lady is so wise, everything makes so much sense

[Samantha Russell]

She wasn't saying that the video isn't funny, but the fact that she's watched it so many times... since 'its not even funny' is an idiom for expressing that something is ridiculous.

[Maj DH]

It's not about being funny you idiot -.-