Katie Makkai - Pretty

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Katie Makkai, a veteran poetry slammer - defining the word "pretty".

Transcript can be found here: http://dianasmanylifetimes.blogspot.com/2010/11/katie-makkai-pretty.html

http://www.now.org/organization/conference/2011/speakers.html

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  • @crzylbrlchick Do you know who won the year of this poetry contest? :)

  • @chandler101ify no. katie has commented on here previously, you might be able to ask her.

  • Pretty has 6 words......

  • @sillydramas you know, I normally deny/ignore these comments, but I just decided that this is WAY TOO EPIC OF A FAIL to let it lay in the pending box, going to waste. Congrats!!!!

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  • so incredibly emotional, brought me to tears.

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  • @stopthelight I think she meant it in the same way she meant it for women. Guys trying their best to

    a) be funny, smart, etc. Whatever they think will charm a girl.

    b) be physically attractive.

  • @sillydramas Yes, but only 5 unique letters. Probably what she was going for.

  • damn is my first reaction wow it just so amazing

    frm another poet

  • We're all such shallow creatures.

  • Many today are depressed and some commit suicide over beauty. It is important... it is OK to look pretty. But is it OK to wear high heels to look sexy when a women is already tall? No because heels are a physical stress. I thought all women who are not slutty don't don't want to be objectified as sexual objects. Why else wear heels?

  • Beyond awesome ... Ladies, become yourself.

  • Omg I love this :D

  • My mom wrote a letter to her long-lost brother describing her children. When she got to me she wrote a paragraph about how beautiful I am. My brother is a genius, my sister is strong (I guess she can't be called "pretty" because she's overweight), my younger brother is growing up fast. And I am beautiful. What else could I possibly be? Being "pretty" is the last thing I think I am, the last thing I want to be, the least I could be. My future daughter, I will protect you from being "pretty".

  • YOU WILL NEVER BE MERELY... pretty. asdlfkjaslkglhdkf;ajlhgkfsaglk­af;.

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