Anorexia and Art- Interview with Nicole Blackman 1

Poet, performance-artist and writer Nicole Blackman talks about her famous poem "Holy" and how it became an anthem for pro-anorexic girls. She also talks about art, creation, the need for control and her contribution to the book, "Live Through This- On Creativity and Self-Destruction". Other contributors include Nan Goldin, bell hooks, Patricia Smith, Cristy Road, Carol Queen, Annie Sprinkle, Elizabeth Stephens, Carolyn Gage, Eileen Myles, Fly, Diane DiMassa, Bonfire Madigan, Inga Muscio, Kate Bornstein, Toni Blackman, Nicole Blackman, Silas Howard, Daphne Gottlieb, and Stephanie Howell. Interview by editor Sabrina Chapadjiev

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• anorexia
• bulimia
• starvation
• teenage
• girls
• Nicole
• Blackman
• suicide
• power
• control
• eating
• disorders
• art
• poems
• spoken
• word

[gothicgeek14]

nicole blackman is awesome :D

[victoriasecretgirl14]

she seems nice. something about the way she talks makes her sound smart...

[032125]

I only knew Nicole from her work with KMFDM (specifically the song "Dogma"). She seems pretty awesome.

[DjKeeper]

@MaximAlexander0 thats what im think since i saw that vid for the first time, but did he really work with her?

[nicolemblackman]

wierd... we got the same name 

[MaximAlexander0]

Alan Wilder, Recoil

Liquid

[pm081]

I really love her spoken text on Golden Palominos Dead Inside

[maromma]

4st 7lb the song by Manic Street Preachers is an amazing poetic take on anorexia.

[BRQTh702]

awesome vid...eating disorders really have complex ties to the 'within'...though i'm male, in my teens i had a 2 year journey out of bulimia

[FatMat426]

She's one of the greatest poets alive today.

[Yuna]

very inspiring =]