If a woman doesn’t give herself permission, who will?
AMANDA GORMAN
My mom wanted to make sure I was prepared to grow up with Black skin in America.
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If a woman doesn’t give herself permission, who will?
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But as for the future, I foresee a world which is more creative, more open, more loving, more ecologically friendly, more honest about its history and progress, and I think a lot of those contributions will be made by young people.
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I did a lot of sitting back and thinking about what I wanted for myself and what I wanted for my country: more unity, more support for the arts and more opportunities for young writers from marginalized groups.
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No matter how you say it, the hill we climb is a hill we climb together.
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My Instagram doesn’t cover my insecurities, my lack of self-confidence, that week I spent crying, there’s a question of whether I should be sharing that online.
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See the line where the sky meets the sea.
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I think it made me all that much stronger of a writer when you have to teach yourself how to say words from scratch.
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The fight isn’t over – it’s just begun. It’s time to suit up for a battle that might determine the war.
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Poetry has never been the language of barriers, it’s always been the language of bridges.
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I don’t want it to be something that becomes a cage, where to be a successful Black girl, you have to be Amanda Gorman and go to Harvard. I want someone to eventually disrupt the model I have established.
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It wasn’t until I was named Youth Poet Laureate of L.A. in high school though that I officially began calling myself a poet. I just always loved writing, period.
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It was so incredible meeting Lady Gaga. I mean I’m gaga for Gaga, literally. We kind of just each flew to each other like magnets after the ceremony ended and we were both just crying and hugging.
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I have to interweave my poetry with purpose. For me, that purpose is to help people, and to shed a light on issues that have far too long been in the darkness.
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Give us the ballot, and we will no longer have to worry the federal government about our basic rights.
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My mom wanted to make sure I was prepared to grow up with Black skin in America.
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When you have to teach yourself how to say sounds, when you have to be highly concerned about pronunciation, it gives you a certain awareness of sonics, of the auditory experience.
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