 May 2003
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Your Revolution The excerpts below are from a spoken word piece that was banned two years ago from the radio by the FCC, which deemed it obscene. The poem responds to several popular songs with lyrics explicitly denigrating to women, especially Black women, and is framed as a direct address to the writers/performers of those songs. The author of this poem, Sarah Jones, filed suit against the FCC, and in March 2003 the agency rescinded its ban. For more on this remarkable campaign, and the full text of the poem, visit <yourrevolutionisbanned.com>. your revolution
dedicated to all the women and
men struggling to keep their self-respect in this climate of misogyny,
money-worship, and mass production of hip-hop's illegitimate
child, "hip-pop," and especially to
your revolution will not happen between
these thighs
the real revolution
your revolution will not be you
your revolution makes me wonder,
where could we go
your revolution will not happen between
these thighs
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