#enlargethepicture

Photo is not mine but comes from the CBC news story linked below.

#enlargethepicture

(Twenty Facebook Statuses)

1.      You need to know

2.      The past is just a story

3.      #enlargethepicture

4.      Open to anyone who wants to enter

5.      A woman’s body is not dangerous

6.      #feelconnected

7.      At the school, buns are rising

8.      #gowiththeflow

9.      The boys are lined up

10.  Jelly doughnut dimpled down the middle

11.  One share, 9 people like this

12.  A woman’s body will not make you do stupid things

13.  That black you see is your shadow

14.  What does this mean?

15.  The answer is honest, candid, resonates

16.  #feelssoright

17.  If you do stupid things

18.  #twelvesecondslater

19.  it is because you choose to do stupid things

20.  Write the next chapter 

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The idea for the poem comes from “20 Imaginary Facebook Statuses” by Natasha Tiniacos. Click here to learn more about her.

My poem is composed of actual Facebook statuses posted by friends and acquaintances, pulled from my account on May 19, 2015 -- just an arrangement I put together.

The assignment this week is to write a political poem in a style I haven't used before.  Here I understand political to mean taking a stand. I chose gender politics, the stereotypes and biases which fill our world. 

In particular, I am interested in and annoyed by the fact that a 

young woman was disciplined in her high school recently, for

coming to class wearing a sundress with her bra straps showing.

She was accused of distracting the male students and of being an 

enticement to bad behaviour. Click here for link to CBC story.

Aren't young men and all men responsible for their own choices of 

behaviour? Aren't we all, each one of us?

I apologize for the uneven spacing of the previous lines. Blogger is misbehaving.