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Yesika Salgado’s Sentimental Boss Bitch: Chapbook Review

Posted by strange on January 3, 2018
Yesika Salgado's Sentimental Boss Bitch: Chapbook Review

Yesika Salgado, also known as Yesika Starr, has the honor of being one of the few poets that can actually fuck me up with words. With the recent release of  “Corazón,” her first book, I wanted to look back on other works from Salgado.  “Sentimental Boss Bitch,” a chapbook, was self-published this year. It’s eighteen pages long. In those eighteen pages there’s love, joy, longing, pain, heartbreak and of course, learning how to be a sentimental boss bitch.

Posted in: Kelly Duarte, Media Reviews, Self Care | Tagged: chapbook review, depression, kelly duarte, love, Media Reviews, poem review, self care, self love, sentimental boss bitch, the strange is beautiful, yesika salgado, zine review

Botanica in the Body: A night of reclaiming the body, the soul and the mind.

Posted by strange on November 7, 2017
Botanica in the Body: A night of reclaiming the body, the soul and the mind.

A bright orange typewriter made out of cardboard sits in the middle of the room. Flowers spring from its keys. On the top of the typewriter, is an offering. Pan dulce and the novel Like Water For Chocolate. Surrounding the typewriter, placed on the stark white walls, are portraits of brown faces and bodies. They seem to stare from every corner, enticing you to read a snippet of their lives.

Posted in: Kelly Duarte, News & Events | Tagged: body image, body positivity, eating disorders, kelly duarte, POC, self care, self love, the strange is beautiful, woc author, woc authors, women of color author, yesika salgado

Poetry with Dinora: “Let Me Be Free”

Posted by strange on October 5, 2017
Poetry with Dinora: "Let Me Be Free"

there is something inside of me begging to come out
the little voice inside of me is bigger than i am
and instead of listening to it, i run away
i run away to secret places, libraries, book stores, coffee shops
anywhere to be away from my family who hover over my life,
over my choices,
over my mistakes.
i like to be left alone
don’t bother me unless it’s necessary
i am not anti-social
but maybe i am
it is hard to think, hard to write
when everyone wants to know about me
and i want to know nothing.
one day i’ll figure out
one day i won’t come back to the city that molded me
broke me
and loved me back again.
sometimes things don’t work out
and maybe i’m not meant to stay here forever
i’ll leave, i’ll leave
somewhere
anywhere
far, far away
where i won’t be found.

Posted in: Dinora, TSIB Staff Poetry | Tagged: dinora, female poet, poc poet, poc poetry, poetry, self care, self love, the strange is beautiful, tsib

Domestic & Sexual Abuse Awareness Insta Live Hangouts

Posted by strange on September 21, 2017
Domestic & Sexual Abuse Awareness Insta Live Hangouts

For the month of October, The Strange is Beautiful (TSIB) and Cusi Coyllur presents domestic and sexual abuse awareness Instagram Live hangouts and releases!

Posted in: Uncategorized | Tagged: amivulnerable?, cusi coyllur, domestic abuse, domestic abuse awareness, domestic abuse zine, enrique jesus hernandez, georgia st. jones, janie johnson, music video release, self care, self-care activity, sexual abuse awareness, sexual abuse zine, shannen roberts, survivor zine, the strange is beautiful

Girl Power: Poetry with Dinora

Posted by strange on August 3, 2017
Girl Power: Poetry with Dinora

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Dinora is a poet, Xicana and Xingona. Learn more about her here. See her latest posts here.

Posted in: Dinora, Poetry, TSIB Staff Poetry | Tagged: dinora, girl power, poet, poetry, self care, strength, women, xicana, xingona
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