Slamone Slams Into Spring!

Let's talk equal rights and more light...

Salut, mes petits amis! First, I wish to wish an early joyeux Nanniversaire (see what I did there?) to la grande dame du slam, Nan Tepper, who celebrates her birthday tomorrow. I will raise a tall glass of scotch in her honor when I complete this missive. And a bit of birthday gâteau? Don’t mind if I do.

Also, let there be more light! Tonight is when Amérique springs forward an hour for some archaic reason. Too bad they moved the political clock back decades in the wrong direction! I could never envision myself in servitude to another human, especially a man who couldn’t recognize that my abilities are just as valuable as his. Quel dommage, probably why I remained single and was known to kiss hot girls on occasion.

In my native France we have been ensuring equal pay for equal work in our Constitution as far back as 1972. And we are working on the future for our female population with legislation requiring companies to have at least 30% of the management be women. In 2027, it will be 40%. We have parity laws enforcing gender balance in elected leaders and transgender healthcare including puberty blockers and hormone therapy are available. We even have a law against street harassment named after our former minister of gender equality, Marlene Schiappa.

Does the land of the free and the home of the brave have a minister of gender equality? Ca c’est drôle, just kidding. Here they are trying to prevent women from voting with some nonsense about married last names. Yet another reason to never be wed.

Thank goodness for Alysa Liu modeling how to be a (s)hero. She agreed to return to skating after retiring at 16, but only if she was fully in control of how she looked, what she ate, and all aspects of her creative expression. She wanted skating to express her JOY, not an unreasonable standard of perfection focused on scores. She went on to win gold with her tiger-striped hair and her newly found freedom. Félicitations, Alysa!

Here’s hoping Persephone breaks free of Hades and the underworld soon so we can celebrate Printemps and the return and rebirth of life here in the mortal realm. Or so the Greeks profess. As usual, the oppressed goddess has to do all the heavy lifting.

If you’re searching for a first day of spring celebration to fill yourself with feminist spirit without leaving the house, our soon-to-be birthday girl Nan will give you all the details below.

À bientôt!

Shhhh. Don’t tell Slamone I popped in. What? She told you I’d be here? Damn. She ruins all my fun. Here’s the scoop:

This show is gonna be great. Here’s the lineup:

Mesa Fama, Ally Hamilton, Prajna O'Hara, Jen St. Germain, Rebecca Mack ☕, Wyrd Sister, Eileen Vorbach Collins, Dina Honour, Jazmine Becerra Green, and Abigail Thomas! Nan, Eileen, and Mel will be stepping up to tell their stories, too. Hope to see you on March 21! xo