Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Join the Too Big For My Skin Campaign

Check out this amazing video and note from Minneapolis's own amazing Desdamona and get involved!





Too Big For My Skin - The Campaign


Hello - I'm writing to invite you to be a part of The Too Big For My Skin Campaign. Many of you have probably heard my poem by the same name. But "Too Big for My Skin" is not just a poem. With the help of BFresh there is now a video for the poem. We are working to build an international campaign that invites people to leave responses to the video in the comment section or to submit their very own video response.

It's about positive body image, acceptance and strength.

It's about finding your voice and speaking.

Join us in the campaign.

More is to come! We are planning on expanding the project to include interviews with the women in the video. A group of women from Loyola University have already taken the title as their theme for the year.

The word is spreading. Send it along to others who you feel may benefit from seeing and hearing the words.

I am hoping to tour the video and do workshops in correlation with the video and well as performances and Q&A. So, if anyone is interested in this please contact me: desdamona4@aol.com

Thanks!
Desdamona

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About Desdamona

DESDAMONA is an international, award-winning artist; who has taken her distinct lyrics, sound and artistic stylings to audiences from Minnesota to Hawaii, from Puerto Rico to Germany; gracing some of Hip Hop and poetry’s most illustrious stages.

ALONGSIDE: Desdamona has had the pleasure of opening up for distinguished artists including Wyclef Jean, GURU, Bahamadia, Zap Mama, Black Uhuru/Sly & Robbie, Saul Williams, Ursula Rucker and Rhymesayers Artists. She has also shared the stage with other influential Hip Hop artists including Canada’s Eternia and bgirl Rockafella.

EVENTS & TOURS: Desdamona is one of the founders of B Girl Be, the first international festival, which celebrates women in Hip Hop. She was a featured performer at the We B*Girlz Festival in Berlin, Germany (2008), the SheRock Festival (2008), and was a Minnesota Music Awards featured performer (2005). Desdamona won the award for Best Spoken Word Artist from the MN Music Awards five consecutive years. Desdamona was a featured artist on the SummerJam Tour (2007) with legendary, Grammy Award winning artists Sly & Robbie. She and beatbox partner Carnage (as Ill Chemistry) also headlined The 2nd Nature Tour (2008).

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