Confessions for the bullied and beautiful

1. Sarah Kay – “The Type”


     While all of her poems are wonderful, this particular piece has a message for young girls to let them know self-worth and self-value. Sarah Kay explains how "[we are] born to build." She sets a mood that is light  and comforting. The quote"[we] are not the poem, or the punchline, or the riddle, or the joke" portrays just what Sarah Kay is trying to get through to others. Through her poetry Sarah tells the story that convinces teenagers that it's ok to be affected by emotion. It's ok to be scared. It's ok to be impressed. It's ok to have these things that shake your world up a little bit and that's why this poem has such a positive affect.


                               
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2. Shane Koyczan: "To This Day" ... for the bullied and beautiful 


      Shane Koyczan puts his finger on the pulse of what it's like to be young and ... different. "To This Day," his spoken-word poem about bullying, is such a powerful poem that makes you stop, take a breath and just listen. I feel like Shane Koyczan was trying to get through our minds about how just because others judge you, make fun of you and bully you doesnt mean you have to believe everything they're saying and doing. If you can't see the true beauty look deeper because our lives will continue to be "a balancing act that has less to do with pain an more to do with beauty" and we are all beauty. To me this shows how we shouldn't let people put us down with their opinions. Take a moment and look farther because "we kept walking the tightrope [for] practice" and there's a reason for that. There's a reason why we try so hard to keep going on with your life and that's because we want to make the most of it and we no matter what people say. Shane is a prime example because this poem is from his real life and it's ok to be young and different.



3. Kevin Breel: Confessions of a Depressed Comic at TEDxKids@Ambleside


      In his heartbreaking, personal speech, Kevin explained what it felt like to grow up with a mental illness and what he thinks we're getting wrong when we put mental health and young people together. He creates a mood that seemed sad but had a very positive side to his depression because it was explaining how he pushed through. For years Kevin Breel hid his depression behind jokes and laughter because the fact is "depression isn't chicken pots you don't beat it once and its gone forever its something you live with" and that needs to be heard. The aspiring stand-up comedian couldn’t talk to anyone about his pain until it got so bad he considered taking his life. On the video Kevin states “[I] was one of the lucky ones, one of the people who gets to step out onto the ledge and look down but not jump."