A History Of Silence

Hey! Are you guys doing any other performances in Auckland??? Thanks :)

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:59:00 -0500

Yay! Yes we are! We are doing a couple performances and workshops:

Thursday May 23rd: “How We Rise: Intro To Slam” Workshop
$25, 7pm @ Fresh Gallery Otaro
EMAIL Grace to reserve a spot: niunavigations@gmail.com
Limited spots!

Tuesday May 28th: Ken Arkind Features @ Poetry Live
Tuesday July 2nd: Carrie Rudzinski Features @ Poetry Live
8pm @ The Thirsty Dog on K Road

Saturday June 29th: Word Wide Movement Launch Party
Ken Arkind and Carrie Rudzinski feature alongside Auckland poets
$10, 7:30pm, The Old Firehouse on Ponsonby Road

Free gig today in Auckland, New Zealand!

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:11:32 -0500

Auckland Readers and Writers Festival!

4pm TODAY! May 17th!

Limelight Room in the Aotea Center!

Carrie Rudzinski, Ken Arkind, Miles Merrel, and Courtney Meredith!

So this is happening: Desiree Dallagiacomo, Carrie Rudzinski,...

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:29:13 -0500

So this is happening: Desiree Dallagiacomo, Carrie Rudzinski, and Katie Wirsing are touring together this fall.

Booking enquiries: Carrie@Bicycle-comics.com or on tumblr.

See You Tonight Denver!

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:36:23 -0500

New Zealand/Australia Tour Announcement

Fri, 03 May 2013 17:32:27 -0500

Hey Tumblr!

I’m so excited to announce I’m going to be touring New Zealand for the months of May and June with the incomparable Ken Arkind!

There are shows currently booked in Auckland, Wellington, Palmerston North, Taupo, Porirua, Hastings, Golden Bay, and Nelson.

Shows TBA in Christchurch, Wanaka, Hokitika, Hamilton, and Melbourne, Australia.

Full tour list coming soon!

If interested in booking, contact through tumblr or Carrie@bicycle-comics.com

Listen.

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:56:14 -0500

Listen.

nps2013: Carrie Rudzinski reads at the Cantab Lounge. Photo by...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:48:44 -0500

nps2013:

Carrie Rudzinski reads at the Cantab Lounge. Photo by Rich Beaubien, from his Sunday Evening Photo Series.

Wanna get a sneak peek at my upcoming book “The Shotgun...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:23:48 -0500

Wanna get a sneak peek at my upcoming book “The Shotgun Speaks”? Check out video of my brand new poem “The Myth.” My whole feature from Long Beach is available on the youtube channel.

This is really important. We’ve all seen hundreds of Drug...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:53:23 -0500

This is really important. We’ve all seen hundreds of Drug PSAs… how many times have we seen this?

You've become my idol. I started performing poetry my freshman year, awkwardly, and my drama coach introduced me to your poems via Youtube. I loved them immediately and I began to recite a few at my high school contests. Your pieces took me farther in contest and as a person than anyone predicted, and performance poetry has since then become a major part of my life. I just thought I'd let you know what an impact you and your poetry has had, and thank you for doing what you do. You're amazing.

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:07:47 -0500

The messages I receive are often too sweet to be real and I end up staring at them for months, letting them fill up my belly. Thank you thank you for writing me. I am so glad you are performing and growing. I really appreciate you. xo

Time’s 100 Most Influential People. My favorite Malala...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:58:04 -0500

Time’s 100 Most Influential People. My favorite Malala Yousafzai: woman, student, symbol of hope, and all around badass.

For everyone who wasn’t in L.A. tonight…...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:14:41 -0500

For everyone who wasn’t in L.A. tonight… here’s the first video of “In America.”

Hey Los Angeles

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:29:44 -0500

Surprise! I have two shows coming up!

Tuesday April 16th @ 9pm
Feature @ Da Poetry Lounge Slam Finals
544 N Fairfax Ave
Los Angeles, CA
$5 —» GET IN LINE EARLY

Friday April 26th @ 7pm
Feature @ The Definitive Soapbox
539 E Bixby Rd
Long Beach, CA

"What does it mean to love? What does it mean to survive? We will not live to settle for less. We..."

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 02:30:19 -0500

“

What does it mean to love?
What does it mean to survive?

We will not live to settle for less.
We have dreamed of this all of our lives.

”

- Adrienne Rich

This is my life. “I miss your face like hell… my...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:33:10 -0500

This is my life.

“I miss your face like hell… my family lives in a different state.”

"If rape were a disease, it would be a pandemic. If it were an economic downturn, it would be the..."

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:00:00 -0500

“

If rape were a disease, it would be a pandemic. If it were an economic downturn, it would be the biggest depression in history. 90% of rapists know their victims. This means that a woman is far more likely to be raped by the man walking her to her car than the stranger in the parking lot. 37% of women in emergency rooms are put there by their male partners.

With these statistics in mind, in the US, heterosexuality is a major health risk to women. Men and masculinity are a health threat to women.

”

- Dr. Rachel Luft discussing gender-based violence, University of New Orleans (via poemsbydes)

The video of you performimg The Prayer absolutely blew me away. The whole way through the video your passion was evident. I have never seen a video this powerful. You are an absolutely inspiring person. Thank you for being so honest in your art.

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:29:59 -0500

Wow, thank you. The Prayer was absolutely the hardest thing that has ever crawled it’s way out of me. It needed to live outside of my body and I am so so SO grateful that it has found homes in other hearts. <3

buttonpoetry: Carrie Rudzinski - “Delhi’s Belly” “I am a woman....

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 02:43:38 -0500

buttonpoetry:

Carrie Rudzinski - “Delhi’s Belly”

“I am a woman. It does not matter the country I am in. It does not matter the clothing that I wear. The world is still a beast, and he is always hungry.”

Find out more about Carrie, and see more of her work, at her tumblr!

Want To See What Rape Culture Looks Like?

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:10:00 -0500

Ford’s Figo India Ad. It doesn’t matter that the company now says the ad mock up should never have been released or created: IT WAS CREATED. It went through dozens of creators, designers, marketers, business execs. ALL OF THEM thought the image of three women scantily clad, bound, and gagged in the back seat of a car was okay and would sell.

This image endorses kidnapping, abuse, manipulation, rape, assault, and the accepted notion that women are not to be treated like humans. That women are not equal to men.

"If you want to keep teens from being rapists, you can no longer assume that they know how. You HAVE..."

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:02:00 -0500

“If you want to keep teens from being rapists, you can no longer assume that they know how. You HAVE to talk about it. There is no longer a choice. It is no longer enough to talk to our kids about the mechanics of sex, it probably never was. We have to talk about consent, what it means, and how you are sure you have it. We have to teach clearly and boldly that consent is (in the words of Dianna E. Anderson) an enthusiastic, unequivocal YES!”

- - Abby Norman’s blog post “The Day I Taught How Not To Rape.”

Full article:

http://accidentaldevotional.com/2013/03/19/the-day-i-taught-how-not-to-rape/