Sabrina Benaim - Congratulations! It's a Girl!

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  • čas přidán 3. 12. 2014
  • Sabrina Benaim was our amazing feature poet on December 1st at the Vancouver Poetry Slam. This is Sabrina's poem Congratulations! It's a Girl!
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  • @momcat2223
    @momcat2223 Před 8 lety +891

    "See, Girl doesn't want you to fight her battles for her; Girl wants you to be one less person she has to fight."
    :::snaps fingers:::

  • @hyperactivegenie
    @hyperactivegenie Před 8 lety +613

    "Girl has spent an eternity attempting to return your rib."

  • @carringtonjones4532
    @carringtonjones4532 Před 8 lety +218

    "Rest in peace, Mufasa." FUCKING DYING I LOVE HER

  • @alphadawgxx
    @alphadawgxx Před 7 lety +320

    I adore how when she starts doing the A B C D, she's using sign language for the letters. It's the little things

  • @janhabimukherjee4088
    @janhabimukherjee4088 Před 9 lety +346

    This addresses almost every stereotype that has ever disturbed me about females, all through my life.
    Thank you.

  • @shay8518
    @shay8518 Před 8 lety +259

    i couldn't help but notice she used sign language when she was saying the "A,B,C" points @ 2:35 I've never seen anyone do that before, her hand gestures draw me in for some reason she captures some of her words with movements not everyone does that. shes great.

    • @totalweirdo8538
      @totalweirdo8538 Před 8 lety +3

      Oh, that's amazing, I didn't realise because I use a different translation but kudos to her!

  • @JamieHung5201314
    @JamieHung5201314 Před 9 lety +91

    I'm obsessed with her poetry readings. She's amazing in every poetry competition!

  • @catherinemaestas6192
    @catherinemaestas6192 Před 6 lety +32

    "Girl is laughing with you and at you because girl is indecisive."

  • @lydsk-w345
    @lydsk-w345 Před 8 lety +46

    "A" "B" "C" in ASL. Loved it!!

  • @tabithaking19
    @tabithaking19 Před 9 lety +280

    I saw your poem on depression, a conversation with your mom and I really connected with it. So I decided to watch your others and they're all brilliant. Thank you!

  • @lizreagan1643
    @lizreagan1643 Před 6 lety +525

    Congratulations! It's a girl!
    Girl is pink balloons, crinoline dress, polka dots, and barbie dolls.
    Vanilla birthday cake with sprinkles, great big icing roses, and, "blow out the candles, princess."
    See, Girl's name means princess, princess means daddy's little girl, means end of the family line, means Girl will be given away.
    See, Girl is gift.
    Girl is gift wrapped burden, teeth veiled in wedding dress white, floss, face wash, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, luffa.
    I don't even use my luffa; I just like to say the word luffa.
    Blow dryer, bobby pins, makeup.
    I mean, Girl woke up like this!
    Girl, please.
    See, Girl wants you to tell her she looks damn good because Girl looks damn good.
    Don't I look damn good?
    See, Girl is selfie, as in she can do it by her selfie.
    Am I right ladies? Trick question; Girl is always right.
    Girl knows how to make you think it was your idea, inception.
    Girl is too much.
    Girl thinks she is so funny.
    Girl is so funny.
    Girl is laughing with you and at you because girl is indecisive.
    But Girl knows exactly what she doesn't want.
    See, Girl doesn't want you to fight her battles for her, Girl wants you to be one less person she has to fight.
    Girl learns early, she'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar.
    Girl's honey is gold, but they say her silence is golden.
    Girl is a language lost in translation.
    Girl is talk, talk, talk, talking, talk less, girl?
    Practice sitting proper as a place setting?
    Set the table, cook the food, tidy the house?
    Girl is a good girl.
    Girl only gets dirty for a good, clean man.
    Or woman.
    Or humans who identify as humans.
    Or the holy spirit, preach!
    Girl is the pledge of lemon fresh sheets washed and tucked in all four corners.
    Girl is on all fours.
    Girl, why you think it's okay to to be treated like K9 show dog, sit pretty, come down off your hind legs, take off those high heels.
    Trying to make yourself taller?
    Wrong way, Girl, grow smaller, shrink back into your chrysalis, reemerge boy if you want to stand erect.
    Let's get one this straight.
    A, Girl is not soft.
    B, Girl likes soft things, Girl has soft parts.
    C, except when Girl likes hard things.
    D, yeah, I'm talking bout dicks, but Girl doesn't need you because Girl has spare batteries.
    Girl is float like a butterfly, sting like a... bee? Well, bees die after they sting, so sting like a wasp. Be wasp, Girl.
    See, Girl isn't trying to hurt your feelings, Girl is trying to understand why you are trying to hurt her feels.
    Girl has so many feelings.
    Girl is full blown crying on her couch, watching The Lion King-rest in peace Mufasa
    See, you don't even know girl.
    You call her things like baby, sweetie, honey, bitch.
    Call her by name.
    Girl is mother, life giver, Girl has spent an eternity attempting to return your rib.
    Girl is creator.
    What hasn't Girl done for you?
    She opened her legs and introduced you to this world.
    Has Girl heard you say thank you yet today?
    Say it, say "thank you."
    Say, "you look damn good."
    Aw, you're welcome.

  • @metamorph1373
    @metamorph1373 Před 8 lety +73

    It took me WAY too long to figure out what "spare batteries" was supposed to mean. This is why I love this girl. She's a riot!

  • @gigibeal
    @gigibeal Před 7 lety +11

    "Because girl is indecisive" *You got that right fam*

  • @bridmairead
    @bridmairead Před 9 lety +122

    Am I right Ladies?, trick question, girl is always right

  • @skylarjayy7405
    @skylarjayy7405 Před 8 lety +58

    "rest in peace mufasa" lmao

  • @ElloryZossum
    @ElloryZossum Před 8 lety +31

    I cannot get over her

  • @leynalouise5329
    @leynalouise5329 Před 8 lety +28

    girl wants to be told she looks damn good because she looks damn good

  • @SageAMalik
    @SageAMalik Před 8 lety +19

    From her video of depression she's gotten so confident and beautiful light and happy. It so great to see that progress

  • @k.b.9464
    @k.b.9464 Před 8 lety +19

    sabrina's poems always amaze me!

  • @kyms5496
    @kyms5496 Před 7 lety +21

    This left me smiling. :) I LOVE YOU SABRINA!!

  • @kazzolshrestha1255
    @kazzolshrestha1255 Před 8 lety +27

    i literally have watched this over 1000 times and still not over it.

  • @lmack34
    @lmack34 Před 7 lety +17

    this poem is so pure i love it

  • @whatever7730
    @whatever7730 Před 7 lety +14

    omgg she is amazing i love her

  • @bqwadseertg
    @bqwadseertg Před 7 lety +3

    Sabrina is and will always be one of my favorite female poets. I love everything she does

  • @seekinginnertruth
    @seekinginnertruth Před 9 lety +7

    So many good lines in this poem.

  • @devinana2413
    @devinana2413 Před 7 lety +5

    i LOVE HER OMG

  • @enigmath
    @enigmath Před 9 lety +4

    she's truly amazing.

  • @samanthapavnick1847
    @samanthapavnick1847 Před 6 lety +2

    I love her so much

  • @DragonflyHeart2
    @DragonflyHeart2 Před 8 lety +4

    One of my favorite poets

  • @wickedly4
    @wickedly4 Před 9 lety +2

    she's amazing i love her

  • @jessartist25
    @jessartist25 Před 6 lety

    One of my fav poems from her💗

  • @whatever1086
    @whatever1086 Před 9 lety +1

    she's so perfect i love her omg

  • @Diamondhamster
    @Diamondhamster Před 9 lety +2

    That was one of the best pieces I've heard all month! :D

  • @MinniMouseLuver143
    @MinniMouseLuver143 Před 9 lety +1

    Yas girl! Can't love this anymore than I already do!

  • @nikki5095
    @nikki5095 Před 6 lety +2

    you are truly an exceptional poet. Thank you so much for sharing your work.

  • @unicorngod423_4
    @unicorngod423_4 Před 6 lety +1

    God I swear every poem I listen to from her I love her more and more Sabrina is life 😍😍

  • @tiktoks3773
    @tiktoks3773 Před 8 lety +2

    Omg i loooooove sabrina ❣❣❣

  • @Kristina5652
    @Kristina5652 Před 8 lety +219

    "good clean man... or woman... or humans who identify as humans"
    yayy nb peeps

  • @sleepisfortheweak1
    @sleepisfortheweak1 Před 9 lety +1

    I love her and what she does

  • @roniboni___
    @roniboni___ Před 6 lety

    This is officially my Fav poem by sabrina

  • @pascal_case
    @pascal_case Před 7 lety +1

    She's my favorite.

  • @idrial12345Flash
    @idrial12345Flash Před 8 lety +2

    simply outstanding

  • @letsdiscoverrealities2794

    so much touchy it was ❤

  • @alanietawavu5241
    @alanietawavu5241 Před 9 lety +5

    ahaha! this is really good stuff 😂 love listening to all your poems!!!

  • @Linzipinz
    @Linzipinz Před 7 lety +1

    love this!

  • @scottweatherby6896
    @scottweatherby6896 Před 9 lety

    Nothing short of excellence.

  • @bowtiesarecool7062
    @bowtiesarecool7062 Před 7 lety

    I got chills

  • @marwakobeissi6288
    @marwakobeissi6288 Před 6 lety

    thiiiiis issss amaziiiinngggg. sabrina is soooo cuteee and such an amazing poetttt. my favvvvvv

  • @heyy6823
    @heyy6823 Před 6 lety

    She’s perfect!

  • @tifanyeldridge5969
    @tifanyeldridge5969 Před 6 lety +2

    she's so adorable 😁😁

  • @viviansushi2069
    @viviansushi2069 Před 6 lety +4

    "Rest In Peace mufasa," I died

  • @Sparkes97
    @Sparkes97 Před 7 lety +4

    sassy, truth bombs and comedy. love this

  • @naomiselvan4702
    @naomiselvan4702 Před 7 lety

    i love thisss

  • @artijerai5267
    @artijerai5267 Před 4 lety

    I love her!!! She is my girl crush.😍😍

  • @arielg7393
    @arielg7393 Před 9 lety +2

    I really like this one :)

  • @shruti8271
    @shruti8271 Před 5 lety

    loved it
    ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @jodigood5427
    @jodigood5427 Před 9 lety +1

    beautiful

  • @moderenprincess
    @moderenprincess Před 9 lety

    This lady. I like her

  • @bonnie5076
    @bonnie5076 Před 6 lety +3

    Girl is crying on her couch watching the Lion King *whispers* Rest in Peace Mufasa

  • @ilovemyfam928
    @ilovemyfam928 Před 6 lety

    Incredible

  • @shelbyteresak
    @shelbyteresak Před 8 lety +3

    fuckin masterpiece

  • @jacobceniceros1777
    @jacobceniceros1777 Před 6 lety +1

    Wow

  • @006122107
    @006122107 Před 7 lety +2

    Does anyone know where can I find it transcribed? English is not my mother tongue and there are some parts that I couldn't understand only by listening to. Thank you!

  • @jamielexapro1250
    @jamielexapro1250 Před 6 lety +3

    Float like a butterfly
    Sting like a wasp

  • @emillyneary763
    @emillyneary763 Před 6 lety

    that was fucking amazing. thank you for sharing it!

  • @HaidieS
    @HaidieS Před 8 lety +2

    I'm in love with you, Sabrina.

  • @havsgdvbehrbwiwibuvwycdup9453

    I love you so much cx :3

  • @danimoore4888
    @danimoore4888 Před 7 lety +4

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YOU FUKING QUEEN.

  • @edwardjones2202
    @edwardjones2202 Před 9 lety +2

    Paul Dirac, the great Quantum Physicist, once reporached a colleague for his interest in poetry.
    The colleague, baffled, asked why.
    Dirac responded: the job of a scientist is to take difficult things which nobody understands and make them as easily understood as possible, the job of a poet is the exact opposite.
    Case in point.

    • @CDLatin
      @CDLatin Před 8 lety

      You don't get it. If you think love or oppression or truth are simple you don't really understand

    • @edwardjones2202
      @edwardjones2202 Před 8 lety

      +chris latin
      you're kind of missing the point because Dirac made it in a slightly flippant way for the sake of. elegance. so the point is that poets, artists and literary types wallow in paradox and mystification whereas scientists try to achieve as much clarity and rigour as possible.
      Sometimes this rigour requires not saying anything where complexity bars knowledge.
      Case in point, your comment about "love" not being simple. To the extent we know anything about love it is simple. To the extent it is not simple, we don't know anything.
      In science, there is plenty that is known that is not simple. In the subject matter you mentioned, what is known is simple, and what is not known and yet still spoken about is mystification.

    • @CDLatin
      @CDLatin Před 8 lety

      Edward Jones What was this conversation even about?

    • @edwardjones2202
      @edwardjones2202 Před 8 lety

      Poetry = Waffle?

    • @angelicahernandez9565
      @angelicahernandez9565 Před 8 lety

      your logic is sound haha

  • @madisonmcconnell7481
    @madisonmcconnell7481 Před 8 lety +1

    I really liked your explaining my depression to my mother but I don't like the other ones :(

  • @AshleyMullinsBookz4Nerdz
    @AshleyMullinsBookz4Nerdz Před 9 lety +6

    Is there a way to get the script for this piece?

    • @MorgonBranning
      @MorgonBranning Před 9 lety +1

      Ashley Mullins Write it down.

    • @momcat2223
      @momcat2223 Před 8 lety +1

      +Ashley Mullins I transcribed "Reasons" - your turn! =0)

    • @ela_robles
      @ela_robles Před 8 lety +10

      +Ashley Mullins I got you, girl.
      (I might've messed up the parts when she lists the stuff, but I tried my best!)
      Congratulations! It's a girl!
      Girl is pink balloons, crinoline dress, polka dots, AND Barbie dolls. Vanilla Birthday cake WITH sprinkles, great big icing roses, and "Blow out the candles, princess."
      See, girl's name means Princess. Princess means daddy's little girl, means end of the family line, means girl will be given away.
      See, girl is gift. Girl is gift-wrapped burden, teeth veiled in wedding dress white- floss, face wash, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, loofah- I don't even use my loofah. I just like to say the word "loofah". Blow dryer, bobby pins, make up, I mean "Girl woke up like this-" Girl, please.
      See, girl wants you to tell her she looks damn good because she looks damn good. Don't I look damn good?
      See, girl is selfie. As in she can do it by her selfie. Am I right ladies? Trick question - girl is always right.
      Girl knows how to make you think it was your idea. (Inception~)
      Girl is too much. Girl thinks she is so funny. Girl is sooooo funny. Girl is laughing with you and at you because girl is indecisive. But girl knows exactly what she doesn't want.
      See, girl doesn't want you to fight her battles for her- girl wants you to be one less person she has to fight.
      Girl learns early she'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar, girl's honey is gold but they say her silence is golden.
      Girl is a language lost in translation.
      Girl is talk, talk, talk, talking, talk less, girl? Practice sitting proper as a place setting? Set the table? Cook the food? Tidy the house?
      Girl is a good girl. Girl only gets dirty for good, clean man. Or woman. Or humans who identify as humans, or the Holy Spirit- PREACH.
      Girl is the pledge of lemon-fresh sheets washed and tucked in all four corners.
      Girl is on all fours, Girl, why do you think it's okay to be treated like canine? Show dog? Sit pretty? Come down off your hind legs? Take off those high heels? Trying to make yourself taller? Wrong way, girl, try to grow smaller. Shrink back into your chrysalis. Re-emerge boy if you want to stand erect.
      Let's get one thing straight- A) Girl is not Soft. B) Girl likes soft things, girl has soft parts. C) Except when girl likes hard things. D) Yeah, I'm talking about dicks.
      But girl doesn't need you, because girl has spare batteries.
      Girl is "Float like a butterfly, and sting like a-" bee, well bees die after they sting, so sting like a wasp. Be wasp, girl.
      See, girl isn't trying to hurt your feelings, girl is trying to understand why you're trying to hurt her feelings. Girl has so many feelings.
      Girl is full-blown crying on her couch while watching The Lion King (Rest in peace, Mufasa)
      See, you don't even know Girl. You call her things like Baby, Sweetie, Honey, Bitch- call her by name.
      Girl is Mother: life giver. Girl has spent an eternity attempting to return your rib.
      Girl is Creator: What hasn't girl done for you? She opened her legs and introduced you to this world. Has girl heard you say "Thank you" yet today? Say it. Say "Thank you". Say "You look damn good."
      Oh, you're welcome.

    • @AshleyMullinsBookz4Nerdz
      @AshleyMullinsBookz4Nerdz Před 8 lety +1

      Thank you so much. I mean its been a year. lol

  • @darlenelane1719
    @darlenelane1719 Před 6 lety

    Girl is indecisive but she knows what she doesn't want

  • @luccagrey3259
    @luccagrey3259 Před 6 lety

    Rest peace mufasa

  • @anilols1
    @anilols1 Před 7 lety +1

    Or the Holy Spirit... Preach! 😶

  • @aileenvazquez3927
    @aileenvazquez3927 Před 5 lety

    “Girl is not trying to hurt your feelings, girl is trying to understand why are you trying to hurt her feelings”...

  • @MultiKeelyn
    @MultiKeelyn Před 8 lety +1

    Huh?? Thanks hamza

  • @sophiecrabtree311
    @sophiecrabtree311 Před 6 lety +6

    Sting like a bee... well bees die after they sting.. so sting like a wasp

  • @Erika-yu9ru
    @Erika-yu9ru Před 5 lety +1

    This is the same girl who talked about explaining depression to her mom

  • @jazzc3697
    @jazzc3697 Před 6 lety +1

    *snaps fingers loudly*

  • @GoogleAccount00
    @GoogleAccount00 Před 9 lety

    3:33 "Girl has spent eternity trying to return your rib"

  • @titusmani1322
    @titusmani1322 Před 4 lety

    Thank you girl, you look damn good 🌹♥️🔥

  • @melissakumskow-garcia4407

    Every second is worth hearing!! But personally this stood out /first/best 2:39...

  • @historyalwaysrepeats6870
    @historyalwaysrepeats6870 Před 6 lety +3

    She is actually right right. The only thing is girls are born rich & boys are born poor. Girls look fantastic until they reach 30. Then they hit the wall. She was once rich but every year after she becomes poorer. Boys are poor, they have nothing but unlike girl he will work, he will earn & he will mature. When he becomes a man he will prosper while women flounder. A single guy in his 40s is rich, a single woman in her 40s is poor. Rich man can pick up 25 year old girl, 40 year old woman is neglected. Yes she does have a vibrator which is only a substitute. The richer the man becomes the more attractive he becomes to young women, the older the woman becomes the more society neglects her. Good luck to these future cat ladies, I hope as you become poorer you honestlhy believe it was worth it.

  • @SageAMalik
    @SageAMalik Před 8 lety

    From her video of depression she's gotten so confident and beautiful light and happy. It so great to see that progress