Comments on: Swingset

By: Samuel

Samuel — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:20:06 +0000

I love this article!

By: Right to Bleed » Sunday Link Love

Right to Bleed » Sunday Link Love — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:23:05 +0000

[...] word by Andrea Gibson called The Swingset (with transcript), addressing gender [...]

By: Andrea Gibson « Written Images

Andrea Gibson « Written Images — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:31:46 +0000

[...] Swing set I liked this one a whole lot! At the Take Back the Night rally, I read “Blue Blanket.” I posted about that earlier. I have decided to practice and perform it again. Hopefully it will go over better. I just can’t take the thought that this righteous poem was “too long for the venue.” They’ll get it if I do it better. Maybe I should see if Gibson will come and do it herself! [...]

By: Kelsey

Kelsey — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:30:16 +0000

I love Andrea and her poems! This poem is great and (humorously) says so much about our society’s views of gender norms.

By: For the love of links « blue milk

For the love of links « blue milk — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:21:35 +0000

[...] Poetry: What do little kids think about gender ambiguity? [...]

By: Cobalt

Cobalt — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:31:32 +0000

Thank you for posting this. It made me smile. I hope she’s right that someday adults will be so unconcerned.

By: rex

rex — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:51:28 +0000

Andrew Gibson came to my school and actually performed this poem. I do agree that most of it is quite striking, but the phrase “his appetite raped away” strikes me as inappropriately strong. I will not go so far as to say that such violent language may never be used as metaphor, but it does require careful choice and intention. Its placement here turns me off the rest of the work entirely.

By: genderkid

genderkid — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:03:37 +0000

Cool, Emily! I wish I can see her one day. Her poem Andrew is another of my favorites.

By: RyanRutley

RyanRutley — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:43:05 +0000

Goddamn. That’s just fucking right.

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:10:30 +0000

I’m lucky enough to live in the same town as Andrea Gibson, and have seen her perform several times. She is incredible,