Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

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You might be the kind of person who stands up to online trolls.Or who marches to protest injustice. My song “pls don’t b in luv” is about my experience growing up queer, and how I thought that if I told people, I would be looked at differently. What has been the best part of the Take the Mic experience so far? I’m inspired by Taylor Swift for how she made her career and is so in control of her music. I am inspired by small NZ artists as I can watch them become successful and can relate easier. Why should people vote for you? Grand Final winners are not permitted to re-enter unless they’ve moved into a new age division or category. As You Were - 5 stars - this story broke my heart. I nearly shed a tear for this story, but mostly i was angry. The guy in this story is an absolute idiot, and I was hurt by what he did. I actually had to put the book down for a few minutes to process the actual idiocy of his proposal.

The Helpers - 5 stars - A story of hope, and desperation. This story made me cry, and very few books make me cry. The description of adrenaline during a disaster was astounding, by far my favourite story in this collection. You may sing any style within your category. It must not contain explicit language, and should be appropriate for the age range of your division. Most importantly, choose a song that will entertain your audience. Ever since I was young I was encouraged to learn, practice and play music. I learnt guitar and piano and took singing lessons.From playing and singing songwriting came naturally. I grew up in a musical family with everyone either playing instruments or singing. My family was a real inspiration for music. Who’s your biggest musical inspiration?This brings the first story in the collection a full circle with Grace finding a home, finally feeling connected to her indigenous land and also shutting down any debate about her heritage in the process. I thought the scene where her mom tells her that the best way of being part of the resistance is to love yourself, was simple but very meaningful. A great and powerful way to end the book. Central themes emerge in this collection of short stories by a diverse and representative group of authors: courage, bravery, and a refusal to be silenced. Pound symbol; pound sign; number symbol; number sign; hash symbol; hash sign; hashtag symbol; hashtag sign; sharp symbol; sharp sign The boy loved having a mentor. He felt as if someone understood him and wont judge him for who he is. However, a couple weeks later he found out that his mentor was only hanging out with him for community service hours not because she wants to. She never told him how much she enjoyed hanging out with him. He felt as if he was betrayed and lied to. His mentor ended up apologizing to him and they continued there friendship even after they graduated. I entered Take the Mic in hopes of gaining as much experience and knowledge as possible, and I have learnt so much about behind the scenes of making a music video and TV which has been awesome! Tell us about your song? What was the inspiration?

Customize microphone access for specific apps by toggling on the "Allow Apps to Access Your Microphone" button or managing settings for Microsoft Store and non-Microsoft Store apps. I have always had a huge passion for music. I have loved to sing ever since I was very young. I had no vocal lessons, no vocal coach, etc. I grew up in a musical household so everything I learnt was with my family. Music has always been a part of me and I feel that I was drawn to music ever since I was born. Who’s your biggest musical inspiration?

Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." Music has always been a huge part of my life. Mum and dad say I was singing basically once I learnt how to speak and I think this is partly due to my parents listening to all sorts of music around the house and I think that was what drew me into music from such a young age. Who’s your biggest musical inspiration? The following table tells you what you can say. If a word or phrase is in bold , it's an example. Replace it with similar words to get the result you want. Parker Outside the Box - 5 stars - I loved this story. It was just a beautiful story of friendship and standing up for what you believe in, even if it is going against people you love. Oh! This story was gorgeous. A "file MD5" is a hash that gets computed from the file contents, and is reasonably unique based on that content. All shadow libraries that we have indexed on here primarily use MD5s to identify files.

I only recently started my journey towards being an anti-racist; I think a lot of folx began that journey in 2020. I wish I’d started sooner. I absolutely recommend adding this to your library if you’re working on 1) listening more to marginalized voices and 2) examining your own biases. Nonfiction is definitely important for those goals, but fiction has a crucial role to play, as well. Reading these “Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance” gave me pause to think a lot, I usually only read a story or poem a day so I could let my thoughts . . . marinate? percolate? . . . so I could really absorb each story’s messages and questions. ICYMI there has been a new show on TVNZ searching for the new generation of talented Kiwi musicians! Select Next or install any optional language features you'd like to use. These features, including speech recognition, aren't required for voice typing to work.It’s always amazing to read a story about a book blogger and this was no different. As a young Jewish woman who is vocal on social media, she is targeted by the expected anti-Semitic troll bots and the avalanche of horrifying tweets makes her want to just shut it all off - but her realizing that allowing the trolls to control the narrative is counter productive, and she should use her platform to make her voice heard in the best way she can (through books) is beautifully described and I loved the way Ruth handled it all. Working with industry professionals on this project has been such a privilege, and working with them to film the music video has been the highlight of the Take the Mic experience. What drew you to music? The song ‘Home’ is inspired by someone very close to me and I wrote this song to show how home doesn’t necessarily need to be a physical place, home can be a person and therefore home can be wherever you are with that person. What has been the best part of the Take the Mic experience so far? Audience votes will not disrupt the fair nature of judges scores. These votes will be used for tiebreakers only.

The story of a young indigenous girl, this is about her standing up for herself and not allowing anyone to disrespect her. It may feel like a very small thing but I thought what Grace does is very powerful and I loved it. There is also the underlying theme of wanting to find the one place you can call home and what it would actually feel like to have one. Very very moving. I think that the biggest reminder, and message to take away from Take the Mic, is that as individuals and as groups: resistance comes about in many forms. What resistance means to you, is not always what resistance means to others. Much like with our emotional complexities and coping mechanisms, it's all subjective to the person or the situation. Whether you're raising your voice or marching for your life, there are countless ways to resist the cruelty of our world.Grace - 5 stars - This was such a a great story of resistance, power, and standing up for what is right, even when not everyone is on your side. To let both Microsoft Store and non-Store apps use your mic, toggle on the "Let Apps Access Your Microphone" option. This anthology has been on my highly anticipated releases list since the exact day it was announced. And I’m so so glad that I finally got the opportunity to read it. This was powerful, nuanced, thought provoking, made me very emotional or enraged at times, but also gave me hope. We all need some hope in our lives. GRAEME ISAACO The voice Finalist 2020, and Musical Theatre performer. Stared as 'Aladdin' in Disney's Aladdin the Musical throughout the Australia, New Zealand, and Asia tour. Honestly... Barney and Hi5. I used to love watching them as a kid, and I think that is where my passion for music started. Who’s your biggest musical inspiration?