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Ashley Judd recites powerful 'Nasty Woman' poem at Women's March

Christopher Rosen@chrisjrosen

Updated January 21, 2017 at 4:09pm EST

[VIDEO: a powerful poem in a powerful performance .. see below]

Ashley Judd used her time at the Women’s March on Washington to recite a poem called “Nasty Woman,” which refers to President Donald Trump as “a man who looks like he bathes in Cheetos dust.”

The poem was written by 19-year-old Tennessee resident Nina Donovan, who first performed her work in December of last year .. https://www.facebook.com/AshleyJuddOfficial/posts/1130751693709033 . (At the time, Judd shared a clip of Donovan reciting the poem to her Facebook page. “Enjoy your baptism by slam poetry fire,” Judd wrote. “The intersectional, social justice themes presented rocked my word.”)

“I am not nasty like the combo of Trump and Pence being served up to me in my voting booths. I’m nasty like the battles my grandmothers fought to get me into that voting booth,” Judd read on Saturday. “I’m nasty like the fight for wage equality. Scarlett Johansson, why were the female actors paid less than half of what the male actors earned last year. See, even when we do go into higher paying jobs our wages are still cut with blades sharpened by testosterone. Why is the work of a black woman and a Hispanic woman worth only 63 and 54 cents of a white man’s privileged daughter? This is not a feminist myth. This is inequality. So we are not here to be debunked. We are here to be respected. We are here to be nasty.”

A later verse in Donovan’s poem calls out Trump for his comments about being able to grab women “by the p—y” because of his fame. (Trump’s remarks came during a conversation with Access Hollywood co-host Billy Bush in 2005; the unaired video of their conversation was unearthed last year.)

“And our p—ies ain’t for grabbing. There for reminding you that our walls are stronger than America’s ever will be,” Judd read on Saturday. “Our p—ies are for our pleasure. They are for birthing new generations of filthy, vulgar, nasty, proud, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, you name it, for new generations of nasty women. So if you a nasty woman, or you love one who is, let me hear you say, hell yeah.”

Judd was one of a number of high-profile stars to attend the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. and around the country.

http://ew.com/news/2017/01/21/womens-march-ashley-judd-nasty-woman-poem/

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Nina Donovan reacts to Ashley Judd performing 'Nasty Woman' poem

Melanie Balakit , [e-mail] Published 3:05 p.m. CT Jan. 21, 2017 | Updated 3 hours ago
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Actress and activist Ashley Judd delivered harsh words aimed at President Trump from a poem written by a 19-year-old girl from Tennessee. USA TODAY NETWORK

"I was seeing the physical form of everything I was saying in my poem"


(Photo: Nina Donovan)

Actress Ashley Judd recited a poem by a Franklin teen Saturday at the Women's March on Washington.

Judd, also a Franklin resident, read a poem by 19-year-old Nina Donovan.

The "Nasty Woman" poem criticizes President Donald Trump and points out inequalities in the United States.
.. more with march photos: http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/21/womens-march-ashley-judd-recites-poem-franklin-woman/96888228/

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Ian McKellen on Trump: 'He's had his chance'
Christopher Rosen@chrisjrosen
Posted on January 21, 2017 at 8:37pm EST

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McKellen didn’t use Trump’s name in his social media post; instead, he wrote that the word “trump” in “schoolyard English” means “to break wind.”

“President Breaking Wind has impacted us all; and personally,” McKellen wrote. “Some like him, think they can identify with him, believe him because they’ve seen him on television perhaps and think the billionaire and his billionaire team are truly friends. The rest of us, including the majority of voters in USA, see through the charade: after all, the schtick is not exactly subtle. But he’s riled us, got under our skin, making us angry and despairing that he should have got through to the final of his show and turned democracy into a tv/twitter spectacular.”

Citing how the White House website .. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/moments-after-donald-trump-became-president-the-white-houses-lgbt-rights-page-disappeared/ .. removed its LGBT page after Trump was sworn in on Friday — as well as reports Trump’s administration .. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-reportedly-plans-to-end-national-arts-funding_us_5880de61e4b070d8cad0e184 .. could end national arts funding — McKellen speculated about what the future might hold.

“What will happen? No doubt his believers will be soon disillusioned,” McKellen wrote. “The rest of us cannot let him reign unchallenged. The Marches worldwide were a good beginning. Some who fear him say ‘give the man a chance.’ OK — he’s started by removing LGBTQ people, climate change, and state funding of the arts from POTUS’s website. He’s had his chance.”

McKellen was photographed on Saturday at the Women’s March on London holding a sign that featured a photograph of his good friend Patrick Stewart in character as Captain Picard from Star Trek. According to McKellen, he didn’t make the sign himself; he found it at the end of the march.

Read his post below. .. http://ew.com/news/2017/01/21/donald-trump-ian-mckellen/

See also:

All References to Climate Change Have Already Been Deleted From White House Website
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=128018093 .. and in reply

DesertDrifter -- predictably of course, the entire White House website has been completely scrubbed
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=128018368

Courtesy of President Breaking Wind, who has patented the art of the double fart, his initial
rusty reaction followed by his almost mandatory clarification in an attempt to clear the air.