I've been having mixed feelings about how I should approach the situation with the below e-mail.
On one hand, I want to ask someone on the EC or someone involved with PSI for their opinion on how to proceed and lodge a formal complaint, but on the other hand I'd be a snitch. And you know how much we hate snitches.
But seriously, it'd feel like I was tattling on the playground. Oh no! The big mean woman pushed me down digitally and verbally.
On the other hand -- which is now curled into a fist -- I felt like I was Motherfucking Wronged. I am deeply angered by the letter because it is not only ignorant, but it involves my kind, sweet-hearted mother (think 100% opposite of me). It's like a racial slur and yo momma joke rolled into one malicious morsel.
I feel bad for poets who will be getting this kind of slam rejection. I'm a weathered veteran of slam and its occasional drama, I'll certainly live. But what would a poet fresh to touring think if they received this letter?
But seriously, it'd feel like I was tattling on the playground. Oh no! The big mean woman pushed me down digitally and verbally.
On the other hand -- which is now curled into a fist -- I felt like I was Motherfucking Wronged. I am deeply angered by the letter because it is not only ignorant, but it involves my kind, sweet-hearted mother (think 100% opposite of me). It's like a racial slur and yo momma joke rolled into one malicious morsel.
I feel bad for poets who will be getting this kind of slam rejection. I'm a weathered veteran of slam and its occasional drama, I'll certainly live. But what would a poet fresh to touring think if they received this letter?