Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

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ICYMI there has been a new show on TVNZ searching for the new generation of talented Kiwi musicians! This week we are looking at two words which may be confused by learners of English: scarce and scarcely. Improve your English with Collins. 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. Grace by Darcie Badger -native Americans girl leaves her land as her mama marries a bride and they try to find a stable life. They decide to return to their land and step up for their land and beliefs. 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.

It’s hard to single out the best part of Take The Mic because the whole experience was so inspiring. I enjoyed flying down to Christchurch with my sister and having a full day of feeling like a celebrity. It was awesome working with people who are professionals in their fields, from a singing coach to composers and directors. I loved recording my song in the studio and filming the music video in a beautiful house. The whole experience was a dream. What drew you to music?Fighting the Blues - 1 star - I have no idea why this was in here. It was a short comic that was basically a motivational poster. Very sweet message, but not executed well.

I believe people should vote for me because this is my dream and this is an incredible opportunity to make it come true. I believe that communities need to get behind artists. Also when living in a small town it is harder to get opportunities so I would appreciate the community to help me get this one. I believe I have what it takes, so watch my music video, listen to my song and decide for yourself. I need your vote! What’s your ultimate music goal? I have mixed feelings about this book. I usually love anthologies and this one is all about resistance! But oof... I didn't like most of the stories, some of them were just okay, writing didn't work, or the tone.Live Performance: All successful Contestants will go straight to the stage, with a live performance in front of a panel of judges & audience. I think this story really captured the guilt that some people might feel who want to fight the injustices they see everyday but are unable to participate in protests for whatever reason; it wonderfully depicts that anything you can do during adversity counts as resistance and you don’t always have to put yourself in physical danger to show your solidarity and standup for your beliefs. No one should have to live in a world where a small thing like being stopped for speeding becomes a life or death situation and the stuff of nightmares just because of the color of your skin, but unfortunately it’s the world we live in and I sometimes feel so hopeless. I don’t want to say much to spoil the story but the emotions it evokes are powerful and I think everyone should read it, but also be mindful of the content if you have ever been in such a situation before. 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 wrote this song in September last year. This song is about feeling like somebody is losing interest, but you’ve already felt this way before. I wrote this song from a personal experience around liking someone and it not feeling reciprocated. The inspiration for this song was a person who was constantly on my mind. I find that when I have something troubling me the best way to get through it is writing it down in song. I felt inspired to write a song about how this person made me feel and that allowed me to interpret my true emotions. What has been the best part of the Take the Mic experience so far? Testing failed because your microphone captured only a single tone. Please make sure your microphone is not muted and try again. Mahesh has always loved technology. When he first got an Android phone, he started writing tutorials about how one can get the most out of one's Android device. He has covered many other platforms as well, including Windows, Mac, iOS, and the internet. 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.

Total rating 3.7 stars. What a mixed bag of a collection, I have never had such varying results when reading a short story collection before. But i will break down my thoughts. 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. My favourite part so far was watching the vision of my music video coming to life. Meeting the people who were dancing to my song and the people behind the scenes made the whole experience wonderful and I couldn’t be more grateful! What drew you to music? Audience votes will not disrupt the fair nature of judges scores. These votes will be used for tiebreakers only. Billie chatted to contestants Betty Smith, Milly Eaton, Bella Casey-Solly, Georgie Levien, Katie Lee Webster, Karla Naude, Molly Pawson and Rhythm Titimaea, all about their songs, what the competition has been like and why you should vote for them!

The Helpers by LD Lewis- in a city of violence a young girl finds inner strength in helping those trapped or injuries by the explosions. She surprises herself and finds confidence and pride in her strength and abilities when they mattered most. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." Everyone believes that Salil Singh killed his girlfriend, Andrea Bell, five years ago—except Pippa Fitz-Amobi. This book was fantastic. I started it this morning, thinking I'd read a couple of stories here and there over the next few days, but I couldn't put it down. It's such a great blend of different styles and voices.

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. The stories and poems featured in Take the Mic are each thought-provoking, emotional, hopeful and at times heartbreaking in their own rights. Everything in Take the Mic reflects the world we live in and it is definitely an engaging, beautifully written collection for all ages. It should be at the top of everyone's TBR list, because it will certainly strikes a chord in its readers. Take the Mic was a great opportunity for me to get out there and show Aotearoa what I'm passionate about. Tell us about your song? What was the inspiration? To dictate an uppercase letter, say “uppercase” before the letter. For example, “uppercase A” or “uppercase alpha.” When you’re done, say “stop spelling.” You might be the kind of person who stands up to online trolls.Or who marches to protest injustice.