Have you heard about the scandal over a poem that has been erased from a university facade in Berlin?
Is the story about sexism? Cultural appropriation? Disrespect for art? Trampling on the freedom of speech?
To me, the only real issue here is crappy poetry. But that’s the only thing nobody is discussing.
The poetry is indeed extremely crappy.
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Of all the poems in the world, this is the one they put on the building in huge letters? That’s just bizarre.
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People seem to go blind the moment they feel threatened, and some men seem very threatened by the removal of this pointless, impotent, weak, lame poem. Also the author is complaining about what exactly? Now this poem that he must have written in 30 seconds has almost gone viral and some men are defending it passionately.
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Good point. It’s fantastic PR for a very bad poem.
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That’s a crappy poem for sure.
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Can it even be considered a poem? It’s more like vaguely related words in no particular order.
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The real scandalous act is putting a Spanish poem on an English news site without translation, when the entire article is meaningless without its understanding!
Is this the sad state of the contemporary journalism?
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“the entire article is meaningless without its understanding!”
But feel for the poor editors, if they translated it they’d be spreading the very same sexism they’re trying to fight…
Anyhoo here’s a translation key:
avenidas = avenues
y = and
flores = flowers
mujeres = women
un = one, a(n)
admirador = admirer
At least they didn’t put anything by Singapore Mary up there… (yet)
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I thought there was a translation. I saw a translation somewhere. Hmm.
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The story reminds me of this Italian music video filmed in Berlin (with a few animated paintings on walls). Together the story and the video make me miss Berlin….
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