Life is Amazing…
Bullies are popular. Everybody thinks they're such nice guys. The author knows this first-hand — she grew up with one. B is for Bullies is a personal reckoning with oppression, ADHD, and the mother who saw what the bullies couldn't: that the very qualities that made her a target are what make her an artist.
5 years old in the green ballet dress Mom made for me. I'd wanted to do tap lessons, Mom wanted me to do ballet. Ableist? Yes, with a broad definition of cultural ableism - Mom, who was British, said tap dancing was common, yet my ADHD feet thought it was brilliant. For sure obliging my... Continue Reading →
The poem "BegonY’as," created by Alison Boston, emerged from personal grief and experiences of exclusion in a music group. It evolves through performances where audience interaction shapes its growth. The work uses participatory elements to confront oppression, culminating in a vibrant finale celebrating individuality and collective expression.
Alison Amazed 