Caught between the incessant nagging at school and a toxic environment at home, Tyesha has never really felt like she fit in anywhere. When she was sexually assaulted, she felt like she didn’t even belong in her own skin. But when an alternative spoken word class came to her high school, she learned how to put her struggles into words. Video, sound & edit by Ora DeKornfeld Music by Chris Zabriskie Special thanks to Sacrificial Poets

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