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Published by AIDEN OLSON, 2019-05-27 23:10:02

multi genre theme project

multi genre theme project

By: Aiden Olson 

 

Dear Reader, 

Women climbing their way to to sea level  
 

Put in boxes with labels shipped back down to the ocean floor 
 

Submerged by the waves of middle age white men suffocating us and our 
voices  
 

Feeding their egos and power only for us to find sadness among the depths 
 
 

Shoved into the darkest corners 
 

pushed to the deepest pits of nothingness for the ​last ​time 
 

This is it  
 

Our chance to speak 
 

Your turn to listen  

 

“Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into
smoke” (Night Pg34)

 
 
“Freed of normal constraints some of the young let go of their inhibitions, under 
cover of darkness…” 
(Night pg.23)

Pour hero committing suicide for a ration or two more of soup… in our 
minds he was already dead  
(Night pg.39)  

 
 
 
 

Beneath our feet there lay men, crushed, trampled underfoot, dying. 
Nobody paid attention to them” 
(Night Pg.89) 

 

“They passed me by, like beaten dogs, with never a glance in my direction”  
(Night Pg.17)  

 
This poem shows oppression because us 

women, we’re strong. We have a voice 
but the world and others have poisoned 
our minds to believe we don't, further 

oppressing us. I chose this poem 
because I think it's important to remind 
us that we are stronger than they tell us 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

We are constantly shamed for our 
bodies and told that were inappropriate, 

disgusting for all the things that are 
natural for us. Told to be embarrassed 
for the contents of our bodies that is the 
whole reason that ANY of us are here. I 
think she does a beautiful job calling out 
the oppression that is people shaming 

us for how are bodies work. 

 

By: Aiden Olson 

This blackout poem from page 26 in the book Night is again about oppression. The "our 
bodies were infected" symbolizes society constantly telling us we need to cover up, that we should 

be ashamed of our developing bodies. That our inner workings are something you should never 
speak of and to be disgusted like the rest of them. Our bodies bound and gagged by your words and 

constricting clothes screaming at us to be modest because if not... you're a slut. But if you do... 
you're a prude, and that's nothing to be proud of; right?  

The "blows to the head. No longer saw us. Mute. Absent. alone in the midst of fire" symbolizing the 
horrific words and acts to repress our bodies and our minds, our voice. The recent abortion law in 
Alabama... just another fatal blow to the head. The midst of fire symbolizing our country and our 

president continuously objectifying us and the country watching. 
 
 

Power to the people  Power to The People  Power to the people 
By John Lennon 
Power to the people  Power to the people 
 
Power to the people  Power to the people, 
A million workers  right on 
Power to the people  working for nothing 
Now, now, now, now 
Power to the people  You better give 'em 
what they really own  Oh well, power to 
Power to the people  the people 
We got to put you 
Power to the people  down  Power to the people 

Power to the people,  When we come into  Power to the people 
right on  town 
Power to the people, 
Say we want a  Singing power to the  right on 
revolution  people 
Yeah, power to the 
We better get on  Power to the people  people 
right away 
Power to the people  Power to the people 
Well you get on your 
feet  Power to the people,  Power to the people 
right on 
And into the street  Power to the people, 
I gotta ask you  right on 
Singing power to the  comrades and 
people  Power to the people 
brothers  Power to the people 
Power to the people  Power to the people 
How do you treat  Power to the people, 
Power to the people  you own woman 
right on 
Power to the people,  back home   
right on 
“She got to be   
herself 

So she can free 
herself 

Singing power to the 
people” 

This quote from the John Lennon song “Power to The People” is so beyond powerful. With such few 
words to this quote it captures so much… Women need to stop conforming to society’s standards of 
beauty and intelligence. We are slaves to the social order and their “rules” of what is expected. If we 

step back and just let it go, be ourselves for once. Then we can finally be free.  
 

Aiden Olson 
 

 
 
About the author

Aiden Olson was born and raised in Vancouver, WA. She is the youngest of her and her 2 

siblings; with an older brother named Aeyo (20) and and older sister named Alyssa (18). She spends 

the majority of her time making art, designing shoes/clothes for people in the community and 

staying up to date on the important issues is our world today. She aspires to become a fashion 

designer and use her art and designs to bring attention to issues that don't have enough if any. She 

is passionate about making change and helping people who are less fortunate.


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