{"id":1214,"date":"2019-03-19T11:14:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T11:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/applesandsnakes.org\/?post_type=spotlight&#038;p=1214"},"modified":"2023-02-21T16:09:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T16:09:13","slug":"shagufta-k-iqbal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/applesandsnakes.org\/2019\/03\/19\/shagufta-k-iqbal\/","title":{"rendered":"Shagufta K. Iqbal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Shagufta K. Iqbal: In the Spotlight Interview<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Glv93OWMBlU?start=23\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>A+S: Describe yourself in 3 words\u2026<br \/>\n<em>Deluded. Stubborn. A believer<\/em><\/h5>\n<h5>What inspires you?<br \/>\n<em>My children, music, Autumn &amp; Spring, tea &amp; cake, walks in the rain; writing is a love.<\/em><\/h5>\n<h5>Tell us about your worst ever gig?<br \/>\n<em>One where, male poets will walk on to stage and disrupt feminist spaces. Womxn have worked really hard to create a space for themselves in what was once a very male dominated spoken word scene. Often female co-performers, hosts, and promoters are expected to excuse this kind of provocation\/ disruption. If they challenge it, they are labelled as aggressive, shutting down dialogue, or wanting to live in echo chambers. <\/em><\/h5>\n<blockquote>\n<h5><em>When in reality female led spaces are far and few between, and in a patriarchal world we have every right to demand to work in safe spaces, something we often do not get in our day to day reality.<\/em><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Furthermore, the lack of safety in the spoken word scene is very unsettling, often you are expected to perform in late evenings, in alcohol filled environments, baring your soul, and exposing a very vulnerable side to yourself, with little safe guarding off stage. I feel this inequality really needs to be addressed in the spoken word scene, and more measures need to be taken to protect womxn in spoken word spaces.<\/em><\/h5>\n<h5>What\u2019s your number one poetry pet peeve?<br \/>\n<em>The hypocrisy\u00a0&amp;\u00a0misogyny in the spoken word scene,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>poets standing on stage in defence of justice and equality, and not calling it out off stage.<\/em><\/h5>\n<h5>Whose words do you love at the moment?<br \/>\n<em>Zeba Talkani, Nadia Malik, Zahrah Sheikh &amp; Malaika Booker.<\/em><\/h5>\n<blockquote>\n<h5>What piece of advice would you give to your younger self?<br \/>\n<em>You. Are. The. Shit.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Circumstance is not a reason to be held to one place.<\/em><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5>Trainers or shoes?<br \/>\n<em>Depends on the occasion! Although Timbs are a regular go to.<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shagufta K. 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