I think at the end of the day this movie is respecting what we as women go through as we grow up. The experiences, what we deal with, other women, things about images, things that we deal with as women. This movie addresses that in a very appropriate and sincere way.

I liked the humor of it, I've always enjoyed a sense of humor in God and in religion and in spirituality

I think it's hard to be taken seriously as a poet, period.

And a lot of times in slam poetry I feel like people are so worried about the performance that the words might not be as strong.

The poetry when I was a kid felt like something that I could control, and whether it failed or not, whether it was good or not, was totally on me and I could accept that. It was entirely mine.

We hung out a lot together. We went and saw films together. It was really actually quite easy. I think we were all very subconsciously connected in knowing that we needed to make it important, and therefore it just became important and it worked. Everybody had a lot of respect for each other. I think respect is the most important thing you can have.

I haven't had a lot of celebrities around me growing up.