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Never before seen on social media, see YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Women’s Very Existence” (written in 1997) from her performance art show “Conflict • Contact • Control” live 4/1/05 at the DvA art gallery in Chicago, with background music (by AmJaz for the DMJ Art Connection) and her artwork (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See this Archive video of Janet Kuypers performing her poetry in her performance art show “Conflict • Contact • Control” (23:21) live 4/1/05 at the DvA art gallery in Chicago, with background music (by AmJaz for the DMJ Art Connection) and her artwork, including her poems “Kurt Irons (it’s Just A Girl)”, “The Men At The Construction Site”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “White Knuckled”, “And What I Want To Know”, “And I’m Wondering”, “The Way You Tease Me”, “Athena”, “Military Police”, “Too Far”, and “Communication ‘05” (from the Internet Archive, this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr).

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Watch this YouTube video 12/04/10 from the TV camera in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her show the Stories of Women

Watch this YouTube video 12/04/10 in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her “Visual Nonsense” show the Stories of Women

See Kuypers’ full show video with this & more from the TV monitor in the the Stories of Women show, in Visual Nonsense, live in Lake Villa 12/04/10 at Swing State

See the full show video of Kuypers reading this & more in the the Stories of Women show in in Visual Nonsense, live in Lake Villa 12/04/10 with this writing at Swing State (last line of last story cut off)

Watch this YouTube video read live 10/04/11 in the the Café show 10/04/11, with music & video from the HA!man of South Africa

Watch this Complete feature video of Kuypers live 10/04/11 in the the Café show 10/04/11, performing this poem and more with video & music from musicians around the world

Watch this Complete feature video of the FULL SHOW of most everyone live 10/04/11 at the Café for Chicago Calling, including Kuypers performing poetry with music & video

See YouTube video 1/3/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems White Knuckled, Women’s Very Existence and Burn It In from her book Rape, Sexism, Life & Death and her poem ever leave me from the cc&d book When the Walls are Paper Thin at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video 1/3/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems White Knuckled, Women’s Very Existence and Burn It In from her book Rape, Sexism, Life & Death and her poem ever leave me from the cc&d book When the Walls are Paper Thin at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed from a Nikon Coolpix S7000 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr)./font>

See YouTube video from 1/14/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “everyday objects equal performance art”), and“Women’s Very Existence” at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 1/14/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “everyday objects equal performance art”), and“Women’s Very Existence” at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “White Knuckled” and “Women’s Very Existence” (in the #metoo section), and “Jumping, Flying” from the performance art section in cc&d June 2018 v284 6/18 25-year anniversary issue 6x9 ISBN# paperback book “Shining” 6/4/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (P L 2500).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “White Knuckled” and “Women’s Very Existence” (in the #metoo section), and “Jumping, Flying” from the performance art section in cc&d June 2018 v284 6/18 25-year anniversary issue 6x9 ISBN# paperback book “Shining” 6/4/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (P L T56).

See YouTube video, after Thom read his poems “Texas Spring Awakening” and “How to be Invisible”, of Janet Kuypers’ June 2018 Book Release Reading 6/6/18, where she read her #metoo poems “White Knuckled”, “Raped with Words”, “Women’s Very Existence”, and “Right There, By Your Heart (v 2 & 6)” from the cc&d 6/18 25-year anniversary book “Shining” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video, after Thom read his poems “Texas Spring Awakening” and “How to be Invisible”, of Janet Kuypers’ June 2018 Book Release Reading 6/6/18, where she read her #metoo poems “White Knuckled”, “Raped with Words”, “Women’s Very Existence”, and “Right There, By Your Heart (v 2 & 6)” from the cc&d 6/18 25-year anniversary book “Shining” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (PL2500) reading her poems “Objectifiable” and “explaining what condoms are for” the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her poem “Women’s Very Existence” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then her prose “Jeremy, or Stallion?” from the Janet Kuypers poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)” at “Spoken and Heard” 9/2/18.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (PLT56) reading her poems “Objectifiable” and “explaining what condoms are for” the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her poem “Women’s Very Existence” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then her prose “Jeremy, or Stallion?” from the Janet Kuypers poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)” at “Spoken and Heard” 9/2/18.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ October 2018 Book Release Reading 10/3/18, where she read her #metoo poems “White Knuckled”, “Raped with Words”, “Women’s Very Existence”, and “Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)”, originally in the cc&d v 284 25-year anniversary book “Shining”, and read from the (at the time unreleased) cc&d 5-8 2018 issue/chapbook collection book “Across the Wall”, in Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ October 2018 Book Release Reading 10/3/18, where she read her #metoo poems “White Knuckled”, “Raped with Words”, “Women’s Very Existence”, and “Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)”, originally in the cc&d v 284 25-year anniversary book “Shining”, and read from the (at the time unreleased) cc&d 5-8 2018 issue/chapbook collection book “Across the Wall”, in Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “Who What Where When Why”, and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart”, plus her poem “On the Bridge” from the full-color photography and poetry book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, live 1/2/19 at her. “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “Who What Where When Why”, and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart”, plus her poem “On the Bridge” from the full-color photography and poetry book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, live 1/2/19 at her. “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, then zoomed in closer; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “Who What Where When Why”, and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart”, plus her poem “On the Bridge” from the full-color photography and poetry book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, live 1/2/19 at her. “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “Who What Where When Why”, and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart”, plus her poem “On the Bridge” from the full-color photography and poetry book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, live 1/2/19 at her. “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera that was zoomed; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 and 6)”, “the Burning”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “White Knuckled”, “Thank You, Women who Work (I)”, and “the Men at the Construction Site” from the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" Janet Kuypers poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” for “The Café Gallery 3/31/21 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series 2020+ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 and 6)”, “the Burning”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “White Knuckled”, “Thank You, Women who Work (I)”, and “the Men at the Construction Site” from the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" Janet Kuypers poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” for “The Café Gallery 3/31/21 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series 2020+ (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “the Room of the Rape” and “Women’s Very Existence” (plus sharing Podstata ženského bytia, a Slovak translation) from the 9/22 v199 Down in the Dirt book “Tracks” (that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”) on 9/7/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “the Room of the Rape” and “Women’s Very Existence” (plus sharing Podstata ženského bytia, a Slovak translation) from the 9/22 v199 Down in the Dirt book “Tracks” (that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”) on 9/7/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Room of The Rape”, “White Knuckled” + showing its Slovak translation, “Women’s Very Existence” + showing its Slovak translation, “Domestic Violence in America, Nashville, Tennessee (stick)” + showing its Slovak translation, “Thank You, Women who Work I” + showing its Slovak translation, and “Photograph, Nineteenth Century” + showing its Slovak translation from the Down in the Dirt 9-12/22 issue collection book “The Paths Less Traveled” and her CyberWit book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” on 1/4/23, the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; both were posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypers #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

women’s very existence rape is neither a sex crime or a crime of passion rape is not an isolated brutal crime against women rape is often premeditated rape is a crime of violence rather than sex it is a crime of violence against women it is an attack by men on women’s bodies on women’s feelings on women’s very existence                                             Bob Lamm, 1976 i still have to take showers a lot. i mean, every once in a while, no matter how clean i am to the rest of the world, i have to go take a shower. i lock all the doors, i close the shades on the windows, i put a towel over the bathroom mirror. turn the water on, piping hot, so steam is billowing out of the bath tub. i finally undress, open the curtain, put my foot in, burn my foot with the water. i wish i could hold my foot there, just a little longer. i turn down the water. wait for it to cool down, then step in. then i just put my head under the shower head. hold it there for a while. catch my breath. get the soap. start scrubbing. i use the soap first, then i get the bath brush. scrub off a layer of skin. i know this makes no sense. my skin is red, from the heat, from the scrubbing. but i know i’m still not getting it off, it’s down there, the molecules are embedded deep inside of me, and i’ll have to rip my skin off, pull out my organs before it goes away. but for now all i can do is take showers. Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.