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'Your body is yours': A father's message to his daughter in the age of Trump

Dwayne Morgan's poem, addressed to his daughter, is an admission of his inability to prepare her for a world where misogyny still exists.

Dwayne Morgan's poem is an admission of his inability to prepare her for a world where misogyny still exists

Josh McGuirk · CBC Arts ·

"Your body is yours": A father's message to his daughter in the age of Donald Trump

8 years ago
Duration 1:45
Dwayne Morgan's poem, addressed to his daughter, is an admission of his inability to prepare her for a world where misogyny still exists.

Dwayne Morgan is an award-winning poet and author with more than 20 years of spoken word experience. For the latest installment of our video series Poetic License, Morgan has written a piece acknowledging the limits of the teachings he's given his daughter about her place in the world as a young woman.

"I've repeated the same thing ever since you were young, told you that your body is yours and nobody gets to touch," he says, second-guessing his words to her as a child.

Morgan's words in the video above symbolize a father's attempt to come to terms with a changing world for his young daughter. "It is my job as the dad of a little girl to try to explain the ways of the world and prepare you for the pitfalls that await."

Keep up with Dwayne Morgan on his self-titled app.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Josh McGuirk

Josh McGuirk is a filmmaker and musician born and raised in Toronto. He has been working as a writer, producer & director in film & television for over a decade, and is also the the creator of numerous short films and musical numbers. You can follow him on Instagram and Twitter: @joshmcguirk.

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