If You’re Not Going To Stay, Make Room For Someone Who Will – An Interview with Yesika Salgado

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Sierra DeMulder and Sam Blackwell

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Yesika Salgado is a Los Angeles-based Salvadoran poet who writes about her family, culture, city, and fat body. She is a leading voice in poetry, both in performance and social media. She has garnered a large online following across multiple social media platforms through her poetry and her determination to make poetry accessible to everyone in everyday scenarios. The conversation covers the wild things men say on dating apps, when their best still doesn’t meet your needs, the fear of being vulnerable, and the dangers of turning men into poetry. Join us on Patreon! SUBMIT: justbreakuppod.com FACEBOOK: /justbreakuppod INSTAGRAM: @justbreakuppod TWITTER: @justbreakuppod BLIND DATE: Take yourself out to dinner and a movie Just Break Up is a production of Du Vide Media. Make sure to check out all of our amazing shows! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.8	Welcome to Just Break Up, the podcast about love, heartbreak, and all the relationship
1:04.4	advice you don't want to hear.
1:06.1	My name is Sierra de Mulder.
1:08.4	And I'm Sam Blackwell.
1:09.8	And this week on Head and Heartwork Conversations, we're talking to Yeska Salgado, whose
1:14.4	pronounced are she-her, who is a Los Angeles-based Salvadoran poet who writes about
1:19.6	her family, her culture, her city, and her fat brown body.
1:23.2	She is body positive activist and author,
1:25.7	a two-time National Poetry Sem finalists,
1:28.1	the recipient of the 2020 International Latino Book Award
1:32.0	in Poetry and the author of three phenomenal
1:34.8	collections of poetry and we are so so lucky to have her with us today.
1:39.2	Welcome, yesica, thank you so much for being here.
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