slave barb's 2 Minute Speech

slave barb's 2 minute speech 7/22/06

i'm slave barb, property of Sir Larry and i'm not telling you when i was born. For a long time i had struggled with the labels i gave myself. i'm a survivor, a punk rocker, a witch, an artist… and i am a slave.

But, i fell in to the trap of listening to that voice that whispers in the dark - you're not an artist, you have no talent. you can't do that - you're not strong enough - you're just a girl. You can't live as a slave, wake up - it's 2006, you're a feminist! For god's sake, woman, stand up for yourself, get a back bone……

i thought i had to shed one label before taking on the next one - thinking they were incompatable- not realizing that i could be all of them at the same time. Integrating the different parts of my self has been one of my hardest struggles.

Sir has taught me the importance of being present with all of those parts of myself - he owns me, and he wants to own all those parts. Bringing all those pieces of my self to the table gives Sir a better slave, the best one that i can be.

i've been lucky enough to be able to learn from the example of some of the finest slaves in the community. slaves who taught me, simply by living their lives and following their dreams - that yes, i can be a slave and a whole person.

Teaching people that they can have it all would be my joy. You can be a master who is a musician, who is a student, who is a gourmet cook, who enjoys doing the laundry. You can be a slave with a high powered job, who has strong opinions, who is a teacher and who is deeply religious.

i am slave barb, a feminist, a witch, an artist, a survivor, afraid of public speaking, a leather girl, a teacher, a punk rocker 'till the day i die, a slave who is proud to be owned by this Master.