Yale University will hold a workshop Tuesday to read poems about patriarchy and capitalism to inspire a “radical voice.”

Numerous Yale-affiliated groups or offices such as Trans@Yale, the LGBTQ Affinity Group, and the English department sponsored the “Spoken Word in Action Workshop” with poet Andrea Gibson.

“Focusing on a myriad of social justice issues we will explore the poets responsibility in the current political climate,” reads the event description on Yale’s website. “We will read and discuss poems by contemporary writers focusing on issues of race, class, gender, sexuality, patriarchy, and capitalism. Afterwhich [sic] we will use the shared poems as writing prompts to inspire our own radical voice.”

Yale’s guest poet, Gibson, was the first winner of the Women’s World Poetry Slam and will perform in various venues across the United States and Canada during the next six months.

Explaining to the audience why “blow job” is written in huge letters on my set list. I’ve never managed to not be awkward. Ever. pic.twitter.com/2HSN9maf74 — Andrea Gibson (@andreagibson) November 3, 2017

Gibson, who identifies as “queer,” addresses issues such as sexuality and gender in her poetry.

“Any feminist who has ever taken the high road will tell you the high road gets backed up.” – @andreagibson FULL: https://t.co/oN1f1AJOZx pic.twitter.com/q3kTtvuvwc — Button Poetry (@buttonpoetry) October 27, 2017

She has also tweeted about President Donald Trump.”He’s supported by the KKK and we still couldn’t imagine how many people were hiding their votes beneath white sheets?” she tweeted on Nov. 9, 2016.

Tom Conroy, a spokesman for Yale, told The Daily Caller News Foundation that he did not have any additional information pertaining to the event.

Gibson did not return TheDCNF’s request for comment.

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