Composed by Barmey Kmang, with lyrics and vocals by Nikki Patin.

Warning: Explicit material of a sexual nature. Those under 18, sensitive to erotic materials and/or garden-variety conservatives are advised to avert their eyes and shut your ears. This one ain't for you. 

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Nikki Patin has been writing for over two decades. She has taught hundreds of workshops on performance poetry, body image, sexual assault prevention and LGBT issues. Patin has worked as a sexual assault prevention educator for Rape Victim Advocates and as a case manager/program coordinator for Center on Halsted’s youth program. Patin has performed, taught and spoken at elementary schools, high schools, colleges and universities such as Francis Parker, University of Chicago, Adler School of Psychology, Northwestern University, Nancy B. Jefferson High School (located within the Cook County Temporary Juvenile Detention Center), University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin-Madison and –Stevens Point and many others.

As a vocalist, Patin has been in seven bands and opened for Jill Scott at the Metro in 2000. She was also a member of Chicago’s 2001 Mental Graffiti National Poetry Slam team.

In 2004, she was featured on the fourth season of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and was voted one of Chicago’s six most fabulous 20-somethings by Chicago Tribune’s Red Eye newspaper.

In 2006, Patin was voted one of 30 under 30 most influential LGBTQ people in Chicago by Windy City Times and took the gold medal in the Gay Games International LGBT poetry slam.

In 2008, Patin released “The Phat Grrrl Diaries”, her first collection of writing and design.

In 2009, she completed a two-month tour of New Zealand and Australia, collaborating with the Literatti, a spoken word performance group based in Auckland, and performing her 60-minute, one-woman show, “The Phat Grrrl Revolution.” Patin was nominated for “Best Standout Performer” in the Dunedin Fringe Festival and was featured in numerous radio, TV and print publications, including TV3, George FM and NO.Magazine (NZ).

On May 7th, 2010, she released her full-length debut album, “Bedroom Empire”, on her own label, Phat Grrrl Revolution.

Patin designs and maintains two websites, www.nikkipatin.com, and phatgrrrlrevolution.com. She’s a contributing writer to www.blackworthy.com. She is an MFA candidate in Creative Non-Fiction at Stonecoast MFA Program at the University of Southern Maine.

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