LaVianca Asante’, Spoken Word Artist, Author, Creative
Welcome to the pieces of me…
About Me
An old soul who grew up running barefoot, playing in corn fields, popping peas, singing and writing poetry.
A southern belle who grew up listening to Neo soul and Southern rap while dressing in my finest for Sunday service.
An unfolding spirit and healing light aspiring to inspire and lift others as well as self. Learning from seeds planted manifested from love. This is me.
Performances
2022
2022
The Art of the Divine Feminine
Open Mic
2024
BOOM Charlotte: Boom Fringe
The Outspoken Showcase
Show: The Truth About Pussy
The Truth About PUSSY is a declaration, reclamation and proclamation celebrating the sexuality, tenderness, sacrifice and strength of womanhood re-instating the importance of self-love through the collection of poetry. Inspired by both dear friend Priscilla Azaglo's performance of the poem "Pussy" featured in her book "For Girls Who Cry In Yellow" and the lives of women who made the most impact on the author's life.
Through a collection of dynamic prose, Ledbetter reclaims the word for herself and for women everywhere, and offers an unapologetic, beautifully dactylic narrative in four distinctive sections: Siren - Celebrating the Sexuality; Gardener - Celebrating the Sacrifice; Damsel in Distress - Celebrating the Tenderness; and Amazon - Celebrating the Strength.
Recent Project
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Honor thy pussy, honor thy thigh
honor thy self, honor thy tribe
Honor Thy Pussy, Honor Thy Thigh seeks to serve as a reminder to take time to be present, celebrate yourself, challenge yourself and to not pour from an empty cup. It seeks to provoke the reader to take time for self first and then to pour into community. Reminding us all through a collaboration of quotes, poetry and exercises the importance of balance; whatever that may be for each individual.
From the mind and through the heart….
Moments to be
A moment to be.
A moment to breathe.
A moment in time.
A moment of mine.
To inhale the moment.
To exhale my release.
A moment of love and be just with me.
Untitled
Love the skin that you’re in it was designed specifically for your manifestation to evolve towards your destination for our present existence. Be kind to you!
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Insert from “Honor Thy Pussy… Honor Thy Thigh”
Imagine a love
That transcends
Bends and never breaks
Capable of such a thing
You are
Embrace your magic
Like the air, you breathe
Exhale it for others to receive
Give Life
Contact Information
LaVianca Asante’
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Address
Charlotte, NC 28210
Email
Booklavianca@gmail.com
Phone
(980) 236-1997
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Behind the Truth About Pussy
When I first set out to write “The Truth About Pussy” I thought I was writing it for my mom and women like her who in my eyes put themselves on the shelf to take care of others but I learned in the book’s completion that I was actually writing it for me to kickstart my own relationship with healing and truth .
Why did I believe that? See, my mother brought me earth side when she was only 16 years old. At 30; being a mom of two, I can only imagine how terrified she was. As if it wasn’t scary enough, then doing so in a family where “image” seems to be everything; in the Bible Belt south (side eye iykyk). Whew!, I cringe at the thought of the ridicule whispered and shame that must have been pushed onto a young woman who was still coming into her own. The isolation she must have endured yet she prevailed; as a child my mom was superwoman.
I studied my superwoman as I grew picking up the seeds of wisdom that would fall from her lips from time to time, embracing her passion for music as my own and carrying some of her insecurities on my back. I remember when my brother and I were maybe 12 and 10 riding with my mom to visit my grandma; it was raining cats and dogs; cows and dragons too. Cars were stopping on side of the road because of the chaos coming the sky. Mom, pulled over and I don’t know if our spirits were talking or if it came out of her mouth but what I recall is her saying “It’s raining hard, but if we keep going it’ll clear up and will be sunny on the otherside”. I’ve carried those words with me. Anyway back to the topic at hand; she was superwoman, but as I became a woman myself I realized the truth was; my mom was not superhuman. She was a woman yet that 16yr old still, hurting and searching for her own truth, she embraced her role as mother and wore it well but from my vantage point lost bits of herself in being just mom. I don’t think I realized until after graduating college that she was on her own journey and I was on mine. I’ve since learned that though that was my truth , it wasn’t necessarily hers. As, I had done with my mom, I continued this trend of studying the women in my life; cousins, friends, moms associates and matriarchs taking on some of their stories, embracing their pain as my own and regurgitating them onto pages for years. Which led The Truth About Pussy to me; it’d be nice to say I chose the title to be a rebel but the Truth is… it chose me.
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