How to receive a child whose untimely arrival serves only to punctuate existing turmoil; whose cries further entrap a despondent mother… How to love a
Category: women’s issues
Dear Sylvia Plath (Response to Apprehensions)
Please let me preface with a confession – I am not familiar with your work. It is not oversight on my part, rather a deliberate
Can We Talk About It?
As mothers, who are concerned, as sons, who are seeking guidance, as daughters, for whom our fears mount? I don’t have the answers, maybe not
Martyr’s Lament and Superwoman’s Dark Side
MARTYR’S LAMENT I woke before dawn and drove through blinding snowstorms for you. I was lost, but without faltering, I altered course, and when I
Mothers and Daughters
A child hides tricks her mother into believing she is lost; This is not a game, Mother says, panic still coursing through veins, visions of
An Aged Feminist Perspective
I am teacher, tending to budding feminists – persecuted for their giftedness, depravity a stink that trails them – defined by sanitary napkin advertisements, comfort
