We were told So much we could not do, How things were only for The men and not for you… Be a Lady. Do not date too much. Save yourself for the husband That you must somehow love. The Myths of girlhood Were chains to hold us down. Keep us meek. Making no sound. ForContinue reading “The Myths of Girlhood – Patricia Harris”
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The Myths Of Girlhood – Robert G. Wertzler
Read their stories in their eyes generation on generation on generation something passes down stories true formed and told shaped by those untrue the myths of girlhood myths of womanhood Fates set against fantasies and needs of men Photo by Library of Congress on Unsplash Bob Wertzler is retired from nearly twenty years in theContinue reading “The Myths Of Girlhood – Robert G. Wertzler”
The Myth of Girlhood – Georgiann Carlson
girls talk about important things they plan their futures tell each other secrets they have best friends sometimes for life they listen to each other they write stories and poems they dream make blood oaths learn to trust or not they learn to obey or not they SEE everything they stay or run away they love andContinue reading “The Myth of Girlhood – Georgiann Carlson”
The Devil’s Face – Annette Kalandros
Pouring rain while the sun shone on a summer’s day… I will never forget that time, that moment, when I saw, without doubt, The Devil’s face, shattering the myth of red face with forehead horns, shattering forever the myth of girlhood. A day of fun on the Eastern shore of Maryland where my mother’s husband’sContinue reading “The Devil’s Face – Annette Kalandros”
the myths of girlhood – Candice Louisa Daquin
Her black onyx eyes were always rimmed red from crying? steam in the kitchen? sewing in poor light? I never knew, perhaps I didn’t know how to ask I knew her heart was sad even as her face smiled the lines carved into her skin like crosshatching she’d lost her girlhood to a man whoContinue reading “the myths of girlhood – Candice Louisa Daquin”
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