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Elders Talkin’, Lizzie Nova
“Blood Moon”, Carmela Lanza
If Everything Was Perfect, Courtney A. Brown
José Martí In Central Park, Zilia Balkansky-Sellés
José Martí In Central Park, Zilia Balkansky-Sellés
Comparative Woman
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My Big Fat Catholic Queer Wedding, Kourtney Baker
My Big Fat Catholic Queer Wedding, Kourtney Baker
Comparative Woman
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Om!, Aparajita Dutta
Continental Divide(S), Carmela Lanza
“Seven Mothers”, Carmela Lanza
Sacred Spaces, Ikea Johnson
Men Who Write About Women, Grace Pulliam
Petticoats And Spurs: Female Armor In Spenser's "Faerie Queene" And Pope's "The Rape Of The Lock", Patrick D. Wilks
Petticoats And Spurs: Female Armor In Spenser's "Faerie Queene" And Pope's "The Rape Of The Lock", Patrick D. Wilks
The Criterion
Both Britomart in Spenser’s Book 3, Canto 1 of Faerie Queene and Belinda in Pope’s The Rape of The Lock wear their clothes and (in Belinda’s case) makeup as their armor, both literally and figuratively. Both suffer unwanted advances, their image publicly besmirched as a result. Even though Belinda dresses to show off her beauty and Britomart dresses to conceal it, both women use their array as protection from cruel male world around them. Both feel safe, and both women have this safety violated and attack to defend their honor.
For Spenser, Chastity is a virtue to be held in …