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The Bird That Flew Backwards, Robin Gow

English Honors Papers

The Bird that Flew Backwards examines women poets from literary Modernism in the 1910s and Beat culture in the 1950s. Analyzing these eras in tandem reveals contrasting historical constructions of American womanhood and how sociocultural trends influenced how the “poetess” constructed herself and her work and illustrates the retrograde nature of women’s rights in the 1950s. Through close reading, digital mapping, and historical background, The Bird that Flew Backwards establishes a new critical perspective by linking the more well-known Modernists with lesser-known women in 1910s Greenwich Village Bohemia. This linkage between eras branches off to explore themes of formation of …

Rape And Sexual Violence: Questionable Inevitability And Moral Responsibility In Armed Conflict, Katherine W. Bogen

Scholarly Undergraduate Research Journal at Clark (SURJ)

Wartime sexual violence is a critical human rights issue that usurps the autonomy of its victims as well as their physical and psychological safety. It occurs in both ethnic and non-ethnic wars, across geographic regions, against both men and women, and regardless of the “official” position of commanders, states, and armed groups on the use of rape as tactic of war. This problem is current, pervasive, and global in spite of the status of wartime sexual violence perpetration as a crime against humanity and the capacity of the international criminal court to indict offenders. Though some scholars have argued that …

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 07/1984, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• Letter re: the murder of Charlie Howard
• Letter from Doris Raven Darkwing Foster
• Calendar Events
• YWCA of Lewiston/Auburn; Youth Intervention Programs
• The 4th New England Women's Musical Retreat
• The 9th Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
• Third Annual Healing Ritual Gathering
• Interweave Benefit Concert in Memory of Charlie Howard

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 06/1984, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• Calendar Events
• In Case You're Interested...
• Emma Dyke Advice Column
• Take Back the Night - 1984: Pornography and Violence Against Women by Lucie Bauer

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 05/1984, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• Calendar Events
• Take Back the Night 1984 Coalition
• Waldoboro Days Triathalon
• National March for Lesbian/Gay Rights
• In Case You're Interested...
• Poetry

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 03-04/1984, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• UMO Womyn's Center Womyn's Health Symposium on Sexism, Racism, Classism and Health Care
• Worry Column

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 02/1984, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• Calendar of Events
• Boycott Nestle Products
• Support Christine Madsen
• Books
• Personals
• Valentine's Day Dance
• The Worry Column
• Poetry

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 12/1983, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• News
• Personals
• Courses
• A Chain Letter for Liberated Women
• Books

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 10/1983, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• Calendar of Events
• What's New?
• Singing & Marching for Peace & Justice at Seneca Falls
• The Worry Column

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 08/1983, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• The Worry Column
• What's Going On
• Poetry

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 07/1983, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• News
• Calendar July & August
• Poetry

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 06/1983, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• What's New
• Books
• Poetry
• New Hope for Women Antique/Craft Fair

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 05/1983, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• 10th Annual Maine Lesbian & Gay Symposium, University of Southern Maine
• Announcements
• Poetry
• Can I Lust With Integrity?
• On Building a Feminist Spiritual Community
• Personals

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 04/1983, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• Calendar of Events
• Let's Build Feminist Community
• More on JoAnn Newak
• Movies: Lianna
• Personals
• Poetry

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 09/1982, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• The Female Paul Revere
• Gay Community News Offices Burn
• A Call For Material Out From Under: Sober Dykes and Our Friends
• Poetry

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 08/1982, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• SBA Club Announcements
• Announcements
• Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
• Gay Dollar$ for Gay People

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 06/1982, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• Susan B. Anthony Club Announcements
• The Feminist Writer's Guild
• Announcements, Happenings, Things to Do, Places to Go!!
• I.G.A. Meets in Washington, D.C.
• United for Disarmament
• Poetry
• Kay Gardner: Benefit Concert for New Hope for Women

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 05/1982, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• S.B.A. Club Announcements
• A Repeat of Some Important News...
• Announcements, Happenings, Things to Do, Places to Go!!!
• Poetry

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 10/1981, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• MLF Announcements
• Women Unite Take Back the Night
• Regarding the Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 09/1981, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• Calendar
• Announcements

Maine Lesbian Feminist 08/1981, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• Meeting Minutes
• Sexuality Workshop
• Next Meeting and Directions
• Agenda
• Calendar
• Announcements
• Maine Women for a Nuclear Free Future

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 05/1981, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• Meeting News
• Newsletter News
• Financial News
• State News
• Conferences and other events
• Resources
• Special Events
• Sexuality Workshop
• Calendar

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 04/1981, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• Meeting Minutes
• Agenda
• Calendar
• Maine Lesbian and Gay Symposium VII
• Mothers Day March

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 03/1981, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• Meeting Minutes
• Agenda
• Calendar - Local Events
• More Publications
• National News and Events

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 02/1981, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• Minutes: December-January
• Agenda
• Calendar of Local Events
• National Events
• Publications
• Announcements
• Poetry
• The United Health Care Project: Quality Health Care for Lesbians and Gays

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 11/1980, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• The Susan B. Anthony Club
• Calendar of Events
• Events and Happenings
• Announcements & Information
• Lesbian Photographer's Directory Now Being Compiled

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 10/1980, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• The Susan B. Anthony Club
• Calendar of Events
• Announcements & Information
• The Night Won't Be Took Without Takers

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 08/1980, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• Notes from July 19th Meeting
• Agenda
• The Susan B. Anthony Club
• Events and Happenings
• Women Against Nukes
• A Letter to the Editor
• Gay/Lesbian Telephone Tree
• Lesbian & Gay Anthology for Teachers
• Lesbian & Gay Community Meets to Form Nationwide Network for Aiding Gay & Lesbian Cuban Refugees
• Publications
• New Leaf Books
• Living With Contradictions

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 07/1980, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• Agenda for July 19 Meeting
• The Susan B. Anthony Club
• Lesbian Defense Fund
• Maine Coalition for Family Crisis Services
• Gay Rights National Lobby call to action
• Anti-Discrimination Proposal Passed at Baltimore White House Conference on Families
• Rural (Lesbian?)-Gay Conference
• Announcements
• Publications
• Advertisements
• Poetry

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter 06/1980, Maine Lesbian Feminist

Maine Lesbian Feminist Newsletter (1976-1984)

• General Business Meeting at Marlene's in Sheepscot
• Agenda for Next MLF Meeting
• The Susan B. Anthony Club
• Calendar of Events
• Announcements & Information
• Anti-Gay Legislation in House of Representatives
• Homosexuals are Barred from Entry into the U.S.
• National News Council Complaint Regarding CBS News Special "Gay Power, Gay Politics"
• Publications
• Op-Ed Regarding Sex Education and Homosexuality
• Poetry and Performing Arts