We exist within a culture still so heavily influenced by a patriarchal orientation that a young woman of 26, in 2006, convinces herself that the guilt of sexual violation is partly hers. We call ourselves feminists and yet this type of violence to the self continues unabated. The Black poetic feminism of Toi Derricotte works on this silence in a variety of ways. Read on, and perhaps learn a great deal from her journey.$21.95http://www.blowingupbarriers.comRead more…
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