...Jessica Labbé Abstract “‘Too high a price’: The ‘Terrible Honesty’ of Black Women's Work in Quicksand ” assumes a New Historical lens to understand the novel through its historical context and, inversely, to reveal a new knowledge of history and culture through Larsen's writing. The author argues...

... to change these imbalances of power. EffectivOerganizinignTerribTleimes: TheStrategiVc alueofHumanRightfsor TransnationaAlnti-RacisFt eminisms BY BARBARA SCHULMAN These are terrible times, and terrible times require those committed to social change to rethink our approaches-not only to ensure that we remain...

...Sunera Thobani Copyright © 2002 by Wesleyan University Press 2002 WAR FRENZY SuneraThobani October 12, 2001 My recent speech at a women's conference on violence against women has generated much controversy. In the aftermath of the terrible attacks of September n, I argued that the U.S...

... on violence against women has generated much controversy. In the aftermath of the terrible attacks of September 11, I argued that the U.S. response of launching “America’s new war” would increase violence against women. I situated the current crisis within the continuity of North/South relations, rooted...

...Reetika Vazirani Copyright © 2001 by Wesleyan University Press 2001 THE CHALLENGE ReetikaVazirani swallow me I challenged swallow me up if you're so great in one look she swallowed now I'm a spot in her eye marvelous to see so much terrible too no rest striding through with her lime eyes open...

... the terrible women from below this sand. ...

... Copyright © 2002 by Wesleyan University Press 2002 STATEMENT BY WOMEN IN BLACK September 12, 2001 In the aftermath of the terrible attack on New York and Washington on September n, we urgently call on all those with responsibility and authority, in our national governments and international...

..., women's rights, and human rights values. Ifit is established that the suspects of the terrorist attacks are outside the U.S., our constant claim that fundamentalist terrorists would devour their creators is proved once more. The U.S. government should consider the root cause of this terrible event, which...

... signifies something else: a radical critique of the narrow and denigrating life chances of educated black women of the period. In this essay, "Too High a Price: The 'Terrible Honesty' of Black Women's work in Quicksand,"the author uses a historical lens to demonstrate how the labor of the protagonist, Helga...

.... EffectivOerganizinignTerribTleimes: TheStrategiVc alueofHumanRightfsor TransnationaAlnti-RacisFt eminisms BY BARBARA SCHULMAN These are terrible times, and terrible times require those committed to social change to rethink our approaches-not only to ensure that we remain relevant but also to help sustain hope, both in ourselves...

... to construct identity-formation in transnationally adopted children. When sixteen-year-old Nao, the protagonist in Ruth Ozeki's novel, A Tale for the Time Being, is the victim of terrible bullying at her school in Japan, she embarks on trying out new identities, finally embracing the Internet and Zen Buddhism...

... and to the terrible choice of infanticide as resistance. By closing the narrative on this note of life and death, ending and beginning, Rosalie l’infâme locates Lisette’s and her daughter’s freedom in that space where past, present, and future meet. Marie-Pierre’s dream functions as a space of transformation...

... in a terrible ignorance that convolutes itselfin primordial psychocultural circumstances that must be detangled and taken care of delicately. It is not simply patriarchy at work. It is patriarchy in collusion with the fears of a maternity that is bizarrely wedded to the spirituality of the women involved...

.... She couldn't talk and was sobbing over the phone. "Oh, Brunine, I heard the sound. It is horrible!" I tried to compose my voice again and asked her as calmly as I could, "Have you talked to Pierre and Solange?" "I don't know, I heard that terrible noise and the signal failed while Pierre tried to keep...

... a hallucination. But there was no pain to mark that something terrible had happened. A cooing girl with a wrinkled face and a full head of hair was there purring at her Mama. And what large eyes she had. Eyes that seemed to stretch all the way to her mouth, leaving a little space for her nose. Mama held still...

... and media gloss is a reflection of the same racism which underscores the terrible history and conditions of Aboriginal peoples. How different Aboriginal people are responding to all this interest in their culture is hard for me to tell. Obviously, for some, it is a good living. But is the selling of old...

... these details of your life, or will the earthquake overshadow everything else? I cannot imagine what the future holds for you, what your future here will look like. Will that terrible day and its aftermath fade into distant memory 112 MERIDIANS 11:1 for you? Will you always notice the missing landmarks as you...

... to. SWP's clients often feel that their feelings are not welcome in many contexts, including therapeutic, medical, and social-work settings. Many survivors of human trafficking feel they were victims of a terrible crime when they were forced to work under threat of violence and with no pay. However...

... at Buckingham Palace for visiting students, Bible classes in Keswick. In those hills you feel God so close, you whispered, sitting up in bed. In your ribs I heard The thud-thud-thud of an animal heart that means to keep pace with the terrible light of God. IV When they laid you on the bench Our kinfolk knelt...

... in Terrible Times: The Strategic Value of Human Rights for Transnational Anti-Racist Feminisms," Barbara Schulman recalls that she "was extremely skeptical and resistant to the HR model." She explains her doubts and her "conversion" through her work for Amnesty International on the New YorkCity Human Rights...