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    I, a Woman
    I, a Woman
    I, a Woman
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    I, a Woman

    By Barbara J. Waldern

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    This is a collection of 16 poems on the themes of identity and social concerns written in Autumn, 2016. It encompasses what elements of womanhood I identify with and how, such as fashion, work, desire, media and relations with men. Of course, the topic of violence is covered, too. The titles of individual poems include: I, a Woman, Force, Labour of Love, Damned Straight! and It's my Body! Not only do I express my gender and sexual orientation identity, but I also express my regard for the women's movement.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarbara J. Waldern
    Release dateNov 19, 2016
    ISBN9781370526383
    I, a Woman
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    Barbara J. Waldern

    Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and a graduate of Burnaby Central Senior High School and Simon Fraser University, having studied English lit, French, Spanish, applied linguistics, social policy and anthropology.Has been an ESL instructor, a public service employee, and finally an education researcher before going to teach English in South Korea in 2007. There I taught English to children, university students and working adults. I am also an editor and have recently established a small business called Edwise Editor & Educ. Consultant, Edwise Editor and Education Consultant (#708-1155 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E2P4, Tel: 604-638-329, Fax: 604-605-700, edwise2008@gmail.com, www.edwise2008.com). Just prior to this event, I took editing courses. Always been involved in community and anti-imperialist activism, I have been an advocate and network coordinator for teachers working abroad and locally and I sing in a political action choir. Likes: languages, films, music, art, nature, walking and general physical recreation. Dedicated to writing fiction and other categories of nonfiction since 2008 after many years of writing and presenting academic papers. Find copies of some stuff published since 2013 can be found in the special collections of the Simon Fraser University Library.

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      I, a Woman - Barbara J. Waldern

      I, a Woman

      -A collection of poems on the subject of female identity and role

      By Barbara Waldern

      Copyright 2016 Barbara Waldern

      Published by Smashwords, Inc.

      Table of Contents

      Feminist Identity Quandry

      The Soloist

      My Desire

      Lady of Leisure

      Unfashionable Me

      I, a Woman

      It’s my Body!

      Lone Goose

      Golden Girl

      Damned Straight!

      Old Lady

      IT Age Witness Account

      Ying-Yang

      Who am I?

      Labour of Love

      Force

      Feminization

      I, a Woman (a collection on this topic)

      Feminist Identity Quandry

      By the 80s, I was an adult.

      Power was the word of the hour,

      But the media really overdid it,

      Wrought great fear of false terror

      With the image of the she-predator

      While many a man did resent

      The sudden and assertive ascent.

      I wasn’t really a 90s grrrl

      (But neither did I like sheen and curl).

      I couldn’t muster up the scowl

      Nor pretend that I was on the prowl;

      I didn’t have that kind of hutzpa—

      I rejected both the fem and butch sta’.

      To me, it wasn’t about sexuality;

      Didn’t have to be same-sex individuality.

      I held my own,

      Walked all alone.

      Of the new feminism, I had my doubts—

      True, the bourgeois brand was on the outs.

      Still, I was angry and filled with dissatisfaction

      As the unseen, raped and dissed cried out for action.

      I craved to speak to what was really true,

      Not search excitement or something cool to do,

      Not interested in putting on a show,

      Cuz hate and violence just had to go.

      I don’t know about category—

      I was itching to tell the story,

      Yell against the system

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