Wednesday, June 30, 2010
clothes line/trails of girlhood: Chelsea Dunn
I first read the story by Harriet Ann Jacobs, "The Trails of Girlhood". This story was definitely intriguing to me, because i could feel the pain of the author as i read. I felt a sense of being trapped and alone with no one to confide in. This young woman was forced to give her body to someone she loathed merely because she was held captive as a slave under his command. I can imagine her feeling dirty because of what he had done to her, but i really felt her emotion when she discussed how alone she felt because she was not able to tell anyone. I Felt like the clothes line project was a really cool idea because it gives victims a voice. These t-shirts will be hung with these women's stories and everyone will be able to look at them, which i feel like is probably an amazing feeling for these survivors of abuse to so openly share their stories without the fear that comes behind it. I think if the young girl in the first story had any type of outlet such as the clothes line project she wouldve been able to have a more powerful outlook on her situation. She was young and unable to fend for herself against the evil white master, and she needed someone to at least listen to her.
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I really liked how you linked the website and the story together. I think the young girl in the story would have really benefited from something like the clothesline project. These days we have so many outlets like the clothesline project to help women like this get through things like abuse, and I wish more people would take advantage of it!
ReplyDeleteDo you think the clothesline project is effective? I do agree that it is a wonderful therapeutic outlet for survivors of abuse, but do you think that a wide range of abuse victims know about the project? Do you think that perhaps the clothesline project is in some way in the same situation as the woman from the story, unable to help herself and in need of an outside voice to spread the word about the project in order to increase its effectiveness?
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