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Ain't I A Woman? newspapers, June 1970-July 1971
1971-03-12 "Ain't I a Woman?" Page 12
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Ain't I A Woman is published every three weeks by the Angry Independent Amazon Women P.O. Box 1169, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 We are a collective of eight women functioning as a world wide conspiracy of Radical Lesbians. If your group wants to receive bundles of AIN'T I A WOMAN?, send 15c per copy. Minimum bundle: 20 copies. [hand drawing] A WOMEN'S POETRY READING Thursday, April 29 at 8:00 Shambaugh Auditorium All women welcome to read their poetry Sponsored by 20th Century Women Writers An Action Studies Course We talked about men and women today. It seems there's a new theory out. Did you know Man's a million years old? And during those million years Men and women developed differently. Yes, they did. Men hunted. Women had babies. And because women had babies Who couldn't cling, Who were helpless and dependent for a long time, She couldn't hunt with the men. So she stayed home and made a nest And gathered food to bring to it. Okay. Maybe so. But he says that women have evolved in this pattern. That we are genetically set up to stay home And feather a nest And raise young. Logic, reason, Evolution, biology, Fucking up my mind. Beautiful masculine progression Proving beyond a shadow of a doubt That women are "different". That women ar "nurturant". That women are "gatherers." Never argue with a biologist. But If this is so, Then why is my soul screaming, "no, no, no!" Why do I look at the stars at night, Or a distant mountain top And yearn to fly; To reach, struggle, climb; To find my place in the universe; To leave the nest far behind And carve out a stairway to infinity-- Why? WHY NOT! a loving THANK YOU to the JACKSON FAMILY FREEDOM FIGHTERS [insert] AIN'T I A WOMAN? sub. $4.00 inst. $15.00 P.o. box 1169 iowa city, ia. 52240 [insert] THE LADDER is 14 years old and is happy to salute the rising consciousness of women everywhere, beginning with the August/September 1970 issue. THE LADDER is a 48-page bi-monthly magazine containing fiction, poetry, non-fiction, book reviews, letters, and a comprehensive news column. THE LADDER P.O. BOX 5025 Washington Station Reno, Nevada 89503 A MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY LESBIANS FOR LESBIANS AND FOR ALL WOMEN CONCERNED WITH FULL HUMAN RIGHTS... [female sign] Sample copy, $1.25 $7.50 per year hi there! 12. Vol. 1 No. 13 AIN'T I
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Ain't I A Woman is published every three weeks by the Angry Independent Amazon Women P.O. Box 1169, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 We are a collective of eight women functioning as a world wide conspiracy of Radical Lesbians. If your group wants to receive bundles of AIN'T I A WOMAN?, send 15c per copy. Minimum bundle: 20 copies. [hand drawing] A WOMEN'S POETRY READING Thursday, April 29 at 8:00 Shambaugh Auditorium All women welcome to read their poetry Sponsored by 20th Century Women Writers An Action Studies Course We talked about men and women today. It seems there's a new theory out. Did you know Man's a million years old? And during those million years Men and women developed differently. Yes, they did. Men hunted. Women had babies. And because women had babies Who couldn't cling, Who were helpless and dependent for a long time, She couldn't hunt with the men. So she stayed home and made a nest And gathered food to bring to it. Okay. Maybe so. But he says that women have evolved in this pattern. That we are genetically set up to stay home And feather a nest And raise young. Logic, reason, Evolution, biology, Fucking up my mind. Beautiful masculine progression Proving beyond a shadow of a doubt That women are "different". That women ar "nurturant". That women are "gatherers." Never argue with a biologist. But If this is so, Then why is my soul screaming, "no, no, no!" Why do I look at the stars at night, Or a distant mountain top And yearn to fly; To reach, struggle, climb; To find my place in the universe; To leave the nest far behind And carve out a stairway to infinity-- Why? WHY NOT! a loving THANK YOU to the JACKSON FAMILY FREEDOM FIGHTERS [insert] AIN'T I A WOMAN? sub. $4.00 inst. $15.00 P.o. box 1169 iowa city, ia. 52240 [insert] THE LADDER is 14 years old and is happy to salute the rising consciousness of women everywhere, beginning with the August/September 1970 issue. THE LADDER is a 48-page bi-monthly magazine containing fiction, poetry, non-fiction, book reviews, letters, and a comprehensive news column. THE LADDER P.O. BOX 5025 Washington Station Reno, Nevada 89503 A MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY LESBIANS FOR LESBIANS AND FOR ALL WOMEN CONCERNED WITH FULL HUMAN RIGHTS... [female sign] Sample copy, $1.25 $7.50 per year hi there! 12. Vol. 1 No. 13 AIN'T I
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