hope to accomplish two things: give voice to the voiceless and give ears to the earless. My first goal is to share the complex and important stories that women often keep to themselves because of shame. I want to share these voices because their stories are our stories. They deserve to be told. My second goal is to relay these stories in a way that allows us to hear them. Often, the problem isn’t with the voices, but rather with our ears. The voices are frequently there—singing, screaming, yearning to be heard—but we don’t hear them because fear and blame muffle the sounds.
Dissertation
