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Ain't I A Woman? newspapers, June 1970-July 1971

1971-07-02 "Ain't I a Woman?" Page 1

Woman's Song

My body
is a weapon
It isn't soft
In many places
My hands
Are knifes and hammers
For bashing in
The faces
of men
Who won't allow me
My humanity.

My legs
Are locomotives
For getting out
of situations
For making distance
Separate me
From all
The provocations
of men
Who can't forgive me
My integrity.

My eyes
Are calculators
For planning out
The moves required
To get
from where I am
To where
I want to be.

My body
Is like my sisters'
And we make love
With each other.
My hands
often caress them
While we
Create a new world
For women
Who at last have
Our humanity!

I am a woman
For a new time
Ticking hours
In my sister's minds.
I am an engine
For a new plan
Like a pistol
In my sister's hand.


ATAW collective: iowa city, ia.
A MIDWEST NEWSPAPER OF WOMEN'S LIBERATION
VOLUME 1 NO. 17, JULY 2, 1971
AIN'T I A WOMAN?

[hand drawn face]

(25 cents)

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Woman's Song My body is a weapon It isn't soft In many places My hands Are knifes and hammers For bashing in The faces of men Who won't allow me My humanity. My legs Are locomotives For getting out of situations For making distance Separate me From all The provocations of men Who can't forgive me My integrity. My eyes Are calculators For planning out The moves required To get from where I am To where I want to be. My body Is like my sisters' And we make love With each other. My hands often caress them While we Create a new world For women Who at last have Our humanity! I am a woman For a new time Ticking hours In my sister's minds. I am an engine For a new plan Like a pistol In my sister's hand. ATAW collective: iowa city, ia. A MIDWEST NEWSPAPER OF WOMEN'S LIBERATION VOLUME 1 NO. 17, JULY 2, 1971 AIN'T I A WOMAN? [hand drawn face] (25 cents)