Lesley University DigitalCommons@Lesley Commonthought Lesley University Student Publications Spring 1991 Womanthought (1991) Womanthought Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/commonthought Part of the Illustration Commons, Photography Commons, and the Poetry Commons Recommended Citation Womanthought Staff, "Womanthought (1991)" (1991). Commonthought. 22. https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/commonthought/22 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Lesley University Student Publications at DigitalCommons@Lesley. It has been accepted for inclusion in Commonthought by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Lesley. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 'WOAfYL9{_:Ij-{Q'l1 (j j-{(J' Spring 1991 · 'Tfie Afagazine of tfie 5lrts at .Lesley Co[[ege. 'W09vf.9L0.{!J'!J{O'll (j :.!-FT :Magazineof tlie .521.rts at L'FSL'E'Y COLL'E(j'E 'llo{umeII, 'l{p.1 Editor-in-Chief Stacy Spumberg Assistant Editor Jen Hill Fiction Editor Amy Taylor Poetry Editor Kristen Heller Art Editors Alissa Eisenberg Stephanie Krauss Secretary Suzanne Miles Publicity Caryn Mayo Typist Lisa Risley-Aquizap STAFF MEMBERS Beth Coates Terri Chagnon Paula Trout Karen Galvin Elizabeth Carp Lezlie Estabrook Colleen Davis Faculty Fool Dr. Pluto Staff Mascot Darla - the Broadway Cow SPECIAL THANKS TO: President Margaret McKenna Dean Carol Moore Dr. Stephen Trainor Undergraduate Liberal Arts Program Student Government Association Office of Student Affairs Jennifer Kilson-Page Views expressed by the contributors are not necessarily the views of the Student Government Association or the Office of Student Affairs of Lesley College. 1/o{ume II, 9{,um6er1 Poetry & Prose "Epigram" Paula Trout. ................ ......................................... ...... ........ ....... ~.~~ Speech from Senior Investiture - Anne Elezabeth Pluto .................... .............................. I "L overs " - S uzanne p·1n l ayson ............................................................... ....... ..... .. .. 4 "Little Red Riding Hood" - Edy Shapiro .......................................................... ..... .... 6 "Dead Ones" - Alexandra Susan Campbell.. ....................................................... ..... ...? Generations - Anita Landa ............................................... ............... ... .................. 8 The Fear Within Me -A Real Life Horror Story - Cathy Grace ........................... ........ .... 11 "Iced to Thaw" - Elizabeth Coates ................................... ...................................... 13 "Life Stages" - Jen Hill. ...... ...... ......... .......................................... .... .......... ....... 14 "Date Rape Revisited" - Kristen Heller ................. ...... ............................................. 14 "A Handful of Assorted Pencils" - Melinda W. Green ....... ............... ......... ...... ...... ... .... 15 "Fantasy August 20" - Cheryl Smith ....................................... ....................... ........ 17 Untitled - Becky Pickard .... ............................................... ....... ......... ...... .... .... .. 19 "Therapy" - Sue Morse ................................. ............................. ..................... .. 20 "Love Letters" - Carol Bearse ................................. ............ ................. ....... ........ 21 "Personal Symphony" - Riz .......................................................................... ...... 22 "kilma di dilwati" - Mary Chaves ........................ .............. ...... ......... ............ ......... 24 "Silence ... " - Stephanie Krauss .................. .... ........................... ......... ........... ....... 24 "Another Chance" - Alissa Eisenberg ...... ........... ..................... ......... .............. ........ 24 Dear Parents - 6:00 Writing Class ................................. ....... ................ .......... ...... 25 "Penetration" - Caryn L. Mayo ........................ .............. ....... ........ ............... ........ 26 The Machi's Farewell - Carlos Suarez-Boulangger ........... ............. ............. ....... ....... .. 27 "Ch ains" - Eunice Senat. .............. .... ....... .... ........... ..................................... ... ... 29 Bedsprings - Heather Jones ..... ..... .... .. .... .... ...... ..... .... .............. ... .. ..... ...... .. ... .... .. 32 The Dark. - Penelope Pritchard ........... ........................................ ....... ...... ... ....... .. 33 "Song of My Soul" - Elisa Lucozzi ........................ ................... ............ ...... ...... ..... 35 Mapplethorpe - Janet Singleman ........... ........................................... ........... ........ .. 36 Jlrt Work, Cover: Mike Galvin Inside Cover : Our Mascot & Inspiration "Grandma's Tree" - Caryn L. Mayo ........................... ...... .... ....... ........... ..... ............ 5 "Berkshire Abstract" - Stacy Spumberg .......... ······· ..... ............ ..... ...... .......... ... ........ 12 "On Devoroe Pond" - Alissa Eisenberg ............... ...... ........... ................... ...... .. ........ 13 "F ord Pick-Up - Barn Yard Haven" - Lorraine.. s·me l. arr. .. ·: ............. .......... .... ........... ...... 16 "Cafe De Paris - Arlington St., Boston" - Lorraine Sinclair ............... ... .... .. ...... .. .. .. .... .. ... 18 " Concession· Stand - Crane Beach , Ipsw1c· h" - Lo rrame· s·me 1arr · ............... .... ...... ... .. .. ... ... 2 3 "Church Street" - Caryn L. Mayo ..... ..... ............ .... .......... ....... .... ....... ...... .... ... ....... 26 "And then We Joined Hands" - Molly Morgan ........... ......... .......................... ............. 30 "Momentary Suge of this Resurrection" - Molly Morgan ............. ................. .... ............. 30 "B. 1nk y T.1me " - R1z. ............. ............................. .......... ......... .. ..... ... ...... .... ... ...... 31 Back Inside Cover : "Good-bye Gander" - Alissa Eisenberg LETTER FROM THE EDITORS We sincerely apologize for the delay of this year's edition; your patience has been greatly appreciated. This issue of 'Womantfwugfit has been a struggle, but well worth the time and energy for both of us. r We would like to extend a very special thanks to Anne Pluto, Stephen Trainor, Office of Students Affairs, Student Government Association, Darla, the Plastic Animals, our thousands of faithful subscribers, and, of course, our humble and most dedicated staff. We dedicate this issue to all of the very talented artists who have submitted their work. We are proud to present your pieces: you are 'Womantfiougfit! Please keep the submissions coming in next year so that we may continue this tradition at Lesley College. - -··---- - !'-, ~ - ~, ' ) -~ - ) / / / ~/. ' ~' , ;>, , L _.' , ,'f_',(_,r // r t~{ ·:>·· l.._/'V .,. - ·, • ....,, / Stacy Spumberg c.,/' 1~!\Llt Editor -in-Chief Assistant Editor Blood coursing with crisp vitality Chilled flesh exhilarated by the intrin sic beauty of Hope ... Paula Trout SPEECH FROM SENIOR INVESTITURE I'm not very good with protocol - so I'm veil at the Heronymite Convent of St. Jerorr:ie going to address all of you here tonight as using a dowry of 3,000 gold ducats - supphed friends - especially the members of the senior by her godfather. In Mexico, you needed class. I would like to thank you for giving me money to enter a convent. She chose holy this opportunity to be your speaker. orders as a vocation and not because she was very religious. She was instructed in ~aking . This speech has been on my mind since this choice by her confessor - the Jesmt Antonio May - and I had all sorts of ides that fell into Nunez de Miranda - who led her to believe that place - beautifully and mysteriously - last a religious vocation was the way for her to_ . weekend. I had laryngitis and spent Friday and study secular knowledge and to pursue wntmg. Saturday at my boyfriend's apartment reading a Twenty years later, he would betray her. remarkable and inspiring book, Octavio Paz's biography of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, a At that time (the second half of the 17th seventeenth century Mexican nun. The Mexican century), the nuns of New Spain never left the novelist Carlos Fuentes calls her the first great convent; they were cloistered. Yet, wh~t_Sor Latin American poet. Juana wrote within the walls of that rehg10us house reached a Hispanic world that inclu~ed Juana Ines de Asbaje (or Juana Ines Lima, Peru and stretched across the Atlanuc Rameriz - she used both her father and mother's Ocean to the Court of the Spanish King in names when it was convenient) wanted to be a Madrid . She was well known for her poetry, "learned woman." As a small child, she was her plays and her religious verse. fascinated by language and literature. She makes a reference in one of her letters to having This was amazing. Sor Juana began this taught herself Latin in 20 lessons, and she also literary journey as an illegitimate girl from the could speak and read Spanish and Portuguese. village of San Miguel Nepantla, was sent a! the In order to pursue a life as a "learned woman" age of ten to live with rich relations in Mexi~o she wrestled with her soul in choosing a City, and at 15 was sent by those same relatives vocation. There weren't many to the Viceroy's palace as a lady in waiti~g to the vocations/professions open to women in 17th Vicereine. In all of these places her family, her cen~ury New Sp~n. There was marriage-