Terry Y. Mayer

Scintilla's Journal: the Oppression of Women: the Marital Status Terry Y. Mayer

Scintilla's Journal invites writers to e-mail short stories, articles and poetry to us for publication; All work may be e-mailed to Terry_Y_Mayer@yahoo.com and be sure to include your name, address or e-mail address and telephone or cell phone numbers.

Goal

Our goal is to illustrate stories which answer this question: "How can women and men stop oppression during the 21st century?"

Writers

Sunshine Hawk is a pseudonym for one of the writers. Hawk wrote The Three Praying Women poetry/play and passed it around to all of the writers, then work was submitted. Read, A Trilogy of Pastel Courage and understand how three generations of women cope with oppression.

Olivia O'Sullivan wrote this wonderful short story. Then she out does herself writing, I Am Woman. Now, the experiences of a married woman leaves you wiser than before.

Let's look at a divorced woman talking about A Mother's Love written by Joan M. Mayer. There are two types of single women. Kathleen Mary Smith tells us about Unmarried/No Children. Listen to the dutiful daughter take care of her mother. Open your eyes to the more spirited woman as Laura Joy Lustig says Doing Nothing May Be A Bit Too Much. Learn about The Best Kept Secret by Rotan J. Hill. Share your knowledge about homelessness Read, Listen and Homelessness Poems. Do you believe that children need educational reform? Read our poem by Sunshine Hawk entitled, Children Need Educational Reform. Visit China as Kathleen Mary Smith reports on the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995.

Scintilla's Journal

Our major focus is to illustrate oppression from different time periods. This journal is not male bashing. We stress the fact that "Oppression is all economics" Please read to enjoy and contribute to answering the question: "How can women and men stop oppression during the 21st century?"

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Summary

In summary, read Space and learn what qualifi cations are needed for the next President of the United States of America. Whether you endorse a woman or a man, we need a President who will stop oppression during the 21st century.