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Piercy's depiction of a strong woman is physically demanding, emotionally draining, and often met with resistance and criticism. She portrays women as "straining" and "lifting a barbell" while enduring emotional abuse and societal expectations.
24 kwi 2022 · For Strong Women. by Marge Piercy. A strong woman is a woman who is straining. A strong woman is a woman standing. on tiptoe and lifting a barbell. while trying to sing “Boris Godunov.”. A strong woman is a woman at work. cleaning out the cesspool of the ages, and while she shovels, she talks about.
Piercy’s poetry—frequently she writes a swift free verse—shows the same commitment to the social and environmental issues that fill her novels. The Moon is Always Female (1980) is considered a classic text of the feminist movement.
MY MOTHER’S BODY, Marge Piercy’s tenth book of poetry, takes its title from one of her strongest and most moving poems, the climax of a powerful sequence of Poems to her mother.
Marge Piercy's "For Strong Women" offers a profound and multifaceted exploration of what it means to be a strong woman, challenging traditional notions of strength while emphasizing the complexity and depth of female resilience.
Marge Piercy (born March 31, 1936) is an American progressive activist, feminist, and writer. Her work includes Woman on the Edge of Time; He, She and It, which won the 1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award; and Gone to Soldiers, a New York Times Best Seller and a sweeping historical novel set during World War II.
Excerpts of this poem are from the collection The Moon Is Always Female by Marge Piercy. A strong woman is a woman who loves strongly and weeps strongly and is stronglyterrified and has strong needs.
