In her 1892 article “A Strong Race Opinion: On the Indian Girl in Modern Fiction” the Canadian First Nations author Pauline Johnson critiques the narrow, stereotyped representation of Indigenous women in fiction. She wrote a counter narrative in her short story “A Red Girl’s Reasoning”. In mainstream Amerindian stories written by white Canadians at the... Continue Reading →
The Kilt God is Cast Down
Wilfried Owen’s poem “Disabled” follows a soldier who has lost his legs during the war and is now alone and isolated. The poem uses images of color and temperature to show how the soldier changed before and after the war. The many colors and heat represent his innocence and vivacity, but after joining the military... Continue Reading →