Photo reblogged from Tapped In: The Bennington Blog with 10 notes
…My book is not just a recitation of horror, it’s a tribute to those who, as you say, had the courage, the determination, the stamina to speak truth to power as is said, and to make the simple demands: Where are our children? Where are our husbands? Our loved ones? What has happened to them? And to put their bodies in public space to make those demands. The mothers were the only ones during the dictatorship who actually took to the streets and they made their silent round, as you know, in front of the presidential palace.
- Marguerite Feitlowitz speaking about her book, A Lexicon of Terror, in an interview with Truthdig Radio.
OMG MARGUERITE.
One of my very favorite professors, looking pretty incredibly hip with her cool shirt and sunglasses and jeans? Also...
This is my academic advisor. She is a bad ass.
OMG MARGUERITE.