Mailbag

 Women and war

I liked the intro to the Perspectives on 9/11 piece in the September 13-19 issue of C-VILLE, but was disappointed, though not surprised, to see that none of the perspectives offered came from women. It seems that the narrative C-VILLE wishes to perpetrate is one devoid of women’s experience. Pieces like this serve to devalue, and erase women’s experiences from the cultural narrative surrounding war. Women were affected. Women joined the military in response to the attacks. Women have opinions on the legacy of the violence. Where are their voices?