Laura A. Lord

Laura A. Lord is a graduate of Chesapeake College. She is the author of Wake Up a Woman and History of a Woman. Her work has been published in The Beacon, Whirl with Words, and The Collegian. Lord currently works as a writing tutor at Chesapeake College. She is working on a book featuring her son's favorite toy, Boo Bear, as well as, a sexual education book for women. She lives on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with her husband and her two children.

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Wake Up a Woman

Feminism

Wake Up a Woman is a collection of vignettes and poetry. A young woman faces many of the common struggles, disasters, and pains involved in modern relationships. She fights back against gender stereotypes in a search to discover who she really is. What does it mean to be a woman today? Is a woman defined by what she has done in her past?

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History of a Woman 

Feminism

History of a Woman is a collection of vignettes and poetry that focuses on the aspects of "His"tory. Told from the female perspective, it challenges social and gender roles, relationships, political aspects, and love. This collection includes 13 pieces of poetry and prose.

 ----- From "I've Given Some Though to Traveling" That being said, I’ll have to avoid Merryville, Missouri. Unless that is I intend to leave the corsets behind. I wouldn’t want to deny the men there the view of my unencumbered body; though Gods know the only curves I carry come out with the boning. Hell, had I know that Illinois was a BDSM community at the beginning of my trip, I’d have begun and probably ended there. There’s nothing as sweet as calling a man “Master”. I wonder if they hand out collars at the airport. Perhaps I’ll just pack my own. -----

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The Telling

Those whispers you hear are women unbound. Unburdened by the secrets they held. Unabashed by their feelings. Unashamed of their anger. They are unclothed, uncovered, and unruly. They are unanimous. They are telling. Hear them roar.