Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Picturing Military and Militant Women



Majikthise points out that an article about military women suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has some odd pictures accompanying it. Like this one:





The reclining position? Would they have shown a man suffering from PTSD that way? Perhaps.

This site, via joltblog, has a large number of pictures relating to women's suffrage. Here is one example (heh):





For touching artistic renditions of the faces of military women who have died in Iraq, visit borntowar.com. Cpl Ramona Valdez, killed by a carbomb in Fallujah at age 20: