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DESCRIPTION:Years ago, Helen Benedict encountered a young woman, an Iraq war vet, who 
 told her: "There are only three things the guys let you be if you’re a 
 female in the army: a bitch, a ho, or a dyke." Benedict quickly saw that 
 women are fighting a double war:against the so-called enemy and against 
 discrimination and sexism from their own male comrades. Benedict, a 
 journalist and novelist started to investigate the experience of the female 
 soldier and created a book that not only reports the damning statistics of 
 the deep, ubiquitous misogyny within the U.S. military and its culture, but 
 brings the individual voices of women forward to tell their stories. By 
 following 5 of these women from their childhoods through enlistment, 
 training, active duty in Iraq, and home again, Benedict vividly brings to 
 life their struggles and challenges. Between their stories she weaves in 
 accounts from numerous other Iraq War veterans, illuminating the wrenching 
 and private war  of female soldiers.\n\nAs one soldier said, "I ended up 
 waging my own war against an enemy dressed in the same uniform as 
 mine."\n\nHelen Benedict is the author of four novels and five books of 
 nonfiction, and is a professor of journalism at Columbia University. The 
 Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq came out from 
 Beacon Press in April 2009. Benedcit is also the creator of a play based on 
 the book, The Lonely Soldier Monologues.\n\nReviews of The Lonely 
 Soldier:\n\n"An important, finely drawn book."\n--Deanne Stillman, The Los 
 Angeles 
 Times.\nhttp://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-book13-2009may13,0,5349806.story\n\n"As 
 a 29-year Army and Army Reserve Colonel, I urge everyone—especially women 
 considering joining the US military—to read this important book. Through 
 unforgettable stories, The Lonely Soldier explains the shocking frequency 
 of sexual assault and what can be done."\n—Army Reserve Colonel Ann 
 Wright\n\n"It is hard to determine what is most disturbing about this 
 book—the devious and immoral tactics used by leaders and recruiters to 
 get women to join the military, the terrible poverty and personal violence 
 women were escaping that lead them to be vulnerable to such manipulation, 
 the raping and harassing of women soldiers by their superiors and comrades 
 once they got to Iraq, or the untreated homelessness, illnesses and madness 
 that have haunted women since they came home.\nThe Lonely Solider is an 
 important book, a crucial accounting of the shameful war on women who gave 
 their bodies, lives and souls for their country."\n—Eve Ensler, 
 playwright, performer, activist and author of The Vagina 
 Monologues\n\n"It's outrageously immoral that our female soldiers have to 
 fear many of the male soldiers they serve with, as well as being let down 
 by the very Veterans Affairs system that's supposed to help them out. 
 Thanks to Helen Benedict, the world is watching!"\n—Roseanne Barr, Emmy 
 Award-winning actor\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/15/18644766.php
SUMMARY:Revolution Books presents Helen Benedict,author of " The Lonely Soldier"
LOCATION:Revolution Books\n2425 Channing Way(in the Sather Gate Parking Mall off of 
 Telegraph Avenue).Wheelchair accessible,donations accepted.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/15/18644766.php
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