I just found this on tumblr. but did not put the writer’s name on it as I don’t know it-just a blog I found interesting about Rampage:the pathology of an epidemic
I’m reading a new book Rampage;the pathology of an epidemic. It’s by Gwynne Hunt and it is basically about a list. Specifically, the femicide List. Gwynne Hunt took the task of completing a list of all the murdered/missing women across Canada (and children, as well, eventually) from Mary Billy in approximately 2005.
In “Rampage” she gives the reader a ist of names, one letter list per chapter and offers comments and stories about her experiences putting the list together, organizing marches, and most commonly, about the victim’s listed. I am only on the third chapter “c” so it’s not very far in at all . . .but already I think this is a worthwhile read. Even if it is painful.
I just finished reading Rampage and I have to say I think you did a hell of a job on it. I know you got started on the ‘List’ thanks to Mary Billy but I have to say I thought the way you formatted the names in the book made it easier to digest the sad content. I am sorry as hell for the women who have been murdered and or disappeared. I am sorry that you have this enormous responsibility of trying to record these terrible events but I wanted you to know I am grateful for the truth of what goes on in our big back yard of a country. My words are small and may not reach many ears but I will keep writing and trying to bring the issue to light.
Your book is HUGE and I know you will keep the faith. Your book, your work, is amazing and I have the utmost respect for everything you do. You are brave and strong and wise and don’t forget how pivotal this work will be to effecting change. Just hang in there, you and Mary will see, I know it!
much love Shelley
(Shelley Haggard-poet-Mission, BC)
Hi Gwynne,
Got the book yesterday and read it cover to cover. Other than too much Mary Billy, it’s a terrific thing you’ve done. It brings it all back, that deep, deep hurt to the heart at the violent nature of these murders. Such hatred against women, it boggles the mind. And makes me think there is something much deeper going on. I wonder what that is?
Thanks again for this huge effort. You must be proud. I hope you are. None of us can fix it alone, but each step each of us takes counts in the overall solution, or at least betterment of treatment of women. Not to say that we don’t still have a long, long way to go.
I hope this book gets the exposure it so deserves. Stay in touch and let me know how it goes, okay?
Love,
Mary
(Mary Billy-poet-activist-Squamish, BC)
Hi Gwynne:I rec’d your book yesterday and read it from front to back last p.m. You
did a great job and I commend you for your tenacity. I certainly identified
when you mentioned how mentally exhausting it is to maintain the list and
try hard not to internalize how tragic these senseless deaths are. I now
realize why at times, I just can’t open the file and begin new postings.
Also, we are on the same page where our thinking is concerned. I agree that
we need both genders to speak against the violence and male bashing solves
nothing.
Thank you so much for allowing me to contribute to your book.
I have recommended to a couple of people to send away for it.
Regards,
Barbara
(Barbara Mills-activist-Toronto, ON)
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About Gwynne Hunt gwynne1@telus.net
I am a writer, activist, producer, director and creative performance artist. My new book Through My Lens is based on newspaper clippings going back to 1928; the stories in-between the clippings are about my mom Gunvor Berglund, my step-dad Ronald Robinson and my DNA father Harold Larsen. How did they come together to make me? Some of the research was shocking, some funny but it left me to define the parts of the story I did not know. a tribute to my three parents. My last book, Unlocking the Tin box is about my journey into trying to find our who I was, who my father was; a complicated con man and a carny. But he was more than that and the journey took me as far as doing DNA tests, digging through his old tin box and an examination of my own life. Published by Silver Bow Publishing, available from the Publisher, Amazon and the Author.
Fifteen years ago, the book ‘Rampage; the pathology of an epidemic’ written by me was released at the International Celebration of Women in Abbotsford. The book is my personal journey over six years working on the book and the Memory March (a walk/vigil honouring over 4,000 missing and murdered women and children in Canada). It includes interviews with grassroots' workers she met. There are a lot of individual, concerned people who work to end violence against women. One of those women is Mary Billy, a writer and activist in Squamish. There are interviews, case stories and conversations with family member’s who have lost loved ones. The book is not about how we are going to end the violence but an examination of the problems, concerns and stereotypical thinking that keeps us trapped in a cycle of violence. Included are the names of 4,000 missing and murdered women and children that have been compiled for The List. Other books include bruises & bad haircuts (poetry) and Bob & Boo. (illustrated by my grandkids)
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