I am woman, hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back an' pretend
'Cause I've heard it all before
And I've been down there on the floor
No one's ever gonna keep me down again
Oh yes, I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to
I can do anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman
You can bend but never break me
'Cause it only serves to make me
More determined to achieve my final goal
And I come back even stronger
Not a novice any longer
'Cause you've deepened the conviction in my soul
Oh, yes, I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to
I can face anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman
I am woman watch me grow
See me standing toe to toe
As I spread my lovin' arms across the land
But I'm still an embryo
With a long, long way to go
Until I make my brother understand
Oh, yes, I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to
I can face anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman
Oh, I am woman
I am invincible
I am strong
I am woman
I am invincible
I am strong
I am woman!
Books
A large portion of my life has been spent on writing books. I have authored, co-authored, edited it co-edited 17 books thus far, most of which are about male sexual violence against girls and women. A few are listed below, and the rest can be seen at my website:
About me: Dr. Diana Russell has dedicated her life to stopping violence against women.
Website:
DianaRussell.com (Note: If the link doesn't work, please type www.DianaRussell.com into your browser's address bar in order to get to the website.)
DR. DIANA E. H. RUSSELL is one of the foremost experts on sexual violence against women and girls in the world. For the past 25 years she has been deeply engaged in research on this topic and has produced numerous books and articles that have become authoritative sources on rape (including wife rape), incest, the misogynist murder of women, and pornography.
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Dr. Russell is eager to share some of the knowledge and experiences she has acquired through her research and activism. However, she is being inundated with email and regrets that she cannot answer most of it and will only consider answering those emails that include a street address.
To contact her about speaking engagements, or to order a copy of "Against Pornography: The Evidence of Harm", send email to: russell@mills.edu.
If you wish to consult her, the fee is $100/hour.
I live on borrowed money (my work costs me rather than earning income), so donations would be extremely welcome and greatly appreciated. You can do this by PayPal or by credit card by clicking on button below, or by emailing me for my address so that you can donate by check.
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If you need information or assistance regarding child sexual abuse, please call the Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-422-4453, or write to Dr. Chris Monaco, Director, Child Abuse Hotline, 15757 N 78th Street, Scottsdale, Arizona 85260.
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Click here for Dr. Diana Russell's Academic Curriculum Vitae.
Click here for
Dr. Diana Russell's Political Curriculum Vitae.
Clickhere for a
selected list of Dr. Diana Russell's media appearances.
Click
here for photographs of Dr. Russell showing how limber she is on her 60th
birthday! :-)
And here are pictures of my adorable new dog Lovies:
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Please note: At this time I am not able to maintain this MySpace site and keep up with all the friend requests and emails. This may change at some point, but in the meantime, I apologize if I have not responded to you, or if I don't respond to you if you communicate via MySpace in the future. However I very much appreciate your interest and support, and encourage you to visit my main website at www.DianaRussell.com.
(Note: If the link doesn't work, please type www.DianaRussell.com into your browser's address bar in order to get to the website.)
Thank you, Diana
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Acknowledgment:
Many thanks to my friend and colleague Anti-Porn Blogger for taking the time to create this profile for me, and for all her hard work and dedication to the anti-pornography cause. I very much appreciate everything, and highly recommend her work and her websites below to everyone:
Here are 100 samples of anti-porn videos Anti-Porn Blogger has collected for you to watch right here: (Just click on the left and right arrows on the strip on the right to see thumbnails of all the videos and select them. Further instructions if needed are on this page
here.)(Nov. 6 update: It looks like YouTube has switched their player to only have 48 for now.)
If you would like more written details about these videos, please see the full listings for this playlist here.
For a full list of 4o more video playlists by Anti-Porn Blogger about sexual exploitation and related issues, including many more details, please click here.
Who I'd like to meet: Other activists of like mind who are against pornography and sexism.
Dear Diana, I cannot thank you enough for your kind support and friendship! Welcome to our ever growing family of friends. I'm really happy you have decided to become friends of the Wake Up (to child abuse) MySpace Music page. Just by adding us to your friends you have already demonstrated that you have a good heart and are willing to take a step towards ending the hidden suffering of so many.
We also dare to hope you will be able to persuade some of your other MySpace friends to join our just fight against child abuse by adding us to their friends too. The larger our family of friends becomes, the more people we will be able to reach and educate about this terrible ‘disease’ sweeping across the world which blights the lives of more children than you may imagine. Please take a moment to read some of the statistics on child abuse highlighted on our profile and within our blogs. I am sure you will be just as shocked and appalled as we are when you find out the full extent of this scourge.
The innocent children suffering such terrible abuse need all the help they can get. Increased awareness of this foul concealed crime will help to prevent more children living through the agonising torment which I was forced to experience.
I hope you have a great day and look forward to hearing from you soon with your views and comments on this important issue, Ralph.
Thanks Diana for accepting me as a friend and for sticking to your fight for women's dignity all these years despite the bs you've had to put up with! I hope I can make a small contributions to empowering women too.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all that you have done in your life to help all of the suffering and oppressed girls and women of the world. You are a true heroine and living legend to millions, and have set a shining example to all humanity of how to use your life in a meaningful and useful way. I have the utmost admiration and respect for you, as do countless others. Your contributions are immeasurable and the human race owes you a huge debt of gratitude. You have my eternal appreciation and support.
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