1. Brainstorming for Speak Synthesis Research Paper
Reoccurring motif: the untongued victim
Art as a form of:
1.) Recovery
2.) Expression
Why is this part of the stories???
Positive
Voice
Change
Isn’t silence bad? Q R

2. Q Q R Reoccurring motif: the untongued victim Art as a form of:
Since they were raped -- transgressed against their will, their voice denied and negated - they have found a different way to express their pain (without using their physical voices )
Eve Ensler wrote an essay for Public Radio; wrote the play The Vagina Monologues
Ellen James a writer
Ellen James
Physical
Self-inflicted
Philomela’s tapestry
Ellen Jamesians
Philomela
Reoccurring motif: the untongued victim
Melinda
Art as a form of:
1.) Recovery
2.) Expression
Emotional
(Speaker?)
Why is this part of the stories???
Eve Ensler
What is this connection???
Emphasize
Mr. Freeman’s school board painting
Rape
Draw attention to the lack of voice / choice etc. in the act of rape
Melinda’s trees subconsciously follow her progress through the book
Speaker - poem = (recovery?) “Years it took to feel home again”
Philomela’s voice Q
Positive
Forced sexual intercourse
Turkey bone sculpture
Voice
Change
Melinda fights back against Andy in the closet - she wants to jam the glass through his throat but she doesn’t (she would be as bad as he is)- she decides his silence is enough)
Bad Thanksgiving
Her trees don’t get better while Melinda doesn’t get better - while she denies what happened
Did NOT have a choice - against their will Q
Made something of nothing
Isn’t silence bad?
Being denied choice - a “vote” a “say” in something denies / negates your VOICE
Philomela kills Itys without mercy; She transforms from the INNOCENT into the PERPETRATOR. She has taken on his “VOICE” R
Physical prison =
Psychological / Emotional prison =

3. Hypocritical contradiction
Ellen Jamesians cut out their own tongues in an effort to speak out against violence
Ellen Jamesians recreate the crime/violence - defacto denying their own voices
Not letting her move on
April 17th Day of Silence R
Ironic
Misguided
Emphasizing & drawing attention to others’ silences
Isn’t silence bad?
David said you can’t stand up for your right to be silent’ that’s letting the bad guys win Q
Debate: Mr. Neck said to stop talking & David walked out - Emphasizing if the teacher did want to hear his voice his voice would not be there at all Q
Silence
Andy
Flashbacks
Depression
Cutting
Physical prison =
Philomela
Psychological / Emotional prison = R
Eve; Melinda; Speaker
Art - positive change
Ellen James - surrounded by the crazy Ellen Jamesians Q
X-Mas cards

4. Q Q R Reoccurring motif: the untongued victim Art as a form of:
Since they were raped -- transgressed against their will, their voice denied and negated - they have found a different way to express their pain (without using their physical voices )
Eve Ensler wrote an essay for Public Radio; wrote the play The Vagina Monologues
Ellen James a writer
Ellen James
Physical
Self-inflicted
Philomela’s tapestry
Ellen Jamesians
Philomela
Reoccurring motif: the untongued victim
Melinda
Art as a form of:
1.) Recovery
2.) Expression
Emotional
(Speaker?)
Why is this part of the stories???
Eve Ensler
What is this connection???
Emphasize
Mr. Freeman’s school board painting
Rape
Draw attention to the lack of voice / choice etc. in the act of rape
Melinda’s trees subconsciously follow her progress through the book
Speaker - poem = (recovery?) “Years it took to feel home again”
Philomela’s voice Q
Positive
Forced sexual intercourse
Turkey bone sculpture
Voice
Change
Melinda fights back against Andy in the closet - she wants to jam the glass through his throat but she doesn’t (she would be as bad as he is)- she decides his silence is enough)
Bad Thanksgiving
Her trees don’t get better while Melinda doesn’t get better - while she denies what happened
Did NOT have a choice - against their will Q
Made something of nothing
Isn’t silence bad?
Being denied choice - a “vote” a “say” in something denies / negates your VOICE
Philomela kills Itys without mercy; She transforms from the INNOCENT into the PERPETRATOR. She has taken on his “VOICE” R
Physical prison =
Psychological / Emotional prison =

5. Radio essay “This I Believe”
Other opportunities for research
Opens them up to ridicule and skepticism
Ellen Jamesians:
(Aren’t they still getting the word out?)
UNRELATED to Sexual Assault:
* PTSD (ex. Returning service people)
> Lack of services
> Culture of ignoring it (?)
Other groups / people who have been “untongued” - subsets or minorities whose stories are not told
> Connected social movements
created to affect change
* Examples of pain turned into art
> Examples of artists and art
(all mediums)
> Art therapy
* Examples of victims becoming transgressors (psychology behind it)
* Recovery from trauma… (psych)
____________________________
* Global instances of pervasive sexual assault
> Rape used as a tactic of war
> Human trafficking
* What the focus on college sexual assault as a result overshadows
- CRAZINESS becomes the story R
- their reason / motivation takes a backseat
Reporting / Rape kits
Back log of rape kits R R
Positive
- Finding Voice
Take Back the Night
- Affecting change
Melinda tells Rachel
Crisis of sexual assault on college campuses R
Melinda was trying to help others not to get attacked
Tell their stories Q
Bathroom wall
Eve Ensler R
V Day
Made others speak
Play
{R}
Radio essay “This I Believe”
One voice made others speak up also Q
All the readers and fans who have reached out to Laurie Halse Anderson to tell their stories Q
Anderson in turn writes a poem about it - “Listen”