Debunking Sinister Myths: Women's Literature Celebrates Wild Woman and Bad Girls

This program focuses on the exploration and identification of the wild woman and bad girl archetype in women’s writings. This persona is often overlooked when studying women's issues, because possessing the wild woman spirit is often viewed as negative. However, those warriors who possess the soul and instinctual nature of the wild woman have proven over time that society's attempt to silence and civilize the spirit has failed. Her untamed spirit wanders freely from generation to generation, from century to century, from community to community, and in various literary works. This celebration, based on the extensive studies of the wild woman/bad girl archetype by various scholars, reveals the beautiful power and strength of an intuitive creature that, at her wildest, generates her very best. Through her warrior spirit we find our own.