Imagining the Warrior-Heroine

Let the word linger in your mind. Roll it around on your tongue, feel how it tastes. Hear how it sounds. Now, imagine being taken from your home as a young girl, held captive for “seven thousand days” at the hands of a brutal warlord, your life bent only in the service of his. Sit with that for a few moments, because for countless women throughout history it isn’t fantasy, but horrifying reality. Now imagine watching for nearly twenty years as girls just like you come and go. Some survive, though many undoubtedly wish they hadn’t, while others disappear into