saw “poster girl” on monday, at nazareth college. the doc is about iraq veteran robynn murray and the challenges she faces after coming back from the war. she is dealing with PTSD, the VA system, and coming to terms with her experiences in iraq. both director sara nesson and robynn murray were in attendance. robynn is involved with IVAW and the combat paper project. she is incredibly courageous and honest. in answer to a question she talked about being sexually assaulted while still in training to go to iraq. she reported the assault but it was pretty much ignored. with everything else that she is struggling with, this added a whole new layer of complexity to her story. too bad it was not included in the film. one out of three women get raped or sexually assaulted in the military. wonder how we’re supposed to protect the rights of afghan women. more about the film here.
