Where do femininity and internalized misogyny cross?
What is femininity? Is it an innate part of womanhood, or is it a desired and learned trait? Is it enough to be feminine to the extent of your nature, or does natural femininity need enhancement? And where does this feeling of need for improvement come from? Does womanhood need improvement? And what does it mean […]
Regenerative vs. sustainable women’s mental health
I believe that we can approach the care for the mental health of women and people with estrogen cycles from two directions. It can be regenerative, featured by mix of alliviating techniques: grounding meditation or invigorating physical routines, conversations, or inner silence, going pharma or staying holistic and every combination in between, or sustainable, approaching […]
Woamnhood and its perceptions
Not in current societal norms and beliefs, fleeting standards, and rules on femininity, conditioned by ideas (how), time (when), and space (where). What do women of ancient times or the Renaissance, and from Siberia, Brazil, or London of today have in common throughout space and time? What connects them beyond standards and opinions? What lays […]
From my diary. Part 2.
By the age of twenty, I lived frightened of my cyclical nature with monthly blood, pain, and mood swings. I feared being punished for acting out, speaking out, appearing weak, or the way I looked or behaved. I was afraid of being unseen, serving others, and living my life unfulfilled. I yearned for dignifying gender […]
From my diary. Part 1.
As any woman born into a man’s world, I had to learn its linear ways. For representing just half of the world’s population, men’s ways surely had overtaken the world. And yes, matriarchal societies exist but represent only 0.062% of the world’s population. Not even 0.1%. Before I learned to think on my own, I had deeply […]