Ethel Anima

I am not enough... After watching "The Ugly Stepsister", I found myself thinking about something very important. Of course, it's a reinterpretation of a fairy tale. But has that much really changed? And I'm not talking about specific ways of "self-improvement." I'm talking about the principle itself. What women do to themselves. And why. Today, women don't cut off parts of their bodies left and right (although, sadly, that still happens sometimes). But they often live with the feeling that...

"Good girls don't get angry." "That's nothing to be upset about." "Stop it. What will people think?" So many of us grew up hearing these words. How often were we told: Don't argue. Don't shout. Don't be rude. Don't be so sensitive. Don't get angry. Just put up with it. Be easy to deal with. Little by little, we learn not to express our anger, but to hide it. But it never disappears. It stays inside us. I know this because I've lived it. One day my psychologist asked me, "How do you process...

"You only think about yourself." "Don't you have anything better to spend your time and money on?" "You should be taking care of your children." "There's plenty to do at home." Sound familiar? How often does a woman hear these words when she decides to do something just for herself? Maybe she signs up for a Tribal Fusion Bellydance class. Maybe she meets a friend. Maybe she simply wants one evening that doesn't belong to work, housework or taking care of everyone else. And suddenly, guilt...