I sometimes imagine that there is light.
So yours and mine. Lined up and sat down. Dancing and alive. Without any veils or thoughts. Just lights that give light. For yourself and others. You and the world. Myself. The earth would be a sea of lanterns and my head would finally be quiet.
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It is as if I was born with a guilt, as if every action was preceded by something unforgivable. Every step I take is tinged with shame. Every look in the mirror. Every look into the world is full of longing. Wanting to wriggle into the innocence of another life. To hide in it completely. But soon I am drawn out by what made me yearn in the first place. This guilt. This immense shame. That overshadows my entire existence.
Mama streicht mir über’s Haar.
Und sieht Marceline an.
Gut ist,
wer schön ist.
Das perfekte Mädchen.
Das perfekte Lachen,
volles Haar,
glatte Haut.
So scrollen wir durch das Flimmern der Nacht.
Und jeder Mikrometer an uns
wird observiert.
Korrigiert.
du
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We live in the 21st century and the male gaze still determines the view of women*: the view of society, of men* and, most importantly, of women* themselves - of themselves and other women*. These are judgemental, demanding, hurtful looks. There is a constant shame smouldering over one's own physicality that keeps women* in the chains of patriarchy and constantly demands a high level of resources from everyday life, from one's own energy, weakens women*, makes them small, keeps them small. It is time to break the chains of the past, to free women*, to liberate them. Not through a violent act, but through a loving surrender to one's own physicality - which provides comfort and allows old wounds to heal. By accepting one's own physicality in the context of how women* perceive themselves and others, the patriarchal system can be softened.
