The feminine that, embodied within us all, is extremely creative and regenerative and relational, that speaks of an essence deeply rooted in nature and myth. Not the ‘dolled up’ femininity our culture likes to emphasize, but the divine femininity that has been reduced to mere mythology, but which still smolders within. And her creativity was roaring with femininity. A New Wave woman who was, I believe, the very first female film director in France. – that was different.Īnd then came Agnès Varda. I was more interested in who women were and what they could do – creatively, intellectually, culturally, etc. But this sort of feminism didn’t interest me. I understand the value of this, don’t get me wrong. And yet how disappointed I was when I realized that almost all French ideas about feminism were about women becoming like men, walking men’s paths, putting on a suit and fighting up the stairs that lead to men’s offices, trying to achieve things that had been previously only achieved by men.
Somehow, I managed to convince my advisor that I needed to take a French Film and Feminism course. Kinda like Agnes Varda, a film director, did when I was in university. It defines “feminism” in a way that really resonated with me. I’ll focus on 2 major things for this post… One reason I loved this book… I think it’s important to remember that we are all works in progress and to stop holding women to insane standards of perfection. She was in the process of evolving, and in huge ways I would say. It’s not a flawless book, but why should it be? As the subtitle clearly states, Blackie was on a journey. Not because If Women Rose Rooted by Sharon Blackie is boring, but because every single page asks me to slow down, reread, reconsider, sometimes mark paragraphs with a question mark, sometimes scribble a HELL YES in the margin (yes I am one of those people). I don’t think it’s ever taken me so long to get through a book.
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