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344 pages, Paperback
First published August 19, 2020
It's not what we're forced to do that destroys us, but what we consent to do that chips away at us; those pricks of shame, from consenting every day to reinforce what we decry; I buy things knowing they're made using slave labour, I go on vacation to a dictatorship with lovely sunny beaches. I go to the birthday party of a harasser who produces my films. We're shot through with such shame, a whirlwind that, little by little, bores into us and hollows us out. Not having said anything. Or done anything. Having said yes because we didn't know how to say no.
the way courage and strength are celebrated right now... It's all about "strong women" who "managed all alone" to "pull through". We hold them up as icons, these women who "won't be pushed around"... Being fragile has become an insult. So what will happen to those who are unsure? Those who don't pull through, or only with difficulty, without glory? We end up celebrating the exact same values as this government that we boo: strength, power, conquering, winning.
J’aime ce verbe car il a plusieurs sens et qu’il évoque du mouvement. Ce peut-être frôler la catastrophe sans qu’il y ait naufrage…
Pour être complètement honnête avec vous, je suis partie d’un événement difficile de ma propre adolescence pour construire ce récit.