Top 20 Strong-inspiring Films for Womyn

 Top 20  Strong-inspiring Films for Womyn 

'I’m handing in this apron of silence, so

Tuck your tanks under these skirts

because this is mystory now.

Let me initiate you into

MY

dog-eat-dognity:

Δelta- Οmicron- Γamma.

It bites.

Ring those Bells Far Away Bobbie

with a twist,

and crown this

Queendom already.' (Smith, 2016)

Need something inspiring to watch, to see a woman resiliently survive and thrive? Robin Rideout asked me to list the top ten (10) impactful films for me, films that motivate, lift up, and give hope. Here are 20:

I sit and watch

 I sit and watch him
soft silent breathing, and creamy newborn smell.
Relaxed into his onesie cuddle.
Breath up and down, up and down
All the world ahead.

 I sit and watch him now

giggling toddler, and grass tanned face.

Fatigued by play he collapses.

Breath up and down, up and down
All the world a wonder.

I sit and watch him 

out with mates, sneery and sarcastic.

Guarded now, conditioned to control joy, do what's expected.

Breath shallow up and quick down
All the world critical, skeptical.

I sit and watch him

Blinking lights of the monitor, and restraints on his arms.

The head I use to cradle now torn open in mummy wraps.

Heart monitor up, down, down, down

Looking for an exit.

Learning to Belong by educator Anita Toronyi

 ⛺'I assembled my acculturation tent as a migrant by securing it in 4 places:

1. Getting out of my comfort zone – embracing the new language, culture, and customs through assimilation & tremendous resilience.
2. Seeking out mentors in each place - strong mother figures were my anchor.
3. Participating in all social settings open to me as a newcomer.
4. Accepting my new identity -the new me in this society- as a growing part of my multiplicity.'

#UWindsor academic & German educator #AnitaToronyi, 2023

[Image: #SeumasHetherington]

Look Below, 2023

 👁️ Look Below 👁️

For artist Leonard Jubenville, on the occasion of his life’s retrospective exhibition, ‘What Lies Beneath’, Thames Art Gallery (January, 2023).

Look below and see the glow, workings of a world rich and full. 

 

Absorbed beneath the visible, sheen of this evolving floe 

Genesis of new life, labouring dark and birthing light. 

Look below and see the glow, workings of a world rich and full. 

 

A river bank, a complex womb, forging, feeding  

through the opaque gloom.  

Look below and see the glow, workings of a world rich and full. 

 

Beneath green pears, lie limpid brown; ripening fruit and Summer’s down. 

Sun-dried laundry covers warm, moist soap scented of the foundry’s mint. 

Look below and see the glow, workings of a world rich and full. 

 

Fall leaves foster fresh new shoots - amaryllis, gladioli  

and velvet suits.  

Across the furrowed fields evolve, the living gestating resolve. 

Look below and see the glow, workings of a world rich and full. 

 

Seams left on a marble snowscape, guide us to our Winter’s feed. 

As it is, beneath the surface, in all dark patches of our sphere –  

everything important lies below the toiling gloss of rich and full.