News of January
A new year has begun and there are many new developments in the Lunàdigas movement!
For the first time, we propose the testimony of a polyamorous woman with her vision of motherhood, in an always open dialogue towards the search for new family and social models, and then we continue our journey around the world to discover new visions and old mythologies about women, the maternal and the non-maternal.
From Spain to Senegal to the USA: many things are changing, even where one would not expect it, but still the shadow of taboo for women who do not choose motherhood, or who cannot access it, remains everywhere.
For the Impossible Monologues series, we chose to start the new year with the goddess Minerva Athena, the traditionally least female goddess of all Olympus, born without a mother and without childbirth, adult and already armed from the head of her father Zeus. Athena with all male virtues, but obviously beautiful beyond all beauty, virgin forever, never a mother.
Enjoy your immersion in the Lunàdigas world!
Eleonora B.: “I am a mother to myself”
Eleonora, a student and worker, tells Lunàdigas about her polyamorous relationship, her position on the issue of children, in and out of social and family judgments. Self-care and the call to self-determination are at the heart of her testimony.
Siete: “I don’t have time for a child”
Siete, a Spaniard from Aragon, reflects on the reasons why she did not have children: the perception of not having time and the lack of maternal instinct. In Spain, the expression used to put pressure on women is ‘the rice is overcooked’, while sheep that do not reproduce are called ‘machorras’.
Bel Fatou Fai: “At home, in Senegal, I feel different”
Bel Fatou Fai, a young Senegalese woman who has been in Germany for a few years, reflects on the positioning towards motherhood and adoption in Senegal. While the number of children is an indicator of a woman’s fertility and the wealth of a family, educated Senegalese women today are no longer recognising themselves in the traditional, single-minded thinking of the community: their freer attitude towards parenthood is blamed on the influence of the Western world.
Gianny: “It just depends on the economic possibilities”
A student at the University of Washington, Gianny responds to a point-blank question on what she thinks about women who decide not to have children: for her, it is a personal choice that is very much linked to economic possibilities.
The impossible monologue of Minerva Athena
Athena is one of the most important Greek deities, corresponding to the Minerva of Roman mythology. The Parthenon, the famous monument in the Acropolis of Athens, is dedicated to Athena, goddess of wisdom, intelligence and military strategies. Her figure, endowed with prophetic and medical abilities, is inextricably linked to Greece for her role in the Iliad, in which she is a supporter of Achilles and aide to Ulysses in the Odyssey. Even in the Etruscan-Roman tradition, Minerva (which refers to the motto “mens” in Latin, in fact, mind) is a symbol of artistic ingenuity, protector of artisans. To interpret the impossible monologue of Minerva Atena, the voice of Monica Trettel.
