Luigi Pirandello: Sgombero/Clearing out

“Everything, until it lasts, carries with it the sorrow of its form, the sorrow of being the way it is and not being able to be any other way." Luigi Pirandello SGOMBEROLuigi PirandelloSquallida stanza a terreno. Un lettuccio su cui giace rigido, ma non ancora composto nel consueto atteggiamento dei morti, il cadavere d’un vecchio,…Read more Luigi Pirandello: Sgombero/Clearing out

Alda Merini: Farfalle libere/ Butterflies freed

“Farfalle libere” [Butterflies freed] is more than a poem: it is a tribute to women. Written in 1993, Alda Merini takes on one of societies worst crimes, the violence against women. ln Italy 24,7% of women have suffered physical or sexual abuse by men who are not their partners, 13,2% from strangers; and 13% from…Read more Alda Merini: Farfalle libere/ Butterflies freed

Irma Marchiani: April 25, Liberation Day (Italy)

Irma Marchiani: Women and the resistance from Lettere di condannati a morte della Resistenza italiana 8 settembre 1943-25 aprile 1945 Irma Marchiani (Anty) Prigione di Pavullo, 26.11.1944 Mia adorata Pally, sono gli ultimi istanti della mia vita. Pally adorata ti dico a te saluta e bacia tutti quelli che mi ricorderanno .…Read more Irma Marchiani: April 25, Liberation Day (Italy)

Artemisia: woman, painter, never a victim

"...as I have already stated, I trusted him, and I had no reason to believe he would dare hurt me or do me any wrong given his friendship with my father; and I didn't understand when [...] he drew near to rape me." Artemisia Artemisa Lomi Gentileschi : la sua dichiarazione in tribunale“Serrò la camera…Read more Artemisia: woman, painter, never a victim