Power and Control
by sarah k grundy
“I return to you the pain that you created and take back the love that I cultivated. For that is your burden to bear and those are my wings to wear.” Mazeylotus
Berry sets the stage for women who’ve otherwise been stripped of certain dignities, by means of abuse. She fought back, proving it is an attainable victory, well worth the constant struggle. Berry’s perseverance gained her the public’s devotion, lending to her confidence, self-image, and the love she craved from home. “I think I've spent my adult life dealing with the sense of low self-esteem that sort of implanted in me. Somehow I felt not worthy," she told CNN. "Before I'm 'Halle Berry,' I'm little Halle....a little girl growing in this environment that damaged me...I've spent my adult life trying to really heal from that."
As women get more and more powerful (full of love, heart, and soul), the need to learn how to protect ourselves becomes more important. Empowered women, empower women, but are also vulnerable to those out there who are drawn to powerful women to serve their own purposes. We don’t need any more education on vulnerability at the moment, Brené Brown, and “Law of Attraction” leaves much to be desired, because beautiful women with loving hearts and giving souls attract predators in addition to the energy they are putting in into the world. Vampires everywhere.
Stacie Martin says, “It won’t get easier, but we will become more difficult to disrupt.”
Here is the pieces I wrote on the Rihanna and Chris Brown incident and Halle Berry for Domestic Violence in America made by renowned filmmaker Peter Cohn in NYC, here.
