Lindsey, I related very much to your writing and found the film Women Talking on Amazon Prime. It’s powerful and very moving. I identified quite a bit with August’s character. The film is available on Prime for only one more day—today (Sunday) if you want to catch it. My family loved watching the Avonlea tv series with Sarah Polley, and I’m so sorry to hear she suffered sexism and abuse as an actor.
Thanks again for including tarot in your writing! My therapist draws a tarot or oracle card for me to end every session, and I have grown to love them. They appeal to my inner divine wisdom. I’m glad Christine is now reading and commenting too!
I will see if I can still access and watch the movie tonight! Thanks for the heads up! And I’m so glad you’re finding tarot/oracle helpful in your therapy sessions. That’s amazing & I love hearing about therapists using it in their work. Thanks again for reading - and I didn’t know who Sarah Polley was before reading her memoir, so as someone who was familiar with her early work you would probably really appreciate her story. She write a lot about her experience as a child actor.
This was a good read, though of course heavy. I found it interesting reading bits of your upbringing in Evangelical churches woven in with Women Talking. I haven’t read the book or seen the film, but I read about both. I was also raised in evangelical churches and when I read about Toews‘ story I had this sensation of what I suppose was recognition. I also loved your ending: “How can we shift the stories we tell around power and come together around love instead of violence? How do we as a society, listen when women talk?” YES.
Thank you, Ema. I limited myself to 10 stories because it brought up so much for me!! I think it’s probably an indication that I need to write more about my experiences in the church. I find it comes in seasons. Sometimes I don’t want to read/talk about/think about any of it and just be glad that that time of life is over. And then other times I deep dive. 🤷🏻♀️I appreciate your thoughts.
Whew, I see why this post was a lot for you to process through the writing of it! I hadn't heard of this book/movie but I do like the interweaving with your own capital E Evangelical background. It's the same concepts across these groups -- just how much they're turned up on the scale, I think!
The Tarot stuff is interesting! I don't know a whole lot about Tarot but I am curious. Plus once I had a therapy-ish session where part of it she did Tarot and the whole session was super, super powerful, so I do believe in what it can do!
Thanks for reading, Christine. I’ve appreciated all your words and the community you’re building. Tarot has been a Covid interest - turned deep dive. Lol. I find it so interesting and deeply meaningful. I love hearing that therapists are using it as a tool in their work. ❤️
Lindsey, I related very much to your writing and found the film Women Talking on Amazon Prime. It’s powerful and very moving. I identified quite a bit with August’s character. The film is available on Prime for only one more day—today (Sunday) if you want to catch it. My family loved watching the Avonlea tv series with Sarah Polley, and I’m so sorry to hear she suffered sexism and abuse as an actor.
Thanks again for including tarot in your writing! My therapist draws a tarot or oracle card for me to end every session, and I have grown to love them. They appeal to my inner divine wisdom. I’m glad Christine is now reading and commenting too!
I will see if I can still access and watch the movie tonight! Thanks for the heads up! And I’m so glad you’re finding tarot/oracle helpful in your therapy sessions. That’s amazing & I love hearing about therapists using it in their work. Thanks again for reading - and I didn’t know who Sarah Polley was before reading her memoir, so as someone who was familiar with her early work you would probably really appreciate her story. She write a lot about her experience as a child actor.
This was a good read, though of course heavy. I found it interesting reading bits of your upbringing in Evangelical churches woven in with Women Talking. I haven’t read the book or seen the film, but I read about both. I was also raised in evangelical churches and when I read about Toews‘ story I had this sensation of what I suppose was recognition. I also loved your ending: “How can we shift the stories we tell around power and come together around love instead of violence? How do we as a society, listen when women talk?” YES.
Thank you, Ema. I limited myself to 10 stories because it brought up so much for me!! I think it’s probably an indication that I need to write more about my experiences in the church. I find it comes in seasons. Sometimes I don’t want to read/talk about/think about any of it and just be glad that that time of life is over. And then other times I deep dive. 🤷🏻♀️I appreciate your thoughts.
Whew, I see why this post was a lot for you to process through the writing of it! I hadn't heard of this book/movie but I do like the interweaving with your own capital E Evangelical background. It's the same concepts across these groups -- just how much they're turned up on the scale, I think!
The Tarot stuff is interesting! I don't know a whole lot about Tarot but I am curious. Plus once I had a therapy-ish session where part of it she did Tarot and the whole session was super, super powerful, so I do believe in what it can do!
Thanks for reading, Christine. I’ve appreciated all your words and the community you’re building. Tarot has been a Covid interest - turned deep dive. Lol. I find it so interesting and deeply meaningful. I love hearing that therapists are using it as a tool in their work. ❤️