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Immortal and Undone: Beauty, Power, and the Women Who Refuse to Die
By Mary Mba (Ph.D.) When I was a child, Mom was a teacher and had a rich collection of literary work that I always got lost in as my escape. One of the memorable books I read was She—not just the first novel, but the entire trilogy: She, Ayesha: The Return of She, and Wisdom’s…
She Who Must Be Obeyed: Beauty, Power, and the Divine Feminine in Death Becomes Her
By Mary Mba, Ph.D. I’ve watched Death Becomes Her more times than I can count. I’ve taught it in my Women in Film classes for years, always amazed at how this glammed-up, campy 1992 film sparks such serious conversations about aging, beauty, power, and the lengths women are asked to go to remain visible. But…
The Ritual
(modern, meditative, drag/makeup/spiritual glam tone) By Mary Mba, Ph.D. I sharpen my face with light. Draw bone from shadow. Lips from silence. Gender from powder. This is not hiding. This is revelation. Each line I blend resurrects someone I have always been but never been allowed to be. I become a woman— not by birthright,…