Ιn the states of woman

2 reviews for Ιn the states of woman

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   Irini Gavrilaki – October 31, 2024

   Already from the dedication page, the author introduces us to the world of the female condition, which is experienced by all of us traumatically, within the framework of patriarchy that determines the life and death, sometimes, of women. The verses are dedicated to the archetypal woman-mother of people and inclusion, who on the one hand speaks as a person herself and on the other hand imposes herself through the primordial elements that return to the text: the purgatory water, a womb-source of life, a sea-principle of everything and material of everything the mighty fire of destruction and at the same time of rebirth, the ultimate gift of Prometheus to humans. The mythical women trees of the poetic text refer to the roots of civilization, the ones that must be exploited in order to change the condition. The place that the book promises, a place of Promise without dangers and senseless deaths or prefaces in sin, is the place created by inclusion and Freedom. It reminds inof the place created in “Death in Venice” when the hero met the beauty. The names of the mythical women towards the end of the collection are linked to the names of the dedication on the opening pages. Thus, a circle is created in the text, through an intersection in time that essentially does not exist, since the individual stories are the same and since the differences are not noted anywhere or the differences are not taken into account. This corporeal circle that could be identified with the circle of life, the one inextricably linked to women, sometimes becomes the circle of death when the woman is humiliated and belittled. Irini Gavrilaki, archaeologist, author. *Ms. Irini Gavrilaki has written five books entitled: “From the material that dolls are made of” Astarti publications, “The nights before”, libetarian publications Nautilos, Thessaloniki, “Gardens”, “Senses and a narrator”, ” Tango lessons” 24 Letters publications. She has edited three books by the members of the Rethymnon Reading Group (between the lines, with two pebbles in the mouth and materials of structure (in print). She edits books, and her texts can be found in collective volumes and poetry anthologies.

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   Roula Skoutari – November 18, 2024

   Hymn to the Amazons!
   Hymn to the primordial women!

   This is how I would call Christina Margeti’s poetic composition.

   A poetic discourse that moves between denunciation of patriarchy, restoring historical truth, and glorifying the struggles of women, for the defense of their rights, the rights of their gender and of all women.
   But let’s focus on the poetic composition of Christina Margeti, and let’s look at some things more specifically

   This composition consists of five parts.

   In the first part, we have a mental meeting of the poetess with the female ancestor. A meeting that brings memories – of another life perhaps – a meeting that evokes emotion, which leads to recognition and understanding from both sides

   In the second part, we have a culmination of memories and the following emotions, on a transcendental level. An «other» life, in another place and time, in a happy society of women. Themiskyra, the land of the Amazons, is an ideal place and an ideal time, the time when they lived as sovereign and independent women.

   In the third part, the poetess attempts a mental historical reviewIn from the course of the Amazons to the West and finally their arrival in Themiskyra, where they lived carefree and happy for years and years but this happiness was interrupted by the Greek conquerors, who occupied their land, brutally violated their values ​​and they altered history.

   Fourth part. I would call this part a poetic drama, not so much in the sense of tragic but mainly in the sense of action (drao-o in the ancient Greek language). Descriptions of battles to defend Troy, to defend the very existence of the Amazons. And as always, the distortion of historical truth by the patriarchal world. But those women who die fighting are never defeated. And they carry their souls to other places,to other lives.

   In the fifth part, the poetess not only restores the historical truth but connects the past with the present, the ideal land of women with today’s struggles for liberation of women and all the oppressed creatures of the earth. Honor and praise, a majestic hymn,for those brave women who then fought to keep their land nowadays illuminate our struggles for rights and freedoms.

   This poetic composition by Christina Margeti dithirambic laudatory and masterfully written has all the elements of the record of the life and progress of ancient women but also their connection with us,the women of the patriarchal world,who raise their stature and follow the traces of their struggles and ideals.

   The transcendental element blends with historical retrospection,memories with historical truth, the falsification of history with its restoration, and the multifaceted struggles for independence and freedom.

   The poetess with unique sensitivity connects experiences and emotions,sorrows and struggles ,joys, and anxieties. It connects yesterday and today with tomorrow with the promise of a better world for all women and all creatures with inspiration and vision. She guides us mentally to a new, better, and happier life always guided by the ancestors, guided by the Amazons.

   For the book presentation
   Roula Skoutari

   *Biography of Mrs. Roula Skoutari

   ” I was born on August 21, 1964, in Athens.
   I studied sociology at PANTEO University and attended a postgraduate seminar in the same school on social development. From 1988 to the present, I have taught in various Middle and High Schools of our country and served on secondment at the Pedagogical Institute and the Educational Policy Institute.

   I have published seven poetry collections entitled “Views,” ” Of Love and Death,”
   “The Red Moons,” “Deposit Of Soul,”
   “Of Devoutness “, ” Erotical and Lyrical”,
   “Love and about thinking.”
   My poems have been published in various literary magazines of Athens and the province.

   I am a member and have been active in the feminist movement since my student days.
   I was a founding member of collectives and creator of the Feminist Network and the Feminist List. I have also participated in various collectives of the gay movement. I am a supporter of the “Green Peace” and “Amnesty International” actions. I have participated as a speaker, presenter, and coordinator in various workshops,seminars, and conferences, as well as in interviews on television, in newspapers, magazines, and news agencies.
   I have written various reflection texts and literary texts, which are published on my personal website. “