29. Unmuted Mena

Turns out, the naked girl in red rose pedals, has a different take, on American Beauty. Mena Suvari's got a new memoir, sharing her voice, bringing complex truth, to a comfortable tale. Her present strength, inspires. Also, paths to forgiving our heroes, turned monster, with truth.

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REFERENCES:

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https://anchor.fm/mohmah
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"American Beauty" - movie, 6+ Academy Awards, BAFTA Awards too. Written by Alan Ball, directed by Sam Mendes, starring Mena Suvari. Here, Roger Ebert {Pulitzer Prize winning author} reviews the movie:

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/american-beauty-1999
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Mena Suvari, winner of BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild Awards, in her voice:

Her new book, "The Great Peace: A Memoir" - published July 2021:

https://www.amazon.com/Great-Peace-Memoir-Mena-Suvari/dp/0306874520
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"‘The Dark Part of My Life’: 5 Takeaways From Mena Suvari’s Book" - New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/27/books/mena-suvari-book-great-peace.html
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"Mena Suvari Book Signing & Interview | The Great Peace" - Youtube, LiveSigning channel, July 2021. Actress Thora Birch interviews Mena Suvari:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC4Ue2uG5A4
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Philosopher Carol Gilligan, "In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s Development"

https://www.amazon.com/Different-Voice-Psychological-Theory-Development/dp/0674970969
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Phallocentric: I offer one definition , from a Women's Studies Class in the past. Here is another: "centered on or emphasizing the masculine viewpoint"

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phallocentric
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CORRECTIONS: American Beauty: It was gardening shears and gardening *clogs*! Not gloves. I stand corrected.
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Mary Trump interview, The View. Host Ms. McCain is noticeably absent, August 2021:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkgZzfEOqn8
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"Karen" archetype: Gloria Steinem talked to Yahoo Entertainment editor, on her view of the K word, in Sept. 2020. " I definitely think the Karen thing is sexist." The interview:

https://www.yahoo.com/now/gloria-steinem-julie-taymor-karen-meme-sexist-162810020.html
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ADDENDUM section, introduced.

Summer nights at a college bar, with a submissive bouncer.
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POD DESCRIPTION:

This is the House on Valencia Street. This is a place where ghosts & psychics, with PTSD, exist, & I'm talking about it. Share time with a rare survivor, walking back to haunted rooms and space being claimed from long ago. This is from the survivor's perspective, communicated as I see fit, in a way that feels right, for me.

I do not offer advice here, I share what worked for me. I am not a professional therapist, this is just one case study, one perspective. Please seek professional help, if mental health issues need attention.

Language is explicit, Content Warning: ghosts, psychic ability, rape, incest, foster care, murder, emancipation, BDSM, therapy, lightning strikes, personal responsibility, Buddhism, recovery, codependency, domestic violence - and inappropriate humor, most likely.

Picture inset: This is me, so many years ago, standing in front of my mother's Impala, and the House on Valencia Street.