Community Living For Women
A new revolution for elder women and I love it!
Not one for binge watching a TV series, but last night, I watched 3 episodes back to back of the new TV drama ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’.
Have you seen it? OMG, I am hooked.
Obviously it helps that the protagonist ‘June’ is played by one of my ‘old bird role models’ Sigourney Weaver. This is a tale based on the enduring suffering caused by male violence on vulnerable women. Warning: it does leave you with a heavy heart as it focuses deeply on the harsh and stark reality of what domestic abuse goes on behind closed doors.
Rather than focus too much on the dark side of the series, I was transfixed by the sense of community and strong bond these women had created, mainly due to the fact that they had no choice but to come together and live under the same roof.
It oozes with strong warrior women, fed up with being treated like second class citizens, so they take matters into their own hands. Providing a safe house for women in need. It was evident that their maternal desire to su…