Roman bikini

FANCIULLE IN BIKINI SICILIA, 2020

STRONG So happy to observe that in the III century AD Roman women enjoyed lifting weights, playing ball and running. Piazza Armerina surprises with this amazing mosaic and shows that you don’t have to be perfect looking to keep playing. It also shows that we also like to compete and stay strong. Still today women athletes have less sponsors, lower prizes in competition and many sports are not considered fit for women. Amazing, isn’t it? I bet these Roman fanciulle were as brave as their male counterparts ...but their story was buried for many centuries just as most of our rights. Now, this UNESCO protected Villa gives us the opportunity to see that women also want to have fun.

CONCORDIA Concordia Temple in Agrigento.

Greeks had their goddess for Concord or Harmony. Samewise, there was the goddes for the opposite...Are we women responsible for the concord as well as for the discord when we are not allowed to become Heads of government? Does this mean we are causing trouble or solving issues , but always hiding behind some powerful man who will then obtain all the glory? Women have always been given these super power for nothing. If, at least, we had been able to organize ourselves.

ORTIGIA WAY OF LIFE

ARCHIMEDES Why am I able to find Archimedes’ father’s name (Phidias who was an important astronomer) but cannot gather anything about his mother? Who decided that the young boy had to leave Siracusa and study abroad in the more cosmopolitan city of Alexandria? I am sure that back home he had a mom who was also interested in science. Otherwise, he would have remained in Sicily and we may have missed his hydrostatic finding exclamation Eureka and a lot of scientific progress...Now, it is a woman who tours us around, but still science seems to be a man’s business...Let’s fight for equal science opportunities and let´s encourage girls to pursue a future where science is an option. .

NATURE Etna. Woman walking on crater ridge.

We are tiny and small. Our scale in time and space is almost irrelevant when we put it in context. If we take a deep breath and look to what surrounds us, the Earth is mesmerizing. We realize how unimportant we are but still have the ability to damage and leave a nasty footprint. Could we reconsider? Will there be any lesson learned from this 2020? Can we start being careful about gender, race, nature, climate and politics? .

ARRIVEDERCI Strong women rule their lives. Life is like a theater play and some women are lucky and smart enough to play whatever role they choose They get to decide the location and the moment. They are loving and they always make you feel at home. This is what friendship is all about.

Grazie!!!!.