Before the Fig Leaves
Martine \ud83c\udf39Dispatches from the hormonal, complex, occasionally hilarious life of a real woman. A personal essay-field for Martine De Luna (instagram.com/femininewomanhood)
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Before the Fig Leaves.
I ask myself why, after almost 17 years, I am still exposing harmful ideologies about fundamentalist-evangelical Christianity. And truthfully, it is because a part of me genuinely desires to understand why I adapted to survive in that envir...
Elder femininity is inconvenient.
Photo by Marco Antonio Casique Reyes on Unsplash
I’m three years shy of turning 50. And at 47, it’s become unmistakably clear:
There is a kind of woman who no longer needs to prove her femininity.
She’s in her 50s or 60s.
Her body has c...
Start Here: Why I write from the "ribcage"
I used to believe I had to find “the one true faith,” and really feel it land in my body.
I used to believe there was a template for “God’s design” as the one right way to be a woman.
I pursued both, voraciously—learning, studying, being...
The sacred hollow of not-hitting "publish"
When I logged on again to Substack this January, as expected, there was that natural high of “new year, new post” or “new me, no social media”, or “new year, new life,” and I love that sort of thing. I am always fascinated about our capabil...
Marriage is a Healing Pairing.
Source: Sanctified Souls on Etsy.
I originally wrote this on my private Facebook profile.
Marriage is a Healing Pairing. It is the true Edenic Union. This isn’t about perfection that is achieved. Marriage is about two souls, yes, AND also...
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Deepening into the contentment of knowing nothing, the more I “learn.” Wife. Mother of teens. Women’s guide & facilitator. (I don’t want to make Substack a replica of Instagram.)
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