I love it when someone excitedly shares that they've just seen @allatoncemovie! And I love it even more when they tell me they read my essay about it.
Essay: The Menopause Multiverse
feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-me… #EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce
Essay: The Menopause Multiverse
feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-me… #EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce
There's a wonderful scene when Evelyn, a Chinese-American woman played by Michelle Yeoh, is called on to jump between universes–”’verse jump”–to accumulate skills from the alternative lives all the other Evelyns are living to save the multiverse from a “great evil.”
It just so happens that a version of Evelyn is given this monumental news in a janitor’s closet just down the hall from the open-plan office where Evelyn of this universe, her husband, and her father are in a meeting w/IRS agent (the delightfully unrecognizable Jamie Lee Curtis)
As the IRS agent drones on about receipts that don’t add up, Evelyn of this universe appears to have drifted away. The agent and Evelyn’s father both think she’s incapable of focusing in the here and now and yell at her, whereas she is in fact learning to ‘verse jump.
What if that is what brain fog, one of the myriad impacts of perimenopause, is? The difficulty concentrating and thinking clearly can be disconcerting, yes. But I like to think of brain fog as the liberation of our imagination by perimenopause...
...nudging us into mental avenues we have not had the power or the audacity to tread before.
It's called brain fog because it's non-linear thinking that doesn't pay attention/stay focused in ways that we're “supposed to,” and patriarchy demonizes & pathologizes what is different
It's called brain fog because it's non-linear thinking that doesn't pay attention/stay focused in ways that we're “supposed to,” and patriarchy demonizes & pathologizes what is different
It isn't just brain fog that I saw on the screen. I'm in the throes of perimenopause and it is kicking my fucking ass.
Whenever I want anyone to know how utterly wrenching–and also liberating– it is to go through perimenopause, I will say, YELL: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Whenever I want anyone to know how utterly wrenching–and also liberating– it is to go through perimenopause, I will say, YELL: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
And that is why I'm excited to edit the menopause anthology #BloodyHell for @unbounders. It will include a "multiverse" of menopause experiences! Pledge your support and get rewards in return
unbound.com/books/bloody-h…
unbound.com/books/bloody-h…
During “brain fog” episode,when Waymond, Evelyn's husband from Alpha verse is in the janitor’s closet explaining to her about ‘verse jumping, he picks up her frustration & impatience because Evelyn down the hall is being called by the IRS agent to “focus” & to not be distracted
“My dear Evelyn, I know you. With every passing moment, you feel you might’ve missed your chance to make something of your life. I’m here to tell you: every rejection, every disappointment, has led you here, to this moment. Don’t let anything distract you from it.”
And Evelyn looks genuinely happy for the first time since the film's start. I like to think it’s because she understands that the next two hours are an allegory for menopause. Evelyn knows that this film is actually The Multiverse of the Menopause. feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-me…
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