“Sometimes I feel as if four thousand years of silencing women, of the fear of women who were burned in oil or eviscerated in front of their daughters, is imprinted deep within me and has altered my DNA.” IfsFeelsYearsSometimesMotherFourFrontsThousandDaughterOilBurnedThousand YearsDnaAlteredDeep WithinSilencing Author:Olympia Dukakis
“When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children got from their mother - and I absolutely refused to believe women carry Original Sin.” BelieveChildrenSaidMotherFeltBornChurchSinOriginalsMy ChildrenBaptismOriginal SinBaptizedBaptized In Author:Olympia Dukakis
“When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary.” KidsMotherNightSidesPrayerSleepBedGreekEvery NightMaryVirginsVirgin Mary Author:Olympia Dukakis
