Middle Age, WomanHood And All The In-betweens

Becoming an old hag was never in my plans

Alicia Domínguez
ILLUMINATION
Published in
6 min readMar 20

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Image of an old lady smiling, carrying a stick and in the middle of the forest.
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From the moment menstruation starts until the moment our bodies stop producing eggs, a whole bunch of messages are thrown at those who are born with ovaries and a female reproductive system.

Even before we reach the adult threshold, society starts shaping us into who we are. It tells us about…

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Alicia Domínguez
ILLUMINATION

English philologist/ Independent Scholar/ Magazine owner/ I analyse Gothic productions through Jungian archetypes /https://www.gothicalice.com/