9: Reborn - En•fem•e No.

(Visual: Slow motion. You rise from water or from a kneeling position. You look directly at the camera. New outfit. New energy.) Text overlay: “No more.”

(Visual: Fast cuts of you destroying a symbol of your past self—cutting hair, wiping off old makeup, ripping a calendar.) Audio: “I tried to be soft for you. I tried to be small.” en•fem•e no. 9: reborn

I have died in every way a woman can die: by silence, by duty, by the slow erosion of ‘yes.’ I have been the good daughter, the patient lover, the quiet genius. I buried them all last winter. (Visual: Slow motion