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If you Google about Sanremo, you will probably read lots of negative comments, lots of hate, empty critics.
I may have some not-so-positive comments to share as well, but I do not want to feed negativity. Thus I (we) want to try and find beauty, in something that still is, and forever will be, an integral part of our culture.
Ugliness and negativity have been shared enough (you might want somebody to help you translate Achille Lauro’s last words on stage ), and yes, there have been many things that were disrespectful, anachronistic, hymns to ableism or machismo. But no, I do not want to focus on this, you can find tons about it.
I want to focus on the beauty that happened, and the signs of cultural change I saw. We saw.
You must note that in Italy, we still strongly believe (and conceive) the world, to be only binary. If you are reading this blog, you probably believe this is no more valid but, please be aware that, this does not happen everywhere. When I first told a company about “styling for All”, people with disabilities included, they replied: “Hey! You are doing a triple somersault! We still need to work on gender equity, here, and all related gender issues, first.”
This is why, watching what we watched these days, is fundamental in order to understand what is going on here. For each mistake that has been done on stage, there is another strong message that was given: a message of cultural change we cannot ignore.
And in this adventure, I am not alone. Stefano Ferri, accepted to write this piece with me.
Yesterday morning, hours before Maneskin were declared winners of the 71st edition of the most national, among national shows in Italy.
Beauty is something we need every day. Now more than ever.
Last Friday, like a year ago, schools shut down again, and our kids are, again, at home. It feels like no advancement has been done.
We need beauty and kindness today, more than ever.
Stefano and I will leave ugliness to others, if they wish, while we will show and tell you what we liked, what we appreciated and the humanity behind people, so far away there on stage, yet never so close to us, in their fragility, emotions and tenderness.