Michela Murgia left us a few days ago. On March of this year she had communicated that she was ill, a fourth-stage kidney cancer, and today that illness took her away.
Michela was a writer, although before that she was a religious teacher, switchboard operator and manager of a thermal power plant. She began writing “Il mondo deve sapere” in 2006, in which she openly describes the working conditions, exploitation and psychological manipulation to which employees of the call center where she herself worked must be subjected.
Her personality is already clear: transparent, dangerous and prickly. She wants to be heard and, above all, she wants to give a voice to those who have none. And so she did. She went on writing “L’ho uccisa perché l’amavo: falso!” focused on feminicide and how important it is to talk about it. “Morgana, storie di ragazze che tua madre non approverebbe” the story of ten non-exemplary women and the godmother Morgana and “Morgana. L’uomo ricco sono io” in which women’s relationship with money is discussed. Why does everyone advise women to marry a rich man? Why, instead, not teach young girls how to manage their money? Let’s continue with “Stai zitta e altre nove frasi che non vogliamo sentire più” and all the unfair words women have to put up with on a daily basis.
Finally, one of her latest works “God Save the Queer. Catechismo femminista” which addresses the Catholic faith, feminism, and the queer world, worlds that seem totally opposed and instead…
