Sylvie's place

This blog is about learning to understand all of our feelings and learning to consciously face, feel, and experience all of our feelings within the context of our own childhood. Everything we become and everything that happens to us is connected to childhood. Not every victim becomes an abuser, but every abuser was once a victim of abuse. These are facts. Violence is not genetic; it’s learned. https://sylvieshene.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-dance-to-freedom-book-reviews.html

Thursday, January 8, 2026

I Am Nobody’s Girl”: On Identity, Power, and the Cost of Blind Loyalty

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When I saw a young woman proudly calling herself “ Trump Girl, ” I didn’t feel anger. I felt sadness. Not because she is young or wrong, b...
Monday, January 5, 2026

When Power Feels Entitled: From Venezuela to Greenland, the Same Old Story

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What we are witnessing now is not chaos. It is consistency. After the violent removal of Venezuela’s president under the familiar banners of...
Saturday, January 3, 2026

After the Applause Fades: Why External “Liberation” Is Just Another Trap

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In the immediate aftermath of Nicolás Maduro ’s removal, I am seeing something painfully familiar: relief mistaken for clarity. Some Venezu...
Friday, January 2, 2026

It Is Safe to Defend Women Who Are Dead

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After publishing my book A Dance to Freedom , I learned something that no theory alone can teach. It is safe to defend women who lived long ...

A Night That Should Have Been Joy — and Became Catastrophe

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The reports coming out of Crans-Montana are devastating. A New Year’s Eve celebration in a Swiss ski resort basement bar ended in a rapid, ...
Thursday, January 1, 2026

A Critique of Daniel Mackler’s Critiques of Alice Miller: Why Perfectionism—and the Matilda Effect—Are Enemies of Truth

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Why Perfectionism — and the Matilda Effect — Are the Enemy of Truth** By Sylvie Shene There is a name for what happened to Alice Miller . I...

Addendum — January 2026

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Tatiana Schlossberg passed away on December 30 at the age of 35 , leaving behind two very young children. Her death is deeply sad, not only...
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