wise woman

Elise, a quasi-magical wise woman, will deliver the sermonette that will haunt and drive Mel through the season.

A wise woman once said: today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten.

“It’s a mix of traditional streetwear picked from the men’s section with the grandma part, which felt like this sort of unsexualized wise woman who is practical and loves f—ing gingham,” says Perry.

"When men are single at our age there's a reason," another wise woman recently shared with me, recalling her experiences with divorced men punishing her for their ex's sins or man-children expecting caretaking while offering little to no reciprocation.

A wise woman tells the 15-year-old Lenin, before he reaches Miami, that “the ancestors speak to you from the home of your inner life. When your inner life is spare, there is nowhere for the ghosts to sit. When you furnish your spirit, the ancestors will once again find rest in you.”