My heart is so full of emotions right now and tears have been flowing so often in the last days, it’s hard to find the right words. This book means so much to me. It’s a book made with hearts, indomitable hearts that lead with empathy and connection to a community that is constantly changing the world. My first thank you goes to @tinaleung 🤍 Thank you for being a volcano of ideas, thank you for raising up stories that reflect our world’s beautiful revolution and thank you for those moments when we comforted each other. I am grateful for our connection. In this book #WhembleySewell wrote this: “We are women, who with strength and resilience have demanded the right to thrive precisely as we are over and over again. Who have dared to create lives of our own making. We are women who have ventured to pursue joy on our own terms. Who have embraced freedom in every sense of the word. The spirit of resilience that lives in every one of our testaments lives in you too. All of us have a power that is innate, a universal gift of possibility to become. And it all starts with our truths.” I believe this perfectly describe the team of women we involved: @amandangocnguyen @noor @raquel_willis @aishtray @miamoretti @chaninicholas @lexydamianos @lalu_simonetto @sofiacacciapaglia @mariannemirage @dangerousmoonlight Thank you all for sharing your truths, with your head, your heart and your hands. Thank you @laurasciacovelli for the poetry of your photographs. Thank you to my @rizzolibooks family Cristina & Maurizio, you really are a second family. Thank you @chriradl for being a mentor. Thank you with all my heart to @lucia_silvestri @aletirolo #LuciaBoscaini & @gionazen because this book wouldn’t have been possible without your trust. My last thank you goes to anyone who will buy and read this book: if you’ll do it, you’ll be moved to change the world much like the women who fill these pages.