No scalpel has ever tried to stop the traces of time for her, but she does not throw stones at those who need it.

“What would be the use of erasing my wrinkles, if that prevents me from recognizing myself?

Today, I have to do a little more gym to keep in shape. In Brazil, where she often travels, she knows that correcting her appearance to an unattainable outward standard is commonplace, regardless of her age. But, she says, “That doesn't mean that women are less free.

It is the only country in the world where you can see live “Botero” take over the streets to the sound of an improvised concert to dance with incomparable grace, sensuality and lightness. In Rio, they blew me away. I'm not sure that these women, who were old, can have the same audacity and freedom in Europe.

And Monica launches into everything that European women have yet to conquer. “Equality is an illusion, from the moment when the life of the house, its organization and the education of the children still largely rests on us. Moreover, with the exception of little Iceland, it seems to me that everywhere, the female body and its own logic are denied.

We have to conform to the male model. For example, I loved breastfeeding. It is one of the best experiences of my life.