"In the '70s we had to fight for rights, you have found them already done, it is up to you to defend them with the determined smile you know you have. The key to our future is to always rebel, they will humiliate us so much, they will put their hands on us, we will never be perfect, we will never do as well as Liliana Segre, a life senator who at 90 cannot get vaccinated without triggering deadly hatreds ".
Barbara Palombelli's monologue to the Ariston is an appeal to girls, women, grandmothers
"not to give up even if the price is very, very high". On stage, the journalist tells her story as a rebellious girl, who loved the Beatles and the Rolling Stones but watched Sanremo with her father who dreamed of her similar to Gigliola Cinquetti. A girl who started working at 15 "and I never stopped, she has been a stand worker, a secretary, a pollster, a saleswoman for many years. Studied to tears and worked until independence, because in the end it works", underlines by recalling the call of Ugo Stille to Corriere della Sera, then the experience in Repubblica, in an amarcord accompanied by the historical successes of the festival. "Strong women, in this Europe led by women - she continues - must contribute to the great rebirth of our country, I believe it, I feel it is about to happen. Do not stop, run, go towards the future without letting your breath and heart take away. , dignity. As Pope Francis said, we must dare: do not give up, we make noise ".