Njengabafazi abaninzi kunye namantombazana, bendihlala ndizibona ndingena Abafazi abancinci Jo Matshi. Ndikhule naye njengoKatherine Hepburn okanye uJuni Allyson okanye uWinona Ryder. Wayengomnye wabalinganiswa endandingafuni ukuba ngabo-kunoko, wayengumlingiswa esele ndikho. Wayengalunganga, umvukeli, enobulumko ebomini bakhe kwaye sele enzile ngendima yesini ethintelayo.
UJo wayenobuchule kwaye enobundlobongela. Kodwa wenza izinto endingaziqondiyo, ewe: Walile uLaurie othandanayo kodwa ongenamsebenzi kunye nabatshatileyo… unjingalwazi othile? Khange ndifike ndide ndibe mdala kutheni nokuba la mabali ebetha engenangqondo ngokupheleleyo de ndade ndafumanisa enye into ngam nangaye: Uyisitabane.
UJo Matshi uyinto engummangaliso njengeqhawekazi lothando, esala isindululo esinye kwaye esiwa kwenye indoda xa athe ebomini bakhe bonke akazukutshata. Kodwa njengomntu othandana namanye amadoda, uligorha… kwaye ukuphela kwebali lakhe kuba yintlekele yezithintelo ekuhlaleni kunye nokuphazamisa umbhali wakhe.
Cinga ngale nto. UJo akaze azive elungile kwihlabathi lakhe. Akafuni kutshata kwaye uyimpawu yokuqala yesitayile esincinci, ngokwenene. Ukuba ucinga ngaye ngale migaqo, ukwala kwakhe uLaurie kunengqiqo ngakumbi. Uyamthanda njengomzalwana kodwa hayi ngendlela yothando okanye yezesondo-kuba uyindlovukazi.
Ingaziva ngathi ukunciphisa ukunciphisa ukukhonkxa i-tomboy njenge-lesbian, kodwa ayisiyiyo nje into yokuba u-Jo uyi-tomboy endenza ukuba ndikholelwe ukuba ungusisi. Yiyo yonke into ngaye, ukusuka kwindlela abathanda ngayo abesifazana kwaye uyayilahla imbono yomtshato kunye namadoda ngokubanzi, ukuziva kwakhe elilolo kwihlabathi elithe tye, elinobunzima. Ungaphezulu kakhulu kwexesha lakhe elimvumela ukuba abekho, kwaye oko kubandakanya ukungcangcazela.
Oku kwenza eyona ngqondo iphambili xa ucinga ngoJo njengombhalo wombhali wakhe, uLouisa May Alcott, ongazange atshate yena kwaye mhlawumbi wayeyindlovukazi ngandlela thile. Ucatshulwe xa ecacisa ukujikeleza ngokuthi: Ndingaphezulu kwesiqingatha seyisela ukuba ndingumphefumlo wendoda obekwe ngendalo emzimbeni womfazi… kuba ndiye ndathandana namantombazana amaninzi amahle kwaye zange nangelinye ixesha ndithandane nenye indoda.
Ke uyenza njani loo mesh enento yokuba u Jo utshata indoda? Ewe, kuba yayingeyonxalenye yebali lika-Alcott kwaye andicingi ukuba liyinyani ebelifuna uJo.
Abafazi abancinci I-ouroboros yencwadi. Imalunga noLouisa May Alcott kwaye malunga nayo. Iphela ngendalo yayo… kodwa ngokuyinxalenye kuphela. Abafazi abancinci njengoko sisazi ukuba ngamabali amabini. Abafazi abancinci yinxalenye yokuqala esiyithanda kakhulu kwaye icandelo lesibini, elibonakala ngathi longezwe kakubi phantsi koxinzelelo lwamandla angaphandle, kunjalo Abafazi abalungileyo . Zapapashwa unyaka wahlukene kwaye Abafazi abalungileyo uziva phantse enesidima kwizigqibo zayo zomlingiswa, kwaye ayinangqondo nokuba kuziwa kuJo.
Le yeyona nto inguqulelo entsha yebali kaGreta Gerwig ezama ukujongana nayo: umbono wokuba umbhali Abafazi abancinci (USaorise Ronan) wanyanzelwa ukuba atshate namaqhawekazi akhe ngokuchasene nentando yakhe, nto leyo ebangela ukuthandabuza ubunyani besiphelo. Olu longezo olulungileyo kolunye uhlengahlengiso oluthembekileyo, kodwa ndinqwenela ukuba luqhubele phambili kwaye lusinike uJo Matshi ogqityiwe wavunyelwa ukuba abe yile nto uninzi lwethu luyamazi ngayo njengongathandana naye.
Kwaye ayisizukuba sisizathu esingcono sokuphinda ujonge lo mbhalo? Ndifumanise ukuba ifilimu kaGerwig yenziwe kakuhle kodwa isigqibo sakhe sokuqala embindini webali kwaye ndixelele ubuntwana buka-Matshi njengokubuyela emva baziva bengeyomfuneko kwaye bedidekile ngamanye amaxesha. Kodwa ngaphandle komda wexesha kunye nendlela ifilimu ebonisa ngayo u-Amy njengomntu onamandla kwaye onzima ngakumbi kunangaphambili, ayithetheleli ubukho bayo xa kuthelekiswa nezinye iinguqulelo; ngakumbi inguqulelo ye-1994 njengoko iyalelwe nguGillian Armstrong, onentliziyo kunye nobushushu obungaphezulu kokulungiswa kukaGerwig.
Kodwa ukuba oku kusinike u-Jo owayengacacanga, ngubani owadibana nomntu wasetyhini ukuba amthande kwaye aphelise isithukuthezi? Inokuba ingaphaya. Endaweni yoko, sinolunye uhlengahlengiso oluhlala luhleli kwindlela efanayo naleyo iphambi kwayo, indlela uLouisa May Alcott anokungayifuni kakuhle. Ngendandikhetha kude ukuba aBafazi abancinci abancinci babecacisa ekuboniseni umtshato kaJo njengenyathelo lezoqoqosho kwaye basinika inyani eyahlukileyo, ebhetele, enesini kuye.
Kodwa yeha, ayisiyiyo le nguqulo siyifumeneyo-ngeli xesha. Kodwa kuyakubakho ezinye iinguqulelo, ndiqinisekile, kwaye mhlawumbi kule ilandelayo, uJo Matshi uya kuvunyelwa ekugqibeleni abe li icon lesbian awayehlala emiselwe ukuba abe yiyo.
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