The richest women in the world
Are heiresses
Not scientists, not writers
Printing bestsellers on their terraces
But heiresses
To giants, thrones, and names
And you are an heiress
Of fear and pain.
- Poeteia
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This one needs explanation, particularly regarding the last line
1. They are the heiresses of L’Oréal, Walmart, Mars… who inherited the companies from their parents or through divorce.
Even one of the greatest writers, Joanne Rowling, isn’t one of the Forbes 100, far, far from them. So nothing to say about less successful writers or scientists.
Look around. If a woman is rich and successful, ask who her parents are, or her husband is.
2. The last line is about this - epigenetics has discovered that strong fear can be passed on to offspring.
So what fears had we inherited from our ancestors?
And what will we pass on to our children?
Feb 17
Feb 17, 2026 at 1:39 PM UTC
The richest women in the world
Are heiresses
Not scientists, not writers
Printing bestsellers on their terraces
But heiresses
To giants, thrones, and names
And you are an heiress
Of fear and pain.
- Poeteia
***
This one needs explanation, particularly regarding the last line
1. They are the heiresses of L’Oréal, Walmart, Mars… who inherited the companies from their parents or through divorce.
Even one of the greatest writers, Joanne Rowling, isn’t one of the Forbes 100, far, far from them. So nothing to say about less successful writers or scientists.
Look around. If a woman is rich and successful, ask who her parents are, or her husband is.
2. The last line is about this - epigenetics has discovered that strong fear can be passed on to offspring.
So what fears had we inherited from our ancestors?
And what will we pass on to our children?
