Risa just wants to be left alone. So he started a secret society of female recluses
Risa Mickenberg lives in a New York City-style apartment, but she prefers to call the place by another name: her “cave.” Despite being around eight million other people, Mickenberg avoids many social connections and relationships. Instead, he enjoys time in his cave or experiences the outside world alone. And he’s not the only one living like this. Ms Mickenberg is the founder of “Hermettes”, a secret society of like-minded women who reclaim and celebrate female solitude. “Women’s solitude is a taboo subject… [But] I think this lifestyle needs to be idealized,” he told ABC RN’s Sunday Extra. ‘Nothing is more valuable’ For most of her life, Ms Mickenberg was very friendly. He is an accomplished writer and director, working in film, TV, theater and advertising. Also on his CV: Lead singer of eight power pop bands called Jesus H Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse (with songs including ‘Connecticut’s For F**king’). Risa Mickenberg, with Jesus Christ and the Four Pastors of