Curated by Girls is a Berlin based art collective that seeks to challenge the contemporary stigmas surrounding womanhood. Curated by Girls aims to destabilize the norm by showing us a new femininity, fused with progressive ideals and new imaginaries.
Author: Raffia
Book of the Month: ‘Villains’ by V.E. Schwab
A delightful duology: ‘Vicious’ and ‘Vengeful’ by V.E. Schwab. Both books play with the question as to what morality really is, and they show that the concept of good and evil is not as black and white as we tend to believe.
SHOUT: A safe place to meet for LGBTQ+ people in Wageningen
SHOUT Wageningen is a LGBTQ+ interest group and social association. with the main goal of creating a safe environment for LGBTQ+ people. Everyone is welcome: young, old, student, non-student, gay, transgender, cisgender or (cis) straight ally.
Girl: a scouring tension between body and psyche
It is a straightforward, yet ambiguous title in an age wherein the subject of gender triggers so much controversy. However, it is exactly this discrepancy between an idea of gender and the reality of gender what this film tries to address.
Book of the Month: ‘The Song of Achilles’ by Madeline Miller
Many are already familiar with Achilles, either from hearsay or from reading Greek mythology. The Song of Achilles is a retelling of the Iliad, but written from the point of view of Patroclus. Patroclus, for those who do not know him, was Achilles’ lover.
The forgotten I: Following the traces of intersex people in Venezuela
By Daniel Rodríguez Claveli In Venezuela, as in many other countries of South America, the fight for the civil rights … More
40 years of progressive diversity in Dutch children’s song program “Kinderen voor Kinderen”
For almost 40 years, the yearly Dutch children’s TV special “Kinderen voor Kinderen” is known for its progressive songs. Its lyrics cover a wide range of topics, including gender and sexual diversity, cultural diversity and migration, disabilities and body positivity.
JUCK – dance and performance
JUCK is a dance and performance group based in Sweden that works with exploring and widening the notions of femininity … More
Qtopia Art Festival brengt ‘queer’ naar breed publiek
“We’re queer, we’re here, get used to it” is de slogan van de 50-jarige homobeweging die de eerste versie van het Qtopia Queer Arts Festival op bijna 20 locaties voortzet door middel van onder andere exposities, performances en film. Het Nijmeegse festival brengt twee diffuse termen bijeen – queer en kunst – met als doel meer awareness en acceptatie te generen over dat wat anders is, zo vertelde Yette Rohde afgelopen zondag in haar kunstatelier.
Wat is het doel van de studentenbeweging? [WOinActie]
Voor de zomervakantie reisden een stuk of 50 studenten uit Nijmegen af naar de `Mars voor Onderwijs’. Ze ontmoetten studenten uit verschillende steden en met ruim vijfhonderd demonstranten liepen we langs de grachten van Amsterdam.
Maar wat was hun standpunt eigenlijk? Een van de deelnemers neemt je mee in een gedachte-experiment.
Biseksueel versus panseksueel versus…?
Wanneer ben je biseksueel en wanneer ben je panseksueel? Een vraag die vaak terugkomt in allerlei discussies over seksuele diversiteit en benamingen voor mensen die zich niet exclusief tot mannen of vrouwen aangetrokken voelen. In dit artikel gaat Emiel Maliepaard eerst in op het fenomeen “seksuele identiteit” om vervolgens de discussie biseksueel versus panseksueel te ontrafelen en zijn mening hierover te geven.
Creating a WOW-EFFECT
Nijmegen’s multicultural amateur community WOW-EFFECT Theater, with members from over 10 different countries, ages ranging from 19 to 40 and different levels of experience, makes a unique addition to the city’s theatre scene.