Raffia Magazine Team

Veronica Fantini (she/her)
Writer / Editor
Research Master’s student in Philosophy, specializing in Metaphysics and Philosophical  Anthropology.

Topics of interest: feminism, disability rights, mental health, phenomenology, poetry.

Stella Ivory (she/her) 
Editor
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in International Development and International Relations. Currently completing the Erasmus Mundus Masters in Women’s and Gender Studies. 

Topics of interest: human rights; public policy; intersectional feminism; queer issues; indigenous studies. 

Júlia Vicente (she/her)
Writer/ Editor
Currently studying for a Bachelor’s in Journalism at Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Topics of interest: arts & culture, social activism, traveling and environmentalism.

Tessa van Rooijen (she/her)
Writer / Editor
Bachelor in Creative Writing at ArtEZ and Master in Philosophy of Mind and Psychology at Tilburg University.

Topics of interest: intersectional feminism, queer theory, poetry and mental health.

Rijn van Well (they/them)
Editor
Currently studying for a Bachelor’s in American Studies at Radboud university

Topics of interest: trans rights, queer theory and history, American literature, alt-right movements and the manosphere.

Beatriz Damasceno (she/her)
Writer / Editor
BSc in Political Science with an MA in Latin American Studies from the University of Amsterdam, focused on Gender Studies. My thesis explored the relational dynamics between mothers and their LGBTQ+ children in Brazil, as well as mothers’ own constructions of their roles.

Topics of interest: politics and policy making, masculinities/femininities, sexuality, relational dynamics, decoloniality, feminisms, religion, culture

Una Kamhin (she/her)
Writer / Editor
BSc in Law and Political Science, MSc in Political Science, specialised in Conflic Studies

Topics of interest: intersectional feminism, deconstructing social and societal norms, conflict analysis through a gender lens

Margot Lubbers (she/her)
Writer / Editor
BSc Psychology, MSc Student at the Research Master Behavioural Science, with a focus on Political Communication and Social Media

Topics of interest: social activism, feminism, portrayal of gender roles on (social) media, human rights, democracy, photography and videography

Freya Syson (she/her)
Writer / Editor
Bachelor Arts and Culture and Master in Creative Industries at Radboud University

Topics of interest: feminism, (responsible) tourism, sustainable practices, witchcraft, (post)menopause and postcolonialism

Stela Malega (she/her)
Writer / Editor
Bachelor in Social Work with a specialisation in community development

Topics of interest: Intersectional feminism, human rights, media culture as well as photography and film

Clara Sophie Feldmann (she/her)
Writer / Editor
Currently completing a bachelor’s in psychology, specialized in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, a minor in Gender&Sexuality and a minor in Practical Philosophy.

Topics of interest: Transdisciplinary Feminism, Feminist Epistemologies, Philosophy of Science, Gender and the Human Brain, Ethics, Sexual and Representational Politics, the Female Perspective and Data Gap, Consciousness and Identity(-formation)

Skyler Lalieu (he/him)
Writer / Editor
Currently studying for a Bachelor’s in Arts and Culture Studies at Radboud University.

Topics of interest: gender studies, queer theory and history, art history, literature, museum curation, mental health, identity and community, trans* identity in arts and culture. @el.sol.solet

Anna Trevisan (she/her)
Writer / Editor
BA in Fashion Business. Currently completing a Master in Critical Fashion Practices at
ArtEZ, University of the Arts.

Topics of interest: (Techno)Feminism, critical posthumanism, feminist citation, fashion theory, and the
meeting points of gender and sexuality with the digital and virtual.

Alejandra Jiménez Máñez (she/her)
Writer / Editor
BSc in Psychology and Law at Utrecht University and M.A. in Women, Gender and Citizenship Studies with a specialization on Public Policy at Universitat de Barcelona. 

Topics of interest: intersectional decolonial feminism; sexuality and sexual empowerment; gender equality and policymaking (specifically sexual and reproductive health, trans* people rights; violence against women/gender-based violence and labor rights); social movements and social activism.

Sophie Wagner (she/her)
Writer / Editor
RMA Gender Studies at Utrecht University and RMA Literary Studies at University of Amsterdam with a background in Cultural Studies and Linguistics.

Topics of interest: visual and literary
narratives that counter hegemonic concepts of bodies suffering from endometriosis and other related illnesses, critical disability studies and cultural theory on embodiment.

Lizzy Signer (she/her)
Writer / Editor
Currently studying a Master in Legal Research and a Master in International and European Law Advanced at University of Groningen and Radboud University

Topics of interest: (International) Human Rights, Women’s Rights and International Constitutional Law. Hobby’s include Literature & Poetry.

Rian O’Farrell (he/him)
Writer / Editor
Currently studying for a bachelors in Media Studies and English Literature at Maynooth University, Ireland. Participating in the Erasmus programme in the faculty of Humanities at University of Amsterdam.

Topics of interest: Masculine eco chambers and their effect on gender issues, Postcolonialism, Gender theory, creative writing, film.

Anna Prats Torregrosa (she/her)
Writer / Editor
MA Gender Studies with a background in International Politics

Topics of interest: feminist intersectional theory, social movements and social activism, politically engaged art, migration and conflict studies

Zhenghao Lin (he/him)
Writer / Editor
MA in Applied Social Psychology from the University of Groningen specialised on social identity theory and intergroup relations, with a particular emphasis on gender dynamics

Topics of interest: Masculinity, including topics such as masculinity threat, discrepancy, and new masculinity, and how these concepts influence broader gender issues.

Sadaf Javed (she/her)
Writer / Editor
PhD candidate in Chemistry at the Institute for Molecules and Materials at Radboud University

Topics of interest: political poetry, mainly focusing on current issues in the Global south, has an (un)healthy love for books, animals and analog photography

Maria Florescu (she/her)
Writer / Editor
3rd year Bachelor student in Media and Culture at University of Amsterdam

Topics of interest: Intersectionality, Feminism, Queer of colour representation, tokenism vs authenticity, Romani representation and history, Activism and Politics

Serdzhan Ibryam Hasan (he/him)
Writer / Editor
Research Master’s student in Literary Studies at the University of Amsterdam with a background in English Language and Literature.

Topics of interest: Gender and feminism in relation to revisionist myth-making, postcolonial studies, and early modern literature, with a focus on Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, particularly Shakespearean Tragedy. 

Mara Sterreveld (any pronouns)
Writer / Editor
Currently studying for a Bachelor’s in Philosophy

Topics of interest: activism, Intersectional Feminism, Gender, Politics, Arts & Culture.