by Shree
To burn the witch is to admit magic exists.
My mother lights the fire to my funeral pyre.
Tag: gender violence
A woman is a half formed thing
by Shree
A woman is a half-formed thing.
She is moulded, contorted and shaped.
Murdering Clothes: Addressing Feminicide in Teresa Margolles’ Cimbra Formwork
by Rosa Floris
In her 2006 conceptual artwork Cimbra Formwork, Teresa Margolles incorporates real clothes from women who were victims of gendered violence and feminicide in Ciudad Juárez. She is thereby responding to the phenomenon of feminicide, but what exactly does her artwork communicate?
Italy’s Dark Side: The Unseen War on Women in Italian newspapers – The problematic perspectives on femicides in Italian press coverage
by Chiara Palmeri
Outside of Italy, it is not common knowledge that the country of food and marvellous historical monuments is grappling with a silent but deadly crisis: the alarming rise in the number of femicides.
“We fight with research” Femicides in the European Union and worldwide, an overview
by Giulia Ghidelli
In the past years, the phenomenon of femicide has gained increasing space in the news, together with a progressively growing awareness of systemic gender violence matters, such as the gender pay gap, the #metoo movement against sexual harassment in the entertainment world, and structural discrimination.
Poem: Is This Love?
by Chiara Palmeri
“I lived in his shadow, in the imprisonment he imposed, but he never slapped me.”
Poem: Unlearning
by Paula Werdnik
“I learnt from a young age that to be a woman is to be water…”
Poem: Radboud doesn’t Reflect
This poem is responding to the Radboud Reflects event from the 7th of September 2023 focusing on the question: Alle meningen welkom op de universiteit? Are all opinions welcome at university?
Poem: Three years down, forever left to go.
By Nanette Ashby
This poem marks the three year anniversary of her diagnosis with Fibromyalgia, a chronic pain condition.
Poem: Equity is Key
By Nanette Ashby
This poem consist exclusively of slogans from posters featured in and chants throughout the Feminist March in Amsterdam on the 5th of March 2023.
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