Body image is often related too quickly to weight, but body issues can also be linked to skin issues, hair, body hair, skin color, sexual orientation, or age. In our patriarchal society, women are used to defining their worth around the male gaze and beauty standards that keep changing over time, making it appear impossible […]
France reported two dead and hundreds arrested after the PSG Champions League win. This case of the PSG win is an example of how male violence, especially in cases of sports events, is normalized. Last year, I was watching the Men’s EURO final (2024) in a bar in Amsterdam with two other friends. The game […]
Anger as a suppressed emotion. Our last monthly discussion revolved around feminist anger and feminist rage. Rage is a crossing of boundaries, an outburst of anger; a reaction to a suppressed and ignored anger. It often happens on the spot. Anger and rage can both be expressed in very different ways; it can be linked […]
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On Cultivating Anger
Look back at your childhood. Were you allowed to be mad? Who in your family was allowed to express anger and who wasn’t? I learned as a child that expressing anger hurt more than it helped. Little girls who were dutiful were loveable and angry girls weren’t. Little girls were also responsible for managing the […]
Arriving at the sea;______with a tender ferocity On a day; thick with summer’s heatslowly& softlysweat submerges me laying the basket fullof ripe peaches, melons and kiwis I gently devour the dew kissed peachdripping with sweetness;______It’s reminiscent of honey ______Then, swiftly getting ready;To surf the waves As smooth as velvet, feather & a breeze surging into […]
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The Chronological Disorder of Home
Dear Hanaa, The First Generation of labels: Second Generation of labels A chronological disorder of home. Maybe it is the resistance to the normalized order. An intellectual, emotional transition that transfers home from solid ground to a global sky where anything could feel like home, and anyone can make a home. And this is overly […]
The FCA joined 20,000 people on Dam Square for Amsterdam’s 2025 edition of the Feminist March. Some of our members shared what the day meant for them and how they view the act of protesting in these times. What happened at the Feminist March? ALEXIA described what she saw. “This year’s feminist march was an […]