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 […]
Category: Sunday Feminist Discussion
On the 13th of June The Feminist Club Amsterdam is organizing a discussion night in collaboration with Emancipator. This night we will discuss violence against women as a men’s issue. We will ask the question, should violence against women be seen as a men’s issue, and what kinds of activism we might be able to […]
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Abortion and activism
In the first week of April we had a discussion night on abortion. It was not the first time that we paid attention to this fundamental human right. We’ve had a discussion night on the topic back in October of 2016 and we organized a benefit for Women on Waves before that. Therefore we decided […]
The Feminist Club Amsterdam discussion night 22nd of February 2017 @Atria Sum-up by: Iris Workum From the moment we are born, we are assigned a gender. If it’s a girl, it’s pink and dolls. If it’s a boy, it’s blue and cars. These gender constructs are made up by society, but nonetheless affect our lives. […]
The Feminist Club Amsterdam discussion night 10th of January 2017 @ Atria Sum-up by Vanessa Cantinho de Jesus Real dialogue isn’t about talking to people who believe the same things as you. ― Zygmunt Bauman (1925-2017) When I first joined The Feminist Club I decided to do so because I felt this was a […]
On this night we will discuss the idea of Safe Space. What are its conceptual ideals and its practical existence? And what are the tensions between the ideology and the lived reality? These are some of the questions we wish to explore together. The concept of Safe Space originated in the LGBTQ communities, where it […]