Directed by Lisa and written by Eva, Motion draws on Maya Deren’s legacy to explore what it means to feel stuck, to search for meaning, and to inhabit a body shaped by expectation. The film resists traditional storytelling, instead moving through sensations, fragments, and emotions — tracing the quiet dissonance of womanhood through image, rhythm, […]
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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 […]
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Gender Journey
You might question your gender identity, feel confused or maybe you are just curious about gender identification. With the aim of giving visibility to non-binary experiences, this little story is not a universal experience, it is personal to me, yet it might reflect commonalities with other stories. As far as I remember, I have been […]
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A Requiem for Chinese Feminism
To be a woman, to be any human in China, is to master the act of double-think, self-censorship, and denial. But to be a woman on the mainland is to work twice as hard at filtering out the disturbing noises produced by the ever-ruling Communist Party. China’s repression of minorities is well-known: the enduring unease […]
By Auriane Vez and Sander Dekker Getting a sterilisation may seem like a very personal decision to make, yet one might be surprised how many people will get to have a say in it, ranging from real-life doctors and psychologists to hypothetical partners and speculative future versions of oneself. The choice not to have children […]
The contemporary novel Bunny (2019) by Mona Awad is a criticism of Ivy League schools, elitism, and white privilege. On the one hand, it is narrated by Samantha, an unreliable narrator with an unstable mind – probably due to schizophrenia – and a not-like-other-girls attitude and portrayal. She is insecure, shy, and anti-social. The teacher […]