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 […]
Conflict is an essential part of activism, as it is fundamental to challenging the status quo. Conflict has the creative power to push movements forward and the destructive power to derail them. The FCA has dealt with both sides of conflict,experiencing both its positive and negative connotations . Our fight for intersectional feminism is an […]
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I.V. v. Bolivia
Mrs I.V. was born in Peru, where she had twice been detained in the Peruvian National Counter-Terrorism Directorate; during this time she experienced physical, sexual and psychological abuse. In 1993 she moved to Bolivia where she was granted refugee status. In July 2000 she went into labor in Bolivia and received a caesarian section. During […]
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Feminism, a loaded concept
“I’m going to write a feminist article”, I tell a relative. A messy expression forms across their face and a comment of disapproval followed right after that. This surprised me, as I was – quite frankly – expecting anything but a negative reaction. How could one discourage something that, in my mind, seemed so positive? […]
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Waiting to lose everything!
I sat during the lunch break trying to record a short video in Arabic about sexual harassment. Soon enough, a woman burst into the office and started shouting at me, telling me that I was too loud, speaking in a language she didn’t understand, that I should shut up because they were there for work. […]
The rapid expansion of digital technologies has opened new spaces for communication, activism, and expression. Yet, it has also created new arenas for violence against women. Online platforms have become an extension of existing gender inequalities, where harassment, image-based abuse, and threats reproduce the same patriarchal dynamics found offline. Digital violence is not a separate […]
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, […]