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 […]
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Exoticization in the Decolonial Discourse
The Clash of Egos “We will Save Them from Us” and “We will Study Them to Upgrade Us.” As a performing artist and community art director, I often come across the concept of identity, which triggers me personally and professionally. Therefore, in this article, I investigate these triggers from a starting point of “what is […]
Care is an initiative that provides support and safer spaces for victims/survivors of sexual violence. In their support groups, they are offering a safer space for people who are survivors of sexual violence. There, the participants share their experiences, learn from each other’s coping mechanisms and build a community with other survivors. Currently Care has […]
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Families and r/evolutions – Iris Ofer
“Why did you come to the Netherlands? Did you come for love?” That’s how many conversations start when encountering an ex-pat here. Why is love the first thing that comes to mind? I guess statistically these are a lot of the stories. A lot of people move countries for love, I actually did not come […]
Let’s talk about podcasts… My relationship with podcasts had a bit of a rocky start. At first, I didn’t understand the buzz surrounding them and why everyone was talking about podcasts so much. Then, once I decided to give it a try, I was so overwhelmed by the amount of podcasts out there that I […]
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“Al-Lat,” “Al Uzza,” and “Manat”
A poem in English and Arabic by Samar Zughool. Samar is a community art creator and performing artist; through her series of practices, “SAMA Community Arts,” she co-creates public performative journeys that deconstruct social communication as free of the enforced binarism of “nation-state” and “state-nation” as both tools and products of colonialism along with enforced gender […]