The Feminist Club Amsterdam
As I stay immersing in my mirrorThe reflection seems to come alive It sways; a dance of illuminating light I see; in every creasein every fold in every mark, of me Is where I find my peace In my frame, in my skinin my singular sculpture I feel my;evergreen grace A steadying sensation A feeling; only I embrace a quiet joy;In a place […]
Rummaging through the toy room for a childhood gone by unlocks a memory film scroll inside my head:it rolls out; like an endless red carpetleading us back– to our infant past. With a flickering crackle, the memory unravels, starringpink-trimmed, blonde-haired Barbie dolls living inwhole universes we created at the dropof a head. Yes. In shrieking […]
Illustration: Ines DeRu pamela varelapavamere.la Feminism and cyberfeminism in Latin America are a praxis of their own. The lack of privilege and education that runs through the region generates a collective dissociation from the academic and conceptual feminisms of North America and Europe. I recently attended an online workshop1 held by Argentinian feminist hacktivists Sol […]
Poem: Gloria Anzaldúa pamela varelapavamere.la In Mexico, it is common to hear the phrase se la robaron1. This means a woman was taken by a man and forced to mate with him and bear his children. This was a common practice in the generations before my grandparents. My great-grandmother–poor, with Cora indigenous roots, and […]
pamela varelapavamere.la Our body, our first territory, is unknown to us. We are not encouraged to get to know it. We are not taught about its parts, especially girls, especially genitals. And because everything is so internal, it is hard to see, to understand its cycles. When adulthood starts and processes like menstruation arrive, confusion […]
de la cuerpa1 objeto a la cuerpa sujeto from the body object to the body subject pamela varela pavamere.la “The Church says: The body is a sin. Science says: The body is a machine. Advertisement says: The body is a business. The body says: I am a party.” –Eduardo Galeano I dedicate these words to […]