The Feminist Club Amsterdam
“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? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]