The Feminist Club Amsterdam
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 […]
Within this dome,I stare above a dark heaven and sparse black clouds,Surrounded only by silhouettes in my view, This dome where time and space divorce,And I am left to debate one for the other,Found in a routine and weekly turnarounds,I spiral and shift in a vision of my masks, ever-changing and corrected by knots that […]
· Where do you come from? · Before I came to live in Slovenia, I lived for a few months in Germany, and before that, I lived my whole life in Jordan. So, am I coming from Jordan? · Oh, what a nice king and beautiful queen you have! […]
This is a summary of what was discussed on 25 February, 2024 on the topic of financial feminism. At the Sunday discussion on financial feminism, one of the main questions was how to not perpetuate a growth-oriented exploitative system while this system is forcing us to take care of our financial and thus existential security […]