The Feminist Club Amsterdam
By Jessica Lentz Slouching, her flesh dangerously spilling from her lacey corset, she erupts like a volcano into a fit of laughter. Unforgiving, her head tilted back, she draws people’s attention calling forth irritation, but also hypnosis as if each gurgling exhale carried with it the […]
Article by Alexandra Zybinova Graphic by Lisa Verberne The body is akin to a battleground, as women* all over the world have to fight the state for control over their own reproduction. Some of the most controversial topics in US politics today include women’s access to abortion and birth control, as the Republican claims to […]
Article by Tatiana Parkhomova Graphic by Francesca Zambelli, IG: @furan.z It is in the very essence of human nature to judge others by appearance and we are all guilty of it. However, women are judged more negatively than men due to stereotypes that haunt them from the moment they are born. Society expects women to […]
Written by anonymous. Please be aware that this poem contains mentions of sexual assault and rape. Because I saw an exhibitionist when I was 6 Because someone tried to attract me into the woods when I was 8 Because I started getting catcalled when I was 12 Because I had to stab someone’s leg not […]
Almost three years ago, I was writing my bachelor’s dissertation on the Italian poet Antonia Pozzi. Back then, I had never thought about things such as women’s writing or feminist narratology. Worse than that: Antonia Pozzi’s was probably the first book written by an Italian woman I had ever read, after thirteen years of education, […]
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 […]