The Feminist Club Amsterdam
Poem by Gertrude Stein pamela varelapavamere.la My body is my territory, and it was conquered, just like the Americas. Several parts of the human body are named after white, European men: Fallopian tubes1, G-spot2, Bartholin’s glands3, Skene glands4, to name a few. All the body parts mentioned above belong to the female reproductive system. It […]
Today, we invite you to discuss sexual and reproductive health from an intersectional feminist perspective. By sexual and reproductive health we mean having access to good information on sexual practices, freedom of choice for everyone regarding one’s sexuality and body, access to abortion, or care during pregnancy and childbirth. Undoubtedly, we must keep in […]
Photo: Mónica González Islas pamela varelapavamere.la Ophelia Pastrana is a Colombian-Mexican trans woman. She is a physicist, technologist, and media personality who, despite being the relative of two ex-presidents of Colombia from the conservative party, transitioned into a trans woman and became an advocate of the LGBTQ+ and women+technology movements. She recognizes having used her […]
Iran: Iranian women were allowed back into stadiums after two years on the occasion of the national team’s match versus South Korea. The restriction was enacted after 1979 to protect women from the actions of men. France: In Paris, at the Invalides, the organisation OSA (Objectif Sport Adapté) organised a fashion show with 16 amputee […]
Criminals, offenders, psychopaths, horrible people capable of unimaginable things – is the image most of us have of imprisoned people. This image of them justifies the conditions they live under in prison – because society says they deserve it. However, don’t we want them to ultimately learn from their mistakes and be rehabilitated into society? […]
This month we are diving into the theme of Prison. I realised I didn’t know what prisons are actually like in the Netherlands, and how the prisons contributed to criminality, so I tried to find this out. It was quite hard to find the real deal with prisons. Mainly info on all the great looking […]