“If we have such a present and frequent femicide and if the perpetrators are not sanctioned in time or prevented - who cares about 'one less whore who deserved to be tortured, raped, killed and crucified on a pillar of shame and disgrace.” Read more about human trafficking in Montenegro in our interview with activist Aida Petrović.

I am grateful to Vicky Franzinetti who, together with Filomena Rosiello, organized an online meeting of major importance. This brought together three of the twelve North American activists of the collective, which, in 1973 published one of the key texts of world feminism: “Our bodies, ourselves”.

Faouzia Charfi’s professional life has been devoted to her research and scientific teaching work, but she Charfi is also a feminist historian committed to Tunisian society. Here’s a short interview with her.

The pandemic has massively spread dating apps, doubling their turnover and encouraging them to enrich themselves with new features. But what are digital daters looking for online? And, above all, do they find it? Here’s a semi-serious (and somewhat personal) investigation.

Until a few decades ago, in Salento, “Italy’s heel”, it was believed that the sting of a poisonous spider induced states of possession that could be cured with a ritual of choregraphic and musical exorcism. The phenomenon mainly concerned women, who, oppressed by a patriarchal and authoritarian society, could vent privations and repressed suffering through catharsis.

Sick women often do not reveal the pain they feel. Here's more from Eretica on the deep connection between mental illnesses and gender stereotypes.