Opinion

What is not reported does not exist, and if it does not exist, nothing can be done to change it. Ukraine has not existed until today. There is no Ethiopia, just as there are no Congo, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, and Burundi.

Feminism is at the antipodes of the Putinian virile matrix that it combats, that of the violence in action in all the wars generated by a patriarchal system whose worthy representatives are erected across the world: Trump, Bolzonaro, Edogan, Salvini, Orbàn... to mention just a few.

Fuchsia is the color chosen by the “Non Una Di Meno” (Not one less) movement in Italy. It is a garish, bright and strong color that exasperates and incorporates the stereotypical pink, which, for centuries, has built the feminine identification imposed on girls.

“I will give my cheek to my lover and my kisses to anyone I choose…”. While Arabic poetry served to glorify the heroic Arab, poetry by slave women in captivity, known as Jawari' poetry, was far overlooked. These women’s writings were daring and teeming with defiance and unrestraint…

This is what bothers me about this day internationally reserved for women. That we need to prove, or at least bombard others with posts until they are convinced, that women are not worth less than men. Just like we need to prove to the aggressors that we are not less than them. The parallel is undeniable.

With this illustration, I wished to evoke joy, struggle, beauty and celebration that are all related and essential for me. I felt like representing a body that was neither young nor smooth…

Article 66 of the code reads: “The (female) holder of the right of custody who marries a person not related to the child by a relationship of a prohibited degree is deprived of her right of custody.

" Patriarchy is not only external. It is well anchored in the body and spirit of our adversaries. It is also inside us, and this remains the most difficult part to face because giving oneself value in human relationships, especially in affective relationships, means paving the way to conflicts, and it hurts. "

A magazine cover announcing a baby bump, a new life… but this time the pregnant person wore a beard and moustache. “Diversity is a source of enrichment,” reads the headline. Something is not right about this, argues Monica from Italy.

Jennifer Guerra criticizes the widespread tendency to exclude trans women from the feminist movement. Monopolized by white cisgender and heterosexual middle-class women, she writes, “contemporary feminism risks reiterating the same binary logic of the patriarchy it combats.”