This post complements the article published on 4W.pub. It is based on a speech delivered in front of the UN CEDAW expert committee. In previous presentations, I had looked at how speech is used by men to define womanhood, in this one I've looked at how sight and images are used to define womanhood, hence the supplement.
Author: Yağmur Uygarkızı
Cassandra’s Resolutions for the New Year
we need to develop a feminist understanding of time. Indeed, the first specificity of women’s condition, compared to that of other male and female oppressed groups, is that the atrocities men commit against us are not historicised. We hear ‘prostitution has always existed’, ‘rape has always existed’. We are made to understand that male violence is like God: it never began so it can never end. Obviously, that's a lie.
Females by Mr Andrea Long Chu: A Telegrammic Review
The Provincial Times Series – ‘Jill and Giles Foundation to distribute Thanafix in India’
A press release from the Jill and Giles Foundation announced yesterday the distribution of 100 000 doses of Thanafix® in India. The drug developed by the US pharmaceutical company Gilgamesh Science is meant to alleviate the suffering of patients afflicted by incurable diseases such as destitution or hopelessness.
Pasolini è Balenciaga
Pasolini è BalenciagaDenunciando riproduce.
Tutulma
Torno di continuo sui luoghi dell’amore Percorro emozioni Ti cerco Je ne papillonne plus je palpite À la sortie du métro Je te reverrai Bir an meselesi İçim çırpınıyor Seninle tutuşmak
Mes doigts
Moi aussi je me suis mordue les doigts À m’en tirer les veines
L’homme de gauche
Son melon est bio, ses chaussures en cuir végane. Il regarde des films à s’en arracher les poils incarnés un par un. Il est sympa. « Je parle à des gens auxquels on ne parle jamais en général. Les SDFs, les caissières, les étrangers... Ah ouais ils adorent. » Le mec vraiment super sympa. Très averti, il… Continue reading L’homme de gauche
Ce que la « gestation pour autrui » réglemente
La question n’est pas de savoir s’il faut réglementer la « GPA » mais ce que la « GPA » réglemente. Encore une fois, tout comme la prostitution règlemente les modalités du viol (dans un certain lieu, à un certain prix), la « GPA » spécifient les conditions selon lesquelles la grossesse non-désirée et la traite/vente d’enfants deviennent acceptables.
La zattera della Repubblica: Croniche di un altro 8 marzo
Per qualche motivo ho lasciato quest’articolo in bozza. Sicuramente perché non lo trovo molto chiaro. Eppure, quasi un anno dopo, il 4 marzo 2022, lo pubblico tale e quale. Chissà cosa ci aspetterà quest’8 marzo. Foto mia. L’8 marzo cos’è? Una giornata per cani? Una giornata per le donne? Pare che nel 2021 l’8 marzo… Continue reading La zattera della Repubblica: Croniche di un altro 8 marzo