feminisms

Baalbek: A café of one’s own

In a bright café and library on the Syrian border, women gathered to share stories free from the presence of men.

Legacies of solitude from Persian women

Amid Iran’s current turmoil, an essayist remembers two women in history, in an intimate reading of how their solitude birthed future movements of resistance In a moment when Iranian women

Body control

An Italian journalist takes a critical look at the ambient religious and political culture around “natural” methodologies of fertility management. On its website, the secular sounding Italian Confederation of Centres

Feminising the rural idyll

In Spain, women are challenging the traditionally gendered norms of rural life. Since time immemorial, life in the countryside has depended on sharply defined gender roles. The gruelling labour of

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