“Being surrounded with so much wealth and irrational consumerism everyday, living in one of the richest countries in the world, but also just the state of the world as we know it, has made me realize how to so many people it doesn't matter what they consume - as long as they consume it. Especially when it comes to fashion, the climate where trend hopping is most apparent.”
“Speaking in broad terms, most cultures do not embrace open discussions or portrayals of mental illness or taboo symptomology. At best, these conversations are seen as uncomfortable. At worst, they're ostracized or criminalized. Anything that carries a negative connotation is something we may be judged or shunned for.”
Femicide, the “murder of women because they are women”, should be a highly debated concept due to the losses it involves. However, most of the Austrian public seems to be as unaware of the concept and its roots as the influencers we encountered before. “Most of the victims of manslaughter are still men!”, some may say in an attempt to debase the claim that femicides constitute a specific form of violence, and that this is a practice that only happens far away, in other countries, on other continents even. “It was only because he loved her so much!”, others might argue, or “I am sure that she provoked it!”, just falling short of “I am sure she deserved it!”
Read MoreLast minute chance to experience April selection of Human Rights Film Hub curated by Martina Genetti.
Read More“I think that no matter how you look at it, all the topics in art are always under the big umbrella of "Human Rights", in other words, art is always about human rights, about free choices, about the relationship between law and duty.“
Read MoreMy personal interest about the cultural scene in Russia and how it is influenced by politics, was growing for some time, especially after the last summer events in Belarus. And although Belarus and Russia are countries neighboring my home land Lithuania, I realise I know almost nothing about art and culture there.
“(...) and then when I talk to these people I discover that they don't know anything about the arabic people and they don't have friends or anything from different backgrounds. I think you will recognize yourself in the meeting and dialogue with foreign people.”
Read More- by Martina Trepczyk, Filmmaker, Artist, Activist
“Despite thinking that our isolation is the silver lining for mother nature, it is a little more complex than that.”
Read MoreSign this! Quick and easy activism for lazy like-minded thinkers.
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Read More- Lina Piskernik - Improper Walls advisor on Women's Rights
”So many women’s organisations all over the world are on hyper-drive right now”
- Smaranda Krings - Improper Walls advisor, PR Officer at Refugees Welcome International
“If you have some time to spare at the moment, it’s best to start organizing now”
Read More- Anna-Laura Schreilechner, Improper Walls advisor
“Social inequalities specifically show their true colours in times of crises”
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