Posts in ESSAY
YOU DON'T KILL OUT OF LOVE

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!”

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SNAPSHOT - BY STSK

“Many things are happening simultaneously. Can't think straight. Admiration. Inspiration. Reading.
White friends mimic Turkish folks speaking. Heartbeat. Chest tightening. Bank clerk talks to my father
like he's a child. Dead Black bodies. Triggered. In the wake of triviality and randomness. Black body
dehumanized, Black agony dehumanized. Content. Consumption.”

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PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR IDENTITY

- by Flora Löffelmann

“Of course I am who I’m supposed to be – who else would I be?” – Our initial reaction to the computer unveils that
it has already worked: For a short moment we have no doubt that we are, in fact, who we are supposed to be. And that’s actually a pretty rare thing.


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