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 More“Standing, as all living beings are, before this dilemma of the will to live, a person is constantly forced to preserve his own life and life in general only at the cost of other life…”
Read MoreMaybe, “the children were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads” during a “Silent night, holy night” when “all is calm and all is bright” and it is all a dream?
Read More“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.”
- 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.
- by Elisabeth Hinkel
“We are navigating through an unknown situation with tools that are stuck in old patterns, longing to connect through words, images or video.“
Read More- by Barbora Horska
“Since the beginning, as with other revolutionary movements, artists have been an integral part of addressing a variety of environmental issues.”
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