blind faith – PEN Transmissions

May 30, 2019June 5, 2019

Milkshake tears

I thought about conversations around white feminism, its myopia and elitism, about the weaponisation of white women’s tears, eliciting sympathy and avoiding accountability. I thought about May’s legacy.

May 30, 2019

But where, and to whom?

I see the blindness around me growing again, I notice how women’s rights are being taken away, how Ustasha and Chetnik crimes from WWII are being relativized, how history is distorted in the name of religion and patriotism.

May 30, 2019May 30, 2019

Not permanent, but real: a conversation with Selva Almada

‘Charismatic and powerful men, at least in our societies, see their role as looking after their own interests rather than serving others. That’s how it is, and more and more so as neoliberalism takes hold of our governments.’