Tired of the injonction of celebrating heternormative love with gifts, flowers and chocolate? Us too! On 14 February, we reclaim Valentine’s Day and make it a feminist counter-celebration. Join us for some love letter writing!

Take the time to celebrate the awesome people in your life. Tell them why they inspire you and what makes them special. Write a letter to your favorite feminist, your role-model, your life hero – be it Simone de Beauvoir, your best friend or your mom.

We will provide papers and pens – all you have to do is bring your love and creativity ♥ ♥ ♥

And instead of spending money in an overpriced restaurant, you can support the Boom Café by sipping local tea, fair trade juice or solidarity beers.

Emma is an Irish migrant based in Brussels, Belgium. She studied Criminology and Sociology as an undergrad at Queen's University Belfast and pursued her MSc. at KU Leuven. Emma volunteered for BXL-Irish for Choice fighting for reproductive justice for the island of Ireland and was also a co-Founder of Young Feminist Europe. For her daily job, Emma works for The Brussels Binder - an initiative that aims to promote women's voices in European debates and is also a board member of 50:50NI, advocating for gender parity in local elections in Northern Ireland. You can follow her on Twitter @EmmaL_R90.

Emma Rainey
erainey90@hotmail.com
Emma is an Irish migrant based in Brussels, Belgium. She studied Criminology and Sociology as an undergrad at Queen's University Belfast and pursued her MSc. at KU Leuven. Emma volunteered for BXL-Irish for Choice fighting for reproductive justice for the island of Ireland and was also a co-Founder of Young Feminist Europe. For her daily job, Emma works for The Brussels Binder - an initiative that aims to promote women's voices in European debates and is also a board member of 50:50NI, advocating for gender parity in local elections in Northern Ireland. You can follow her on Twitter @EmmaL_R90.