Women and the media – Young Feminist Europe

The Healing Powers of Crying

Madeleine Reine • 05/28/2020

I always saw crying as a way of caving into my emotions, a weakness so to say. For years and years, I bottled everything up. But now, in lockdown, I have finally given myself permission, I have finally allowed myself to feel.

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A Brief History of Sexual Harassment in Finland in One Hashtag – Suomalainen seksuaalinen häirintä yhdessä hashtagissa [EN/FI]

Ilkka Penttinen • 11/21/2016

This very term became a hashtag after a high-ranking police officer claimed that sexual harassment did not exist in Finland before the events of New Year’s Eve of 2015.

#lääppijä -tunnuksella merkityt kertomukset alkoivat kuvailla miten tavallista seksuaalinen ahdistelu on Suomessa. Häirintä ei ole uusi ilmiö.

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“Both women and men can be sexist!” – “Jeder und jede kann Sexist sein” [EN/DE]

Angelika Hild • 06/14/2016

StopBildSexism is a campaign fighting for the abolition of the “Bild girl”, a series of scantily clad women published in the daily German tabloid “Bild”. An interview with co-organiser Penelope Kemekenidou.

StopBildSexism ist eine Kampagne zur Abschaffung des „Bild-Girls“. Ein Interview mit Co-Organisatorin Penelope Kemekenidou.

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