Tag: feminism

  • The Handmaid´s Tale after eight years: how far from reality?

    The Handmaid´s Tale after eight years: how far from reality?

    The sixth and final season of The Handmaid’s Tale was finally released last April: after eight years, it ends a powerful and brave story about inner strength and resistance. However, the adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s work to the big screen will be continued in the spin-off The Testaments, based on the sequel novel by the…

  • About the feminist Joke Smit and some curiosities of the Netherlands

    About the feminist Joke Smit and some curiosities of the Netherlands

    The feminist and politician Joke Smit and her work marked the beginning of the second wave of feminism in the Netherlands. This article will describe a little bit of her life and contributions, together with a few features of the Netherlands that I already could observe in the time I’ve spent here. First of all:…

  • 2024 Sydney International Women´s Day march

    2024 Sydney International Women´s Day march

    A new march for International Women´s Day was carried out in Sydney this Saturday 9th, in demand for rights and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Feminist and worker organisations, first nations peoples, independents, migrant communities, left-wing parties and the Labor, marched for gender equality and to end the genocide in Palestine, demonstrating the union of…