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Whereas the Covid-19 Pandemic is treated with urgency, the much longer running and more deadly domestic abuse Pandemic is being ignored by the media. This article by Lidia Lidia explores the worldwide Domestic Abuse Pandemic and discusses the media’s duty to present domestic abuse in the context of a wider systematic societal issue, rather than as isolated sensationalised events.
In her study of employment figures for behind-the-scenes women working on the top 250 domestic grossing films in 2011, Dr Martha M. Lauzen of San Diego State University found that women comprised only 18% of all directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers and editors working on the US top 250 domestic grossing films. This represents an increase of 1 percentage point from 1998. Women accounted for 5% of directors, which is half as many as were directing films in 1998.
Today three FiLiA volunteers went along to the ‘50 years of Women’s Liberation’ exhibition curated by Minna Haukka, artist in residence at the Feminist Library and Roberta Hunter-Henderson. The exhibition was glorious! The creativity and passion of the posters; calls to revolution, marches, meetings … soaking up our recent history whilst surrounded by some of the amazing Women who made it happen!
By Jimini Hignett
As an artist I find it essential that my work engages with important social themes, and I aim to use my work as a reflective tool for unravelling issues relating to social injustice, inequalities, and the underlying structures supporting the assignment of power in relation to class, race and gender. In recent years, the issue of prostitution has formed a substantial part of my artistic research. The topic is one which is close to me, both from my position as a woman, as well as in terms of location. As an inhabitant of Amsterdam this issue is one I felt compelled to investigate with my work, but my current exhibition Nr.1 Tourist Attraction has made me a target for the wrath of the pro-sex-work lobby.
Presentation on the panel, Feminist Control over the Means of Production 20th Oct.
FiLiA Conference 2019.
‘What can we do? I don’t know. Insist that governments put money into human welfare? Make people see that the way we are carrying on is not in our interests? We are a perverse species, and we seem hell bent on destroying not only ourselves, but the rest of creation and the planet as well.’
A feminist art exhibition in Le Havre !
The exhibition will take place from 18 September to 5 October 2019 in Le Havre. It will be presented at Le Tetris, a contemporary music scene managed by the Papa's production association. A 50m² space will allow to present about thirty posters made in Argentina by women of the feminist and artistic movement "Vivas nos queremos".
What does Lesbian feminist art looks like? What are Lesbian feminist’s concerns in 2017? How do Lesbians visually illustrate and frame their experiences as Lesbians in a word where the backlash anti-Lesbians is rife?
The Capital L room displays a series of work by Lesbian feminists artists addressing these issue and highlighting the richness and diversity of the Lesbian feminist political view point on ourselves and our lives as Lesbians.
For many people – women, minorities, immigrants – the world is suddenly an even more hostile place than before. At the same time, our ability to seek refuge is being taken away, with less and less funding for vital social services. In this environment, we must join together to resist – and survive.
Art is part of the battle...
At FiLia we believe that art has an important role to play in exploring the issues affecting women worldwide. The aim of FiLiArt events is to engage the public in a dialogue with unique perspectives on feminism and women’s lives. Through art, we provide a platform to the voices of minority and at-risk women, and the organisations representing them. Our annual gallery shows seek to bring these perspectives to a wider audience, and to have a positive community impact through opportunities to participate in workshops, artist talks and panel discussions.