“Perhaps we can imagine the movement for women’s liberation as a colorful, varied patchwork of fabric: each piece of cloth distinct and textured, interconnected at specific points and diverging at others. The absence of a single face is an invitation to all women to weave their narratives into the fabric of genuine women’s liberation. It is this patchwork of cloth that we must carry through the threshold the current pandemic offers: a gateway to a possible world beyond capitalism and its fascist empires, beyond patriarchy and its ruling lords. When we cover our faces, in the tradition of MAKIBAKA and in solidarity with billions protecting each other from disease and resisting injustice, we do not retreat from the world. We equip ourselves with the tools to stitch it anew.”
“Bandanas” by Angeli Lacson
Mask play an important role during social movilizations. Why? To hide the identity? To create a collective identity? This zine is an exploration of these questions within feminisms.
In celebration of their fifth anniversary, Gantala Press (see our previous interview) would like to share with you their new coloring e-zine, Más que la cara: Women, Masks, and Protest. Featured here are brave women all over the world who draw from the strength and power of the collective in fighting for justice for their communities. This coloring zine is a collection of texts and images about women who utilize the mask in protest. Featured are the Zapatistas of Mexico, the MAKIBAKA women of the Philippines, the Guerrilla Girls of the USA, Pussy Riot of Russia, the feminists of Chile, and the face mask-wearing women in the pandemic. Send us a message if you want to access the PDF and the image files for coloring!
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Mirar la maternidad a través de las fotografías de la serie New Mothers de Rineke Dijkstra
Una interacción entre -mostrar y no mostrar
Rineke Dijkstra. The encounter between the photographer, the sitters and the viewer in the Beach Portrait Series.
Brand New Heaven
Maniobras: las políticas internacionales que militarizan las vidas de las mujeres
I Can Only Wonder
Before Lockdown
Reseña poetizada de “Le Pont du Nord”, Jacques Rivette
