The Slutwalk
My body, my rules.
part ii
part i here
Vy Truong (534698), Wiebke Aepkers (530437) & Anqie Dong (529984)
Guest Speakers
Jill Phillips
Instagram: @gr.bitchcraft_
Publications and other activities:
• Editor-in chief of @klauwcollective magazine
• Psychology major
• Poledance instructor
Cece Dao
Instagram: @changlolly
Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Human Rights, Gender and Conflicts Studies
Publications and other activities:
• Digital Sex worker
• Writes about her thoughts on on sex, race, post-colonial politics etc. format (accessible via her linkt.ree in her Instagram bio)
• Advocate for victims and survivors of sexual abuse; shares her own experiences with sexual assault
Sabrina Mohar
Instagram: sabmhr333
Publications and other activities:
• Advocating for sex work, climate injustice, systematic racism
• Currently a Political Science student
Maggie Saunders
Instagram: @laylonsauders
Publications and other activities:
• Social designer
• Stripper
• sex worker
• Founder of Striptopia (technology driven pop-up strip club)
Sarafina Paulina Bonita
Instagram: shinkusara
Queer, Dutch-Surinamese, non-binary performance artist
Publications and other activities:
• works with audio and text in which they question the construction of gender, the difference between the perceived and constructed feminine and masculine, and the effects of religion and heritage (ex. project “Ultraviolet”)
• Publications are linked in her linkt.ree in their Instagram bio
Kim Vrolijk
Instagram: @kimpuls.v
Publications and other activities:
• Sexworker
• co-founder of “QueerTheHague” where they organize community events
• Advocate for awareness surrounding social justice issues like gender, sexuality, sexworker rights and fatphobia
Famke Rauch
Instagram: @famkerauch
Publications and other activities:
• Singer and abortion buddy
Carolina Obispa
Instagram: @alyna.nevaeh
Current Master’s student in sociology
Publications and other activities:
• Thesis about (in)visibility of sexual violence against women
• Organizes a project for Amnesty International NL called “010consents”; movement that focuses on the visibility and education of consent
• Founder of her startup Whatknow.world which offers and makes accessible reliable sources for activism
Brenda Rodrigiez
Instagram: @brendarodriguezcortes
Feminist-activist-researcher
Publications and other activities:
• Member of several feminist collectives including “Feministas en Holanda”, a group of Latin American feminist women living in the Netherlands
KONTRA LABS #1 Publication
In January and February, KONTRA explored inequality within the creative sector of Rotterdam and the manner in which this impacts 14 participants of the research. These participants joined the research through open call. In KONTRA’s very first publication, “Tackling inequality within the Rotterdam(se) creative scene”, inequalities and discrimination are the focal points of their exploration.
KONTRA Labs #1 strives for dialogue, and transformation. To bridge the gap between policymakers and the sector, this project is based on suggestions from residents that were heard during the research group. Some of the suggestions are:
- Calls upon artistic institutions and spaces (both public and private) to tackle this inequality by opening-up access and opportunities for the Other.
- Urges artistic institutions and spaces (both public and private) to tackle the culture of silence and consequent lack of accountability.
- Further emphasise the usage of the word “visibility” instead of inclusivity when referring to the sole action of “giving” Others a platform.
Read the full publication here