Amok Mama: Gillian versus Nigella – my humble opinion
Does being a vegan make you old before your time? No, says Jacinta Nandi, you've just swallowed down the misogyny of modern-day society as if it was cum and you were Taylor Bow on the Internet. Grow...
View ArticleThe Vagina Monologues - a German-English Benefit Performance
This bilingual performance of Eve Ensler's seminal feminist shield-basher aims to raise funds for V-Day (for Victory and Valentine as well as vagina) – the activist movement to stop violence against...
View ArticleAmok Mama: Flirting as a Kampfsport
Jacinta Nandi can't actually be bothered to read all of the Aufschrei articles. But she knows whose side she's on. Probably.
View ArticleMiss No Missy
Missy Magazine hosts a night of high-powered girl power. Sharp electro guitar outfit Kool Thing lay out the welcome mat for Peaches-endorsed multi-tasker Simonne Jones and her brand of sweet-voiced and...
View ArticleThe Riot act
The Lange Nacht des Filmfestivals will offer up a sampling of Berlin's film festivals on August 17, including a documentary look at balaclava-bearing spitfires Pussy Riot and their ill-fated clash with...
View ArticleAmok Mama: There is a cure for menstrual envy
Jacinta Nandi says there is a cure for menstrual envy. And it involves muffins.
View ArticleTopless thrill-seekers or gutsy feminists?
INTERVIEW. Last weekend the scene-stealing FEMEN returned to the spotlight with an action against Berlin's incredibly strange March for Life. Here two Berlin members hold forth on the male gaze, the...
View ArticleRuth Schneider: The March for Life vs. FEMEN
The weekend was not all about elections or art fairs. The pro-lifers marched through Berlin as well. And for that you can count on Berlin's FEMEN girls to crash the "party" and make a real freak show.
View ArticleAmok Mama: On the genetic unfunniness of women
Women might not be as funny as men, says Jacinta Nandi, but they're also not as unfunny as men want them to be.
View ArticleAmok Mama: Germansplaining
Jacinta Nandi loves it when German men explain things to her.
View ArticleAmok Mama: (Why) do I want to shave?
Is Jacinta Nandi voting for Bush? Our Amok Mama contemplates all the repercussions in the ongoing southern landscaping debate.
View ArticleAmok Mama: Buy me a drink
Think you're a bad feminist, Paris Lees? The Aufschrei made ME feel jealous!
View ArticleSeymour Gris: My Frauenkampftag
This Saturday was "Women's Day of Battle" and our in-house middle-aged heterosexual white male wanted to check it out. The "morning-after pill" seemed to be the big issue of the day.
View ArticleKonrad Werner: What's the point of the AfD?
Germany's newest political party are aiming for an elusive niche – the reasonable nutter.
View ArticleOpening: Feminist Conqueerors: A Playground by Coven Berlin
Cybersex memory cards, a waxing station, and an unofficial Cosmo magazine-themed dating booth open the night, which will feature DJs and drinks. Following, Coven and Kleiner Salon are hosting nine days...
View ArticleAmok Mama: Gentlemanly behaviour
It probably is a bit anti-feminist when men open doors for you and stuff, but Jacinta's got such bad manners she never even notices.
View ArticleA few questions for... Meredith Graves of Perfect Pussy
INTERVIEW. Perfect Pussy has been hailed as the next generation of noise-punk, coming out the winner of this year’s SXSW. The personal becomes political on Tuesday, August 5 at Berghain Kantine.
View ArticleJohn Riceburg: I don't have a womb and even I'm pissed off!
Reproductive rights in Germany are not as far developed as you might think. Even womb-less people should be angry.
View ArticleExpatriarch Generations #2
For the second edition of Expatriarch Generations, veteran Peaches selects newcomer Ziúr, who will do a live set presenting her dark dancefloor tendencies. Peaches will DJ along with Ellen Allien,...
View ArticleTop work at the PornFilmFestival
INTERVIEW. There's a show of feminine strength at this year's PornFilmFestival (Oct 22-26 at Moviemento), with director Tatjana Turanskyj part of the milieu. Her film Top Girl explores feminist issues...
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