women
Porn director Erika Lust: 'I felt uncomfortable like all women when they're watching porn'
In her native Stockholm Erika Hallqvist was a politics student who pondered why the porn industry wasn't more feminist. Today the 34-year-old award-winning writer, director, producer and mother-of-two is based in Barcelona and successfully rebelling against gender cliches with her 'new indie adult movies' - making 'love, not porn'
Georgia fashion week 2011: open to Europe
Between 13-16 October, Tbilisi will be all blitz and glamour instead of rockets: designers, buyers, models and fashion hype gather in the Georgian capital for the second edition of fashion week
women, georgia, michail saakaschwili , london, mikheil saakashvili, caucasus, culture calendar
Croatian writer Olja Savicevic: 'We have never lived in a normal society'
The writer from Split, 36, recently published her debut novel 'Goodbye Cowboys' in German. Her award-winning short stories and poetry have been translated in over ten languages. We talk war, youth and why she one day hopes to speak about the 'tragedy' of her family 'more openly'
women, balkans, orient express, split, writers, culture, war
Zagreb’s Miss Independents
The higher educated woman in Zagreb is close to the 'western model' of female independence. In the Croatian capital a Serbian journalist meet feminists, students, musicians and actresses who she says are moving away from the ‘traditional’ – at least from a Balkan perspective
women, feminism, balkans, zagreb, youth, croatia, university
cafebabel.com blogs: Brussels base for European geek girls
They are lobbyists, consultants, functionaires, geeks of every age and industry who work in the European bubble. They buzz around the same bubble but never meet. When they do, the meeting is not an occasion for small talk, but for networking
International Women's Day: no way we're reading a book by a woman
Gloria Steinem once declared that while the truth may set you free, 'first it will piss you off.' 8 March marks International Women’s Day, a day on which women around the world (but mostly around Europe and North America) are celebrating the fact that we are now more equal than ever before. It’s also a perfect day for getting pissed off at how much we have left to accomplish - take literature, for example
women, literature, international women's day, lucía etxebarría, books, virginie despentes, culture
Lech Garlicki on judging Europe’s religious fabric
The Polish jurist, who has been a judge at the European court of human rights since 2002, on religious symbols in schools, the burka, security and the status of women
women, france, discrimination, poland, human rights, religion and democracy, law
Dominika Nowak: 'I want to stay unusual, even if I've had to become more commercial'
The designer untames convention with her 'Nunc' shoes, insisting that her furry fabric fantasies are made to be adapted to daily life. We discuss Paris-Krakow, fashion uglies and what it's like to go it alone as a one-woman brand at 27
women, paris, france, poland, emancipation, fashion, business
Le Corps Mince de Francoise: 'fuck off saying we’re trendy. We sing about what we are'
The trio hail from Helsinki, record in Berlin and are managed in the UK. We meet in Paris to dissect their pan-European wanderings and find out why exactly they diss boys and Finland so much in their screamy surface pop-experimental sound
women, industry, feminism, berlin, london, blogs, culture calendar
Why Turkish band Kim Ki O can't break Europe
The Swedish pop elite love them, but EU bureaucracy is preventing Ekin Sanac and Berna Göl from breaking Europe. In Istanbul, music is an unstable bridge between east and west. Part one of a special feature
women, visa, education, education system, europop, member states, kim ki o
FrauTV, Emma: women top the media tower in Cologne
Over a third of German national TV programmes are produced in Cologne. Alongside the eight channels based on the banks of the Rhine, in ‘media city’, are the offices of the young, resolutely feminist FrauTV and the militant magazine Emma
women, feminism, television channel, european media, gender equality, cities, men and women
Europe’s ‘women drivers’
Women in the EU enjoy cheaper car insurance than men, because they take less risks. So what of these sexist clichés about how they drive? Round-up of cliches ranging from Russia to Spain. Weekly tour of Europe's expressions
Alison Smale: 'by learning languages I could escape the boring life I had been living as a child in England'
The former German and Politics student at Bristol university is the first woman to lead the Paris-based International Herald Tribune. The multilingual managing editor talks European elections, languages and journalism
women, paris, copenhagen, stampa, barack obama, journalism, freedom of expression
Europe's 'cyberella' girls to get more IT skills
The European commission is sticking to its pledge to promote information and communication technologies (ICT) among females. Its latest move on 3 March was to oversee the signing of a code of best practices for women and ICT by five major companies, including Motorola and Microsoft
women, information, technology, skills, viviane reding, euweek, media
Miss Marion: the French burlesque star will 'tease you until you die'
The 32-year-old from Normandy performs a 'slowed-down' version of burlesque. A dance historically popular in eras of depression, her latest show updates the genre, combining nipple tassels and an iPhone - an accessible escape for Europeans in recession
women, economical crisis, feminism, paris, sex, dance, france
Iva Bittová: ‘Czech politicians only think about becoming famous’
But the violinist, singer and actress loves Obama. Daughter of a Slovak mother and Moravian father, she recently moved to New York from the Czech Republic. At fifty, she embodies a type of music which is sophisticated, warm and popular
women, folk music, new york, repubblica ceca, brunch, culture, music
The Turkish theologist who stopped wearing the headscarf
Her sisters thinks she’s ill and will ‘get better’ one day, her mother is upset, whilst her father calls her his most clever daughter, insisting she did the ‘right thing’ three years ago. Nuriye Duran- Özsoy’s story
women, university, headscarf, religion, rixos hotel , theologist, justice and development party
