Trigger Warning: Sexualized violence & rape For me, as probably for many of you as well, the past week was a very exhausting week to be on social media. Not only were the news of Sarah Everard’s disappearance and murder devastating. But the constant accounts of the omnipresent sexualized violence and the reaction of misogynist…
Book Review: This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein
How do I write a review for this book? It seems impossible to me to sum up what I think about it and how it made me feel. Typing these words feels like a lousy attempt to make up for my lack of words to describe the intelligence, the power, the brilliance, the fear and…
Book Review: Ministerium der Träume by Hengameh Yaghoobifarah
Wow, what a novel! I pre ordered Hengameh Yaghoobifarah’s debut novel “Ministerium der Träume” (Ministry of Dreams) because I was so excited to read this book and it didn’t disappoint me one bit. “Ministerium der Träume” is about Nas, a bouncer at a queer bar, whose sister Nushin died in a car crash. A grieving…
Book Review: Destined to Witness by Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi
I retrieved “Destined to Witness” by Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi at my little neighbourhood library last autumn. But it’s been unread until this month. I thought Black History month would be a good opportunity to finally read this book and learn more about a part of Afro-German history I didn’t know anything about: The lives of Black…
Book Review: I’m Every Woman by Liv Strömquist
As you know I’m a huge fan of Liv Strömquist’s graphic novels. They are interesting, educational, humorous and very feminist. So I had high expectations for “I’m every woman”, the third graphic novel by her that I read. It was all what I wanted it to be. It was interesting, educational, humorous and feminist. But…
Book Review: Gegenwartsbewältigung by Max Czollek
“Gegenwartsbewältigung” (Dealing with the present) by Max Czollek was the first book I read this year and the first book written by a man that I’ve read since 2019. The book is an amazing nonfiction work on German culture, literature and politics since 1945 that does away with Leitkultur, Gedächtnistheater and angeblicher Entnazifizierung (my lousy…