Aktivisti, pisci, mislioci, slavne zvezde, žene i ljudi okupiće se 14.2.2013. širom sveta da osude, i zahtevaju prestanak nasilja nad ženama. I Beograd postaje deo "One Billion Rising" revolucije, pod sloganom "Protestuj, igraj, ustani!", jer će se 14.2.2013. u 14h pridružiti borbi protiv sramnog nasilja nad ženama, i zahtevati da ono prestane odmah, simbolično, zajedničkom igrom (plesom) kao u svim drugim delovima sveta, od Afganistana do Australije, od SAD do Perua, od Južne Afrike do Velike Britanije.
"Dancing insists we take up space. It has no set direction but we go there together. It's dangerous, joyous, sexual, holy, disruptive. It breaks the rules. It can happen anywhere at anytime with anyone and everyone. It's free. No corporation can control it. It joins us and pushes us to go further. It's contagious and it spreads quickly. It's of the body. It's transcendent." - rekla je Eve Ensler, koja je aktivno učestvovala u ustanovljavanju V-day, pre 15 godina.
Mito, 'oćeš ti mene još tući, il' da se ja češljam? - Ovu stravičnu, skoro nestvarnu rečenicu izgovorila je jedna žena, u drugoj polovini dvadesetog veka, tu, blizu, oko nas, u jednom bačkom selu. Da nije tragično, bilo bi smešno, prosto je neverovatno. O ovoj ženi, i o tome šta se dešavalo kod nas, u komšiluku, pričala je još moja predobra baba, nama unukama za nauk, oprez i zavet, da se zlo i nasilje nikad neće trpeti. Ali, nasilje se odvija i dalje nesmanjenom žestinom, kao dokaz velike sramote i beščašća.
Nasilnici neće sami od sebe prestati da čine nasilje. Pogotovo ako ste saučesnica u tom zlodelu, ćuteći, ili postavljajući ovakva pitanja kao ovo gore, sviknuti na bol. Ništa ne vredi, dok ona nad kojom se nasilje vrši, žrtva nasilnika ne kaže - Ne! Dosta je bilo!
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Mama, please tell me...
Mama, are girls born bad?
Mama, what is the meaning of a loose woman?
Does that mean there are loose men as well?
Mama, do you have boy sluts in this world?
Does that mean that only girls are bad?
Mama, why did Jimmy call John a cunt?
Is John a girl?
Mama, why does a girl always have to be thin to be pretty?
Has God given boys an exempt card?
Mama, why do you call her a bitch?
Are all female dogs bad?
Mama, why do big men call women chick? Or babe?
Are all women younger than men?
Mama what is gender equality?
Does it mean I have to be like a boy?
Mama, is God a boy’s name?
Mama, are girls born bad?
Mama, are you proud to be a girl?
Heshani Sothiraj Eddleston,
Sri Lanka (Heshani je sada u Edinburgu)
Iz nekog razloga ne mogu da postavim klipove, (majstor Mileee!?), pa evo linkova:
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