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A Poetic Hurricane
Art + Stories
Opinions

A Poetic Hurricane

The American poet Amanda Gorman recently made headlines with her poem at Joe Biden’s inauguration. Her work promises an exciting future.
Bartosz Wójcik
The Peace Pilgrim
Art + Stories
Experiences

The Peace Pilgrim

For almost three decades Mildred Norman – better known as Peace Pilgrim – walked continuously around the Americas. What spurred her spiritual awakening?
Ewa Pluta
The Body and Its Trace
Art + Stories
Experiences

The Body and Its Trace

The work of the Cuban-American performance artist Ana Mendieta still resonates today, more than three decades after her untimely death.
Marta Ziółek
Study Finds Matriarchal Societies Are Good For Women’s Health
World + People, Art + Stories
Dreams and Visions, Fiction

Study Finds Matriarchal Societies Are Good For Women’s Health

A study of the Mosuo women, known for their matriarchy, suggests that gender roles can influence our health outcomes.
Scotty Hendricks
The Queen of Backyard Games
Art + Stories
Experiences

The Queen of Backyard Games

What does it mean to be a witch in 21st-century Europe? Our new cross-border reportage tries to answer this question by looking for the granddaughters of the witches that Europe was never able to burn. The heroes of the final part include the Kraków-based artist and activist Cecylia Malik.
Ada Petriczko
The Age of the Roma Witch
Soul + Body
Good Mood

The Age of the Roma Witch

What does it mean to be a witch in 21st-century Europe? Our new cross-border reportage tries to answer this question by looking for the granddaughters of the witches that Europe was never able to burn. The heroes of the third part include the fortune-telling Roma witches of Romania.
Ana Maria Luca
There were no Witches, only Women
Soul + Body
Good Mood

There were no Witches, only Women

What does it mean to be a witch in 21st-century Europe? Our cross-border reportage tries to answer this question by looking for the granddaughters of the witches that Europe was never able to burn. The heroes of this part include the descendants of those persecuted during the Basque trials.
Ana Maria Luca
I Just Pray
Art + Stories
Experiences

I Just Pray

What does it mean to be a witch in 21st-century Europe? Our new cross-border reportage tries to answer this question by looking for the granddaughters of the witches that Europe was never able to burn. The heroes of the first part include village healers from North-Eastern Poland.
Ada Petriczko
The Power of Literature
Art + Stories
Experiences

The Power of Literature

Radka Denemarková talks about feminism, exclusion, and the role of women in her novels “A Contribution to the History of Joy” and “Kobold”.
Anita Musioł
A Fragile Autumn and Restless Hummingbirds
Art + Stories
Fiction

A Fragile Autumn and Restless Hummingbirds

In this excerpt from Czech writer Radka Denemarková’s novel “A Contribution to the History of Joy”, we join a policeman as he investigates the scene of the death of a wealthy businessman in Prague. The facts suggest a suicide, but not all is as it seems...
Radka Denemarková