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Goddess O’Keeffe
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Experiences

Goddess O’Keeffe

Georgia O’Keeffe – the first lady of the American avant-garde, the mother of American painting – deserves her place in the pantheon of women whose art made history.
Julia Fiedorczuk
An Archaeologist and a Citizen
World + People
Dreams and Visions

An Archaeologist and a Citizen

Iranian archaeologist and academic Leila Papoli-Yazdi talks about being a female archaeologist in Iran, the history of Polish refugees in Persia, and learning about taboo sexualities by excavating ruins.
Aleksandra Lipczak
Our Favourite Films by Female Directors from the ‘New East’
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Opinions

Our Favourite Films by Female Directors from the ‘New East’

As we reach the end of the 2010s, “Przekrój” looks back on our favourites of the last decade. Here, we give a subjective overview of the best films directed by women from Central and Eastern Europe.
Agata Pyzik
An Introduction to Anna Świrszczyńska’s Two Poems
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Opinions

An Introduction to Anna Świrszczyńska’s Two Poems

The poetry of Anna Świrszczyńska – who practiced her art in communist Poland – is all the more remarkable for its unabashed and serious representation of femininity.
Julia Fiedorczuk
A Witch in Princess’s Robes
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Opinions

A Witch in Princess’s Robes

French essayist and writer Mona Chollet talks about the history of witch hunts, how society is still patriarchal and oppressive, and why we need to convince women of their own value.
Paulina Małochleb
Reaching Out to the Stars
World + People
Science

Reaching Out to the Stars

In 1847, Maria Mitchell became the first American woman astronomer to discover a comet. Alongside her love for the stars, she was a passionate campaigner for gender equality in the sciences.
Julia Fiedorczuk
Jocelyn and the Stars
World + People
Science

Jocelyn and the Stars

In 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered pulsars. Seven years later, her supervisor was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for this groundbreaking discovery, but Bell’s name was nowhere to be found. We tell her story.
Łukasz Kaniewski
When Women Had the Field
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Experiences

When Women Had the Field

Women’s football thrived at British filling factories during World War I, attracting incredible crowds. Yet a few years after the war, women were banned from playing the sport.
Piotr Żelazny
Women Who Know
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Experiences

Women Who Know

The Kashubia region in northern Poland is home to the country’s last generation of witches. These women use their powers to cure and help people, as the grand-niece of one such witch finds out.
Stasia Budzisz
The Woes of Pope Frances
Art + Stories
Fiction

The Woes of Pope Frances

We present you with an alternative history of the Roman Catholic Church led by a woman, Pope Frances.
Adam Węgłowski