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About Fanitsa Petrou
I am painter / designer / illustrator / calligrapher / writer. In this blog, I will be posting articles about current political / social events, pop culture seen through the eyes of a feminist, as well as book / cinema / music, TV reviews.
Writing is a time consuming, soul-searching, gut-wrenching (and even costly) kind of work. This place is free from censorship, commercial or political interference and the interruption of repetitive ads and pop ups. Keeping a blog that is not attached to big corporations and news portals, and which by choice does not display ads of the "sensational" variety (that relate to sex, dating, politics, the big pharma, or fortune telling) that bring clicks and profits, is not an easy undertaking.
If any article has made you think, revealed a new perspective, or has caused you to smile, show it by sharing on Social Media, or by donating via Paypal. Your donation will be anonymous, (unless you choose to give your email), so that you will be certain that you won't be added to any lists without your consent. But feel free to drop me a line and make yourself known (email: fanitsa@spidernet.net)
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I am painter / designer / illustrator / calligrapher / writer. In this blog, I will be posting articles about current political / social events, pop culture seen through the eyes of a feminist, as well as book / cinema / music, TV reviews.
Writing is a time consuming, soul-searching, gut-wrenching (and even costly) kind of work. This place is free from censorship, commercial or political interference and the interruption of repetitive ads and pop ups. Keeping a blog that is not attached to big corporations and news portals, and which by choice does not display ads of the "sensational" variety (that relate to sex, dating, politics, the big pharma, or fortune telling) that bring clicks and profits, is not an easy undertaking.
If any article has made you think, revealed a new perspective, or has caused you to smile, show it by sharing on Social Media, or by donating via Paypal. Your donation will be anonymous, (unless you choose to give your email), so that you will be certain that you won't be added to any lists without your consent. But feel free to drop me a line and make yourself known (email: fanitsa@spidernet.net)
Check out my Art here: www.fanitsa-petrou.com
Join my facebook feminist group: www.facebook.com/groups/FemaleMatters/
"...Even if we were to (somehow miraculously) fail to see their male bodies, we see their male privilege, their male misogyny, their male propensity to use violence – or at the very least the threat of it - against us. To prioritize their own needs, to elbow us aside, to speak over us, to violate […]
"...we can no longer say “I’m a woman” any more, without that not being offensive to the men who have officially appropriated the term. When however, in order to denigrate us, they call us “bleeders”, “egg producers”, “menstruators”, “vulva owners”, “cervix havers”, “birthing bodies”, “chest feeders”, “people with vaginas”, “pregnant people” and “non-men”, because the […]
Art & Words by Fanitsa Petrou By regressing into earlier expressions of womanhood that denounce feminism as aggressive and “unfeminine” and a form of misandry, and above all, by fetishising marriage and pregnancy, women are kept locked inside that cruel … Continue reading →
Art & Words by Fanitsa Petrou Patriarchy glorifies marriage and parenthood only in reference to women, in order to JUSTIFY the sacrifice that is required of them in both. Men’ s worth as human beings is never seen as being … Continue reading →
Art & Words by Fanitsa Petrou – Marriage, is for men – despite popular believe of the opposite – a pretty cushioned deal. Regardless of their age, most men expect to be “taken care of” by females (mothers, wives, daughters) for … Continue reading →
Thoughts on Social Distancing and the Coronavirus Pandemic – Part III “…We are being infantilized, we are becoming needy children in need of constant feedback. And we are being told the lie that all of it is free. That we are … Continue reading →
Thoughts on Social Distancing and the Coronavirus Pandemic – Part II “…Most of us have a long way to go before we need to start fighting in the streets for a can of expired sardines. Until then, we need to … Continue reading →
Thoughts on Social Distancing and the Coronavirus Pandemic – Part I “…just me and my dog wandering the night streets like Will Smith in I am Legend... In the meantime, “Murder Hornets” have invaded the US. I’m guessing the biblical locusts … Continue reading →
A Review of the TV show “The Crown” (Includes Spoilers) Art & Words by Fanitsa Petrou. In the first scene of the first episode, Olivia Colman as the Queen, is asked to inspect a stamp with her profile. “A great … Continue reading →
Art & Words, by Fanitsa Petrou “… They are nothing more than props. Interchangeable, nameless, faceless orifices that men enter at their convenience, because they’ve paid the price – in coins not connection. They are décor. Part of the scenery. … Continue reading →
But then again, it stays true to the spirit of the show to fail female characters and to dehumanise and debase powerful women. So the show built Daenerys up for seven and a half seasons as the liberator of slaves, as a courageous and independent spirit who wanted to “break the wheel” and then turn […]
this is a movie that understands women. That understands for example that deep down inside, it’s NOT about men! (Someone ought to alert the male screenwriters / directors / producers, already!) And that sometimes, all you need from life, is to sing “Eternal Flame” with your best friends, while wearing your “best muumuu”. Continue reading […]
"...Γι αυτό κι ο θύτης εστίασε τη θηριωδία του σε γυναίκες χωρίς φωνή, που ήξερε πως κανένας δε θα τις γυρέψει, να νοιαστεί, να σηκώσει θύελλες, να ξυπνήσει βουλευτές, υπουργούς και κομματάρχες για το χαμό τους. Γυναίκες που υπάρχουν στα κράσπεδα της κοινωνίας μας. Αθόρυβες, περιφρονημένες ήδη απ’ολους. Αόρατες σχεδόν. Χωρίς δικαιώματα. Απ’όλους ξεχασμένες. Όσοι […]
Rituals and Rings That Old Marriage Trap – Part 3 (Art & Words by Fanitsa Petrou) Maybe those marriages wouldn’ t have lasted for so long, if the little grandmothers had a little money in their name… Love, romance, sex, … Continue reading →
The same goes for the rest of us. We do need to stop allowing our looks and age to define us! We need to step up and face the mirror! Ageing is a tough deal I get it. You do … Continue reading →
The Woman in the Mirror – “Ageing is Not For Sissies” – Part II – Art & Words by Fanitsa Petrou … In this era of proud porn watchers, public masturbators, outed sadists, and closeted pedophiles, it is heterosexual women who … Continue reading →
Beauty Works “Ageing is Not For Sissies” – Part I Art & Words by Fanitsa Petrou Digital artists are recruited in order to eliminate such “flaws” from actresses, keeping that face “bankable” and the illusion (and everyday women’s self-loathing) perpetually … Continue reading →
Wedding Gowns & Lies. That Old Marriage Trap – Part 2 by Fanitsa Petrou In the words of Cruella de Vil: “We lose more women to marriage than war, famine, and disease!” Isn’t it interesting that in pop culture, whenever we … Continue reading →
A Saviour & Protector That Old Marriage Trap – Part 1 Art & words by Fanitsa Petrou Thoughts of wedding gowns will attack their brain like a virus that spreads everywhere, erasing all non-family related dreams, wiping out all … Continue reading →
I invite you all to join a Facebook group I have created: “Female Matters. Females Matter!” https://www.facebook.com/groups/FemaleMatters that is connected to this blog, and much like it, it aspires to examine pop culture seen through the eyes of feminism, and to promote Women’s Rights … Continue reading →
