Forum: Feminism & Pop Culture
With the feminist exchange forum, Marie Ruß and Julia Höhndorf launched an event format at the IZfG in summer semester 2023 that focuses on pop cultural phenomena of the 21st century.
In the forum, we discuss everything to do with feminism and pop culture. We want to talk to you about television series, films, music, novels, non-fiction books, trends and current debates.
The topics for each event are chosen democratically. Suggestions and individual ideas are always welcome!
Our get-togethers also offer a good opportunity to find topics or present coursework essays and bachelor's or master's dissertations.
Joint activities such as cinema evenings and more are also possible.
Before visiting the forum for the first time, please register by sending an email to izentrum@uni-greifswald.de.
Our forum is aimed at anyone who would like to engage with intersectional feminism!
recap - what has happened so far...
The feminist exchange forum started in summer semester 2023 with a total of three sessions. In each session, we discussed a topic that had been determined collectively in advance. In one session, for example, we discussed the video game Hogwarts Legacy and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter universe in general in light of its recent release. In a follow-up session, we then discussed various fantasy(ies) with the question of what formats already exist and what we would expect from various fantasy(ies). Finally, in the hear of summer, we discussed Barbie on the occasion of its cinema premiere. We watched the film together at the cinema.
In winter semester 2023/24, we discussed the following pop culture phenomena in a total of four sessions of the feminist exchange forum: We looked at toxic relationships in film and literature. (Specifically with Colleen Hoover's "it ends with us", Lilian Fishman's "Acts of service" and Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series). In a second session, the queer-feminist science fiction and fantasy magazine "Queer*Welten" introduced itself with a visit from co-editor Lena Richter. In another session, we discussed “feminist horror”, focussing on Sophia Takal's “Black Christmas”. In winter semester's final session, we turned our attention to the representation of witches and their feminist potential.