The Diary as Feminist Genre: Exploring the Dark Side of Teenage Girlhood
The Diary as Feminist Genre: Exploring the Dark Side of Teenage Girlhood
Sunday 7 May 2023
Sunday 7 May 2023
In LAB111
Doors: 13:45, Main programme: 14:00
- Program is seated only
There are only two kinds of teenage girls: the pretty and sweet ones, and the dark and vicious ones. Every teenage girl has to pledge allegiance to a side, and there is no better example of the allure of the dark side than the witch. In the Hollywood classic The Craft (1996) four girls are about to discover their dark sides. As a coven they counter their daily struggles, until their power becomes so strong, it turns against them.
In this workshop we use the tools of diary-writing, of exploring the special in the everyday and delving into personal memories, to wonder how the figure of the witch shows up in our lives. The camp, over-the-top role of the witch in The Craft is used to explore the belief systems of teenage girlhood.
The Craft is part of the Witch Way Now film program and will be screened at LAB111. Tickets for this screening are available here.
About The Diary as Feminist Genre
Adrienne Rich refers to the diary as “that profoundly female, and feminist genre,” for the diary, like feminism, questions and makes connections between previously hidden aspects of life. The diary as feminist genre is a series of writing workshops developed by Emma van Meyeren and Read My World to collectively question the relationships between genre and gender.
About Emma van Meyeren
Emma van Meyeren is a writer based in Amsterdam. In 2020 her collection of essays Ook ik ben stukgewaaid was published. She was nominated for the Prijs voor de Jonge Kunstkritiek in 2022. She is a PhD student at Leiden University, where she researches experiments in the prose of Astrid Roemer. She is an editor at Read My World and Perdu.
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Witch Way Now?
Witch Way Now? is a multidisciplinary film program from May 1st until June 23rd in collaboration with LAB111. A spellbinding program all about witches and witchcraft with films, talks, music, performances and more.
Witch Way Now?
Trailer by Tom Ooms
How to get to LAB111
LAB111 is a film theatre and restaurant located on Arie Biemondstraat in the Kinkerbuurt in Amsterdam-West. By public transport LAB111 can be reached via Tram 1 and 11 to stop Jan Pieter Heijestraat (5 min walk), tram 3 to stop Overtoom (8 min walk) and tram 7 or 17 to stop Ten Katestraat (5 min walk). Coming by car? Monday to Sunday, you pay six euros per hour from 9:00 (Sunday from 12:00) to 24:00.
Accessibility:
Due to the many stairs in the listed building, LAB111 is unfortunately difficult to access for wheelchair users. There is no lift in the building.