Votiko | The Greatest Plague Known to Mankind | By Paul Levy | Translated by Yasmin Bergner
“Wetiko” is a concept originating from the Cree tribe in North America, a word expressing a psychological disease affecting human behavior that is destructive to itself. Our collective human psychosis. Wetiko – The Greatest Epidemic Known to Humanity – by Paul Levy Translated from English: Yasmine Bergner Opening image: Bouguereau, Dante and Virgil in Hell, […]
What’s Up with Men? The Mother’s Wound as the Missing Link in Understanding Misogyny | Bethany Webster | From English: Yasmin Bergner
כמובן! הנה המאמר שלך מתורגם לאנגלית, תוך שמירה מלאה על ה-HTML, המבנה והקודים: “`html In the midst of a brave wave of women exposing documentation of sexual harassment in various industries, many of us, women and men alike, are beginning to grasp the breadth of this reality of rampant misogyny. As a culture, we must […]
The Murder of the Philosopher Hypatia and the History of Misogyny | By Yasmin Bergner
In the spring of 415 AD, a pagan noblewoman stepped out of the lecture hall connected to the Great Library of Alexandria and called for her carriage to take her home. Many educated pagan women enjoyed high social and academic status at that time, but Hypatia was one of the few who traveled independently in […]
Mark of Shame and Symbol of Protection By Yasmine Bergner
The act of marking is a primary means of their segregation, ostracism, expropriation, humiliation, and sometimes elimination of the marked. These days, a fascinating exhibition curated by Chaim Maor (curator of the university galleries) in collaboration with students from the curation course, titled “Portraits of Cain – Representations of Others in Contemporary Israeli Art,” is […]
Body Decoration and Tattoos in Africa and the Middle East | By Yasmine Bergner
Historical Overview Opening Image: Tattooed slaves on a wall in the Temple of Seti I, Egypt, relief. Drawing: Yasmine Bergner The practice of body adornment may date back as far as 100,000 years ago, or even earlier. Shells and bone tools discovered in [1] Blombos Cave (today in the region of South Africa) were found […]
