What does the colour black make you think of? Sadness? Mourning? How about power, rebellion, coolness, solidarity? In this episode of podcast series Orders in Decay, Ala Lysik discovers how women campaigning for the right to abortion in Poland have used the colour black to fuel their fight.
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Producer/Presenter: Ala Lysik
Women marching in the Black Protests in Poland – photography by Grzegorz Żukowski
Further Reading
- Black Monday: Polish women strike against abortion ban
- The Black Protests have changed Poland
- The Abortion Protests in Poland Are Starting to Feel Like a Revolution
- Black Protests in Poland: Women’s Strike or Objection Towards the Government?
- #BlackProtest from the web to the streets and back: Feminist digital activism in Poland and narrative potential of the hashtag
- The symbols of Poland’s abortion protests explained
- Why Poland’s ‘Black Protest’ could be a potential game changer
Click here for an extensive reading list.
Read more:
- Abortion Without Borders: Feminists across Europe unite against Poland’s restrictive laws
- 11 feminist podcasts that celebrate women’s voices
- Freedom of assembly in Bosnia and Herzegovina: An actual right or still just a demand?
All photography by Grzegorz Żukowski.
