Reading
Unversehrt. Frauen und Schmerz.
13 Jun, 2025, 8.15 PM @ Atelier Gardens
Event language: German
A man is given painkillers. A woman? Something to calm her nerves. This everyday scene reveals a deeper system failure: Female pain is not only underestimated – it’s systematically dismissed. Despite being more often affected by violence, chronic illness, or menstrual disorders, women are still met with silence, sedation, or skepticism.
This reading is a powerful call to awareness and justice. It asks tough questions, breaks taboos, and demands that female pain be acknowledged for what it truly is: real, physical, and political.
Program Info
Live Reading
Guest
Eva Biringer
Eva Biringer is a freelance writer who contributes to Die Zeit, Welt am Sonntag, Der Standard, Merian, Berliner Zeitung, and Salon, focusing on style and cultural topics. Her books Unabhängig. Vom Trinken und Loslassen and Unversehrt. Frauen und Schmerz were published by Harper Collins. She divides her time between Vienna and Berlin.
Moderation
Nadia Shehadeh
Nadia Shehadeh is a sociologist and author based in Bielefeld. In 2023, her first book "Anti-Girlboss – Den Kapitalismus vom Sofa aus bekämpfen" was published by Ullstein, in which she declared the sofa a feminist battleground. She writes the monthly column "Pop-Richtfest" for nd.aktuell, contributes regularly to Missy Magazine, and also works as a freelance author for Deutschlandfunk. In 2022, the anthology "Ist gut jetzt" was published by Edition Assemblage, featuring a selection of her texts
Media in this event
A man is given painkillers. A woman? Something to soothe her nerves. Women’s pain is dismissed, ignored, minimized—despite the fact that women suffer more, are hurt more often, and live with chronic pain. It's time to change this—time to turn pain into power.
