Lazy Women

16/07/2024

We are halfway through this hot hot lazy summer! Whether you spend your days in the city or chilling by the pool, take our fresh Lazy July Playlist with you 🍓☁️

🪩 Curated by the Lazy Team, this month, we are featuring independent voices from Thailand, France, Japan, Norway and more!

🎶 And how does your summer sound like?

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15/07/2024

🎙5 Must-Listen Podcasts by Migrant Women

We're back after a week of planning, and we've curated a must-listen list of podcasts produced by inspiring migrant women. Tune in now!

Immerse yourself in the authentic narratives of migrant women as they share their stories on identity, belonging, and so much more.

These podcasts offer unique perspectives that will inspire and enlighten you.

🎧 Featured Podcasts:







🔗 Click the link in the link to start to listen: https://migrantwomenpress.com/2024/07/15/5-podcasts-produced-by-migrant-women-you-should-listen-to/

09/07/2024

Good and bad migrants – a narrative steeped in xenophobia.

✍️🇬🇧In the new article, our Lazy .bucak takes a deep dive into UK’s Elections and the experience of a “good migrant”, looking at the consequences that Starmer’s win could have for UK’s immigration policy.

👷‍♀️Is there any hope in Labour under Starmer?
🇫🇷 Does France provide an example of the effects of playing into the hands of the far right?
😳 Have you watched the narrative of “othering” play out in your own country?

What do you think, lazies? 🤔 share your experience and check out the full article!

🔗 in bio to the full piece.

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01/07/2024

At Lazy Women, we have firsthand experience of what it truly means to be governed by a party that prioritizes national “order” and “patriotism” as core values.

Through our “Making it in Western Europe” podcast series, we have seen how many young women have been forced to flee to the West, away from countries where the far-right allies of Bardella have either risen to power or gained popularity, threatening their hard-won rights and freedoms.

Taking a quick look into RN’s historical positions and its voting behavior, the situation becomes painfully clear: a far-right government led by Jordan Bardella as French Prime Minister would pose an undeniable threat to women, marginalized groups, and immigrant minorities not only in France but all over Europe. Here's why 👇

The risk of a far-right victory more likely than ever. Here's why this should matter to the women of Eastern Europe.

27/06/2024

🇫🇷 The viable risk of France’s far-right rising to power is a wake-up call for the whole of Europe.

✍️In the new piece our lazy Frosso recaps the Rassemblement National (RN) popularity revival, extreme rhetoric, and influence in the EU and Eastern Europe.

🫥Turns out, Jordan Bardella’s surge in popularity was largely driven by WOMEN, with more than 30% of them voting for the RN party.

🔗 Check out the full piece https://lazywomen.com/desk/frances-far-right-risk-a-wake-up-call-for-eastern-europe/
..and help us understand 👉

🗯What is the motivation behind women’s support for RN?
🗯Who are RN’s allies in Eastern Europe?
🗯What’s the RN's potential influence in the EU?

The risk of a far-right victory more likely than ever. Here's why this should matter to the women of Eastern Europe.

13/06/2024

🗳️🇪🇺 The missing highlights of the hashtag 2024 Elections in Central and Eastern Europe.

📰 As mainstream media focuses on major (bad) news of EU elections in the West, our Lazy Effrosyni Papanastasiou gathers some less-covered outcomes in Central and Eastern Europe.

💭 What topics do you wish were more prominent in mainstream news on EU Elections?
💭 What factors are influencing such low voter turnout?
💭 Do any of the newcomers have the potential to tackle the resurgence of the far-right in the region?

🔍 And most importantly, what do we do next?

Share your thoughts in the comments below🌟 And spread the word to keep women's, LGBTQIAP+’s, and marginalised groups’ rights on top of the agenda!✊

15/05/2024

✍ Delve into Episode 5 of “Making It in Western Europe” with Eloise‘s captivating piece and PodTalk recap.

📖 Fleeing the Bosnian war to Italy in the ‘90s, Aida’s journey explores childhood trauma, displacement, and the echoes they leave behind. ❤️‍🩹How does one rebuild, reconnect, and find belonging and solidarity amidst adversity?

🎧 Listen to the Episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6FqJJecE38HFazm7ACFgAP?si=xv3yMHwqTLaigrsxeyvJ1Q
🔗 Read the full piece on our website: https://lazywomen.com/desk/fleeing-bosnia-and-integrating-into-italian-society/

09/05/2024

🎒🗺️ From Moscow Detention to the French capital.

Inspired by the podcast episode and article by Selin Bucak, we asked Julie to share more insights into what it means to hold a Russian passport in the ‘West’.

Swipe for bonus quotes 👉 and read the full piece on the website: https://lazywomen.com/desk/leaving-moscow-from-detention-to-beauty-standards-in-france/

💬 What are the misconceptions that she encountered? Are the people leaving Russia opportunists or refugees? How to find new belonging in France?

07/05/2024

💌 🤩 In this monthly : Talent, Hobbies, New Publications and Exciting Events!

👉Subscribe on substack: https://lazywomen.substack.com/subscribe

🎩🪄 This April, we ask - What is Talent?

• To start off Julie reflects on being “gifted” vs “talented” and her love of .
• Chaharika shares tips on how to approach starting a new hobby.
• While we also recap the news and the upcoming events.

29/04/2024

💗 Say hi to the team behind our podcast: these brilliant from all over the world have all contributed to the Making it in Western Europe series.

Whether by sharing their often very personal (and even more so political!) journeys, responding to testimonies as a "Western European woman", or joining our PodTalks, they made the podcast truly special. 👭

🎧 ✅ We're happy to say that the full series is out now on all Podcast Streaming platforms! Listen now: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lazy-women

Lucie Hunter Zsofi Borsi Dinara Satbayeva Lauren Powell Juli Jásdi Illustration

Funded by Display Europe and European Cultural Foundation

18/04/2024

📣 How can tech solutions help tackle and sexual health issues of women in the workplace? All of that and more in the bonus episode of ‘Making it’ in Western Europe, with Fatoumata Ly & Olga Kokshagina, the co-founders of Ninti, a digital healthcare project based in Paris.

🎧👉 Listen now: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lazy-women/episodes/Expert-reflection-health--inclusivity-and-stigma-with-Ninti-e2icfo2

🌐 Originally coming from Guinea and Russia, Fatoumata and Olga’s mission is fueled by their immigrant backgrounds and personal histories. In the reality of and lack of awareness, Ninti offers a new approach to breaking the taboos and bridging the ‘intimate’ and the ‘corporate’. In conversation with Zsofi Borsi, the episode explores how Ninti practices raising awareness, accessibility, inclusivity and for women’s health.

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Credits: cover art Juli Jásdi Illustration | podcast jingle by sophie_m_project | podcast production Lucie Hunter & Zsofi Borsi | produced under the grant of Display Europe & European Cultural Foundation

16/04/2024

NEWS 🎉 With Lazy Women, we've been selected to join the prestigious .lyon French incubator program for independent media.

😱This means that for a full year, we'll receive coaching and training from experts such as , meet key people in the industry, and work in our new offices(!) in Paris at .

Out of more than 140 applicants, only 21 teams were selected for the incubator, out of which Lazy Women is one of the few fully international participants.

We can't wait to kick off this new chapter, learn from others, and continue working towards a new model for inclusive, community-oriented feminist media.🔥💪

08/04/2024

🎭 How do in creative jobs navigate new contexts? What's the difference between a play in the UK vs Poland?

In Episode 7 of ‘Making it’ in Western Europe, we talk to Basia Bińkowska an international set and costume designer from . Basia studied and started her career in the , in Scotland, and now works on projects all over Europe. The episode delves into growing up in the Polish countryside, art education, in theatre and returning home.

🎙⚡Tune in now: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lazy-women/episodes/Making-it-in-Western-Europe-theatre--politics--and-balance-with-Basia-e2i281h

💬 Lauren Powell joined the episode to relate to growing up in a village, and to share her perceptions of the arts and cultural sphere in the UK. Originally from Wales, Lauren works in education publishing in the UK. She is an avid reader and enjoys writing for Lazy Women, and her Substack, The Navigation.

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Credits: cover art Juli Jásdi Illustration | podcast jingle sophie_m_project | podcast production Lucie Hunter & Zsofi Borsi | produced under the grant of Display Europe & European Cultural Foundation

30/03/2024

✊🌹 With the behind, we do not stop interrogating the meaning of this day and how it translates to our actual life and its political realities.

🔗Read the full article: https://lazywomen.com/living-room/celebration-or-political-action-mixed-feelings-about-womens-day/

In the new piece, Eloïse Batanero looks at her own experience of March 8 through time and in the context of .

💡What does this day mean to you in your country and environment? how did it shape your understanding of leading a life?

🖌️ Wonderful illustration by Tímea Terenyei

How International Women's Day on 8 March became more of a political day to me, and stopped being about celebration.

28/03/2024

🏄‍♀️ As Lazy Women strive for a new way of doing media, catch up with Zsofi’s day representing, learning and meeting likeminded organizations at the ‘Designing Europe’s Media for All’ event by European Lab & The Circle.

How did it go? ✍️ Ask Zsofi Borsi :

“ What a day! I began by presenting Lazy Women (in French🇫🇷!) to an auditorium full of people, including representatives from Radio France and ARTE.

Then, a speed-meeting where anyone could book a slot with Lazy Women - where two amazing Lazies joined me, Selin Bucak & Frosso. For the two hours, we were fully booked, and had fascinating meetings with many media industry professionals doing inspiring work, such as ✨ The Europeans & Omaro Productions.

In the evening, I had the chance to present our new podcast series « Making it in Western Europe » on a panel discussion about independent European podcasts, and we shared a deep convo about podcasts as an accessible medium.

All in all, a day full of meeting inspiring folks from all over the world - to be continued shortly! ” 😌

Photos by Tristan Conchon

27/03/2024

🤔 How to turn your passion project into a real independent media? This is something we ask ourselves at Lazy Women every day, and the truth is, it's still a work in progress. 📈

💡 However, we are learning incredibly important lessons along the way, some of which our founder Zsofi Borsi shared in a recent interview with The Fix Media.

Give it a read and let us know what you think! ⤵

We asked four media managers how they turned their passion projects into working ones – and what they wished they had known before starting.

26/03/2024

📖⚡ "You might hear the name and immediately think of one of two happenings: her role in the 2019 film, Uncut Gems (and subsequent viral soundbite), or her 2-ish month ‘muse’-ship with the artist, Kanye West. So you might be surprised to discover the even more gobsmacking events that have unfolded throughout this notorious nonconformist's 33 years of life."

As writes Farah Khan in her review of “Down the Drain” Julia Fox’s book is "the brazenly unapologetic, relatable, and raw tribute to ‘party girls turned disruptors’ you’ve been craving."

🔗 Check out the full review: https://lazywomen.com/library/down-the-drain-lessons-from-the-party-girl-turned-patriarchy-disruptor/

🔔 TW: the article contains mentions of SA and intimate partner violence

Beautifully illustrated by Selen Sarıkaya

You might hear the name Julia Fox and immediately think of one of two Hollywood happenings: her role in the 2019 film, Uncut Gems (and subsequent viral soundbite), or her 2-ish month ‘muse’-ship with artist, Kanye West. So you might be surprised to discover the even more gobsmacking events that ...

25/03/2024

🎙️🧳 What it’s like to be a Russian woman in Europe today? And how does this journey look like?

🎧 Listen here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lazy-women/episodes/Making-it-in-Western-Europe-escape--beauty--and-stereotypes-with-Julie-e2h6m53

In the Episode 6 of ‘Making it’ in Western Europe, we talked to Julie Antropova, Lazy Women’s new newsletter editor. Originally from , Julie was detained for her involvement in protests and work and having to leave - ended up in Paris.

🧶 Learn a complex story of leaving behind everything familiar, , new languages, loneliness, the ‘need’ to fit in, Slavic stereotypes and the importance of having and building .

Eloïse Batanero joins the episode to put the main story into perspective, being from France, expanding on how locals include and interact with immigrants.

Credits: cover art Juli Jásdi Illustration | podcast jingle sophie_m_project | podcast production Lucie Hunter & Zsofi Borsi | produced under the grant of Display Europe & European Cultural Foundation

19/03/2024

🎧✨Tune in for this bonus episode of ‘Making it’ in Western Europe. We spoke to Selin Bucak a Turkish journalist currently based in Paris whose new book - 📖 The Last Day Before Exile: Stories of Resistance, Displacement & Finding Home - has recently come out.

👉Listen now: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lazy-women/episodes/Expert-reflection-exile--structural-barriers--and-possibilities-for-improvement-with-Selin-Bucak-e2fsip5

🎙️Selin reflects on her own migration journey and why she decided to write the book in the first place, with the special sensitivity needed to discuss such a painful topic. The book looks at the challenges and structural barriers awaiting refugees upon arrival, growing anti-migration sentiments in Europe and beyond, and what could be done to improve the current situation.

📝This conversation complements our mini series focusing on stories of forced and political and the challenges they have to face during their process.

Credits: cover art Juli Jásdi Illustration | podcast jingle sophie_m_project | podcast production Lucie Hunter & Zsofi Borsi | produced under the grant of Display Europe & European Cultural Foundation

12/03/2024

💁‍♀️🫧Catch our Founder next week at a free event at , Paris!

Zsofi will be at the Media Speed-Dating from 10-12h, and at 18h at We are Europe’s , where I’ll present Lazy Women’s brand new podcast project, « Making it in Western Europe » (Have you listened to it yet? 📻 ).

💬who? - Lab x Circle x
📍where? - Gaité Lvrique. 3bis Rue Papin 75003
⏰when? - March 12, 10h to 12h and at 18h
🎟️Free? - Yes! registering is recommended

🔗 link to pre register in story

10/03/2024

☕️😌 Your Sunday dose of ‘Making it’ in Western Europe is here! 🔗Listen now on all platforms.

👉In this episode we talked to Aida, who came to Italy as a child and a refugee from Bosnia. Today in her research, she is re-discovering her roots, her mother tongue and the inter-related nature of her Yugoslav and Italian identities.

📌This powerful conversation explores trauma, solidarity, and connections through music.

💁‍♀️Maria Chiara joins the episode (also as Aida’s friend) with an insightful commentary to Italian context and her own identity. She is a doctoral researcher focusing on collective action and environmental governance in today’s Russia. She has co-authored a book and believes in universal access to specialised knowledge. Besides her job, she is outdoorsy, likes mountains and spending time with close people, and can be often seen talking to her plants.

🔍So what does it take to integrate? Stay tuned for the next ‘Making it’ Pod Talk to hear first hand from Aida and Maria Chiara. Details coming soon.

Credits: cover art | podcast jingle | podcast production ._ci._ja & | produced under the grant of

08/03/2024

08/03/2024

Lazy Women's International Women's Day Special 💃 💌 🌹

📢 Has the online world made women’s groups less effective than they once were? Does a scroll on Instagram dilute the efforts of what it means to make a change, or can it be a source of action? ⚡ 📱

Read Lauren Powell's reflections on women’s groups through the ages in her latest piece, marking International Women’s Day, through the power of hope. 🌟

Illustrated by Janka Sára Balázs 💕

Lazy Lauren’s reflections on women’s groups through the ages, marking International Women’s Day through the power of hope.

05/03/2024

💡🌀 Recapping our not so lazy days with MEET RESET! Tartu, Estonia.

✨The workshop was organized by De Structura & Reset! Network where Dinara Satbayeva represented Lazy Women during a 3-day sessions and public event, which delved into the challenges and opportunities for the independent arts, culture and media sector.

✌️This collaborative meet up gave us a unique opportunity meet likeminded people, discuss our experiences and to put forward an advocacy proposal.

👉Check out some of the 😻 highlights

02/03/2024

💜🏄‍♀️ ‘Making it Library’ is here! This new rubric is for everyone who wants to go beyond our Podcast series!

✍️We will be sharing useful resources, events and organizations that speak on feminist and socio-political perspectives of , and .

💌 Feel free to DM us with any pieces of film, literature or online media that moved you!

Visuals by our one and only

25/02/2024

👋💜 In the latest episode of ‘Making it’ in Western Europe, we talk to Nino Gozalishvili who is an Academic Head of Nationalism, Security & Policy Research Hub at the University of Georgia, , and a PhD Candidate at the Central European University in Vienna.

🔗 Listen now: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lazy-women/episodes/Making-it-in-Western-Europe-customs--movement--and-covid-with-Nino-e2g77e7

🌱 Originally from Georgia, Nino has lived in multiple countries in Europe and has recently moved back to her home country to settle down and start a family.

🎧 In our conversation, we discussed what led to her decision to return, which countries felt the most welcoming, her affinity to , the concept of the ‘West,’ and Georgia’s long path towards .

Credits: cover art Juli Jásdi Illustration| podcast jingle sophie_m_project | podcast production Lucie Hunter, Zsofi Borsi | produced under the grant of Display Europe & European Cultural Foundation

20/02/2024

⭐️📌Listen to our first bonus episode of the ‘Making it’ series with a special guest - MEP Katalin Cseh.

🎙️ MEP Cseh Katalin is a Hungarian physician turned politician and currently a vice-chair of the Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament.

🔗 Listen: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lazy-women/episodes/Expert-reflection-policy--migration-and-gender-equality-with-Katalin-Cseh-e2fshbc

Interviewed by Selin Burcak, Katalin shares her dedication to a passionate fight for , her views on the current political climate in , EP’s position towards , East-West divide, Istanbul convention and the age-old question that we keep returning to in our podcast -📍Shall we stay or shall we go?

The episode concludes our mini series focusing on Hungary and local migration trends 🔗 Don’t forget to listen to 1-4 for the complete experience.

Credits: cover art Juli Jásdi Illustration | podcast jingle sophie_m_project | podcast production Lucie Hunter, Zsofi Borsi | produced under the grant of Display Europe , European Cultural Foundation

13/02/2024

📣👻 Comedy alert to our Paris Lazies! Get your tickets now for the C**toris Act show co-hosted by Lazy Women!

The incredible duo of Ansh*ta Koul and Mari Krõõt Volar- aka C**t Comedy Club are coming to Paris on March 8. The C**toris Act will bring you a theatrical experience of all things womanhood, bodies, sexuality and feminism.

✊Don’t miss this international women’s day treat!
🗓️When: March 8
📍Where: Velvet Moon

🔗 Tickets: https://clitcomedyclub.com/tickets