During that first year time, the group met at the Women’s Museum to discuss articles, books, poems and short stories, building new connections between people and generating exciting discussion and personal reflection with each new meeting. The aim of the group was to bring different types of people together, opening up feminism to non-academic audiences and helping people from Denmark and from abr
oad to meet each other through their politics. In early 2018, and bolstered by a new working group, the umbrella organisation Århus Feminist Collective was formed. Since then, and alongside the ongoing reading group, the Collective has organised several workshops, talks and film screenings. We use the older spelling of Århus because we think that the Å is very symbolic of our aims, bringing the two vowels together under a unifying circle: together in the Å the letters are stronger and taller than before, and we hope to help people of all backgrounds and genders feel welcomed and included through the Collective’s actions. Our current focus is on the everyday ways in which feminist action can make itself manifest, using discussion and community to build confidence, knowledge and awareness. Ultimately, this is a non-institutional learning project. We have also collaborated with numerous cultural partners in Denmark, including project space rum46, Kvindemuseet, Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke, Andromeda8220 and LGBT+ Huset, as well as the festivals LiteratureXchange, Vild Med Ord, Århundredets Festival and Talk Town. You can see what events we have coming up on this page or on our website: aarhusfeministcollective.com
