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FCA Book Club - Reservoir Bitches

NieuwLand, Sunday, November 15 at 04:30 PM GMT+1

Reservoir Bitches (2024) by Dahlia de la Cerda /  Translated by Julia Sanches and Heather Cleary

Our next read Reservoir Bitches (Perras de Reserva, 2019) is de la Cerda’s first book to be translated into English. It’s a collection of “gritty, streetwise, and wickedly funny stories about Mexican women who fight, skirt, cheat, cry, kill, and lie their way to survival.”

“In the linked stories of Reservoir Bitches, thirteen Mexican women prod the bitch that is Life and become her. From the all-powerful daughter of a cartel boss to the victim of transfemicide, from a houseful of spinster seamstresses to a socialite who supports her politician husband by faking Indigenous roots, these women spit on their own reduction and invent new ways to endure, telling their own stories in bold, unapologetic voices. At once a work of black humor and social critique, Reservoir Bitches is a raucous debut from one of Mexico’s most thrilling new writers.” - from blurb 

We'll meet on Sunday 15th November at 16:30 

There will be a donation jar and some refreshments available (cash or pin). Please think about donating something if you are able; a place like NieuwLand can only exist through the contributions of volunteers and friends, who know of the importance of places like this, which exist as alternatives to an individualistic society, capitalist economy and gentrifying neighbourhoods. To learn more about NieuwLand visit their website (https://nieuwland.cc)

We will be meeting upstairs which isn’t wheelchair accessible. If you have access needs regarding the event please get in contact with us so that we can do our best to incorporate these.

If you want to attend the session but find it difficult to get hold of the book, reach out to us and we will try to help (feministbookclubamsterdam[@]gmail.com).  

Like the FCA more generally we aim to be a harassment free space for everybody. If you are new to our meetings, or feel you need a refresher please read our code of conduct to find out what behaviours we hope for from you, and hold ourselves to in our sessions http://www.thefeministclub.nl/coc

If there are topics or questions you would like to discuss please bring those with you. 

We are looking forward to seeing you!

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/fca-book-club-reservoir-bitches

Public artwork opening: Wall of Tears

Plein Theater, Thursday, October 15 at 05:00 PM GMT+2

Public artwork opening: Wall of Tears

Wall of Tears

The Wall of Tears by American artist Phil Buehler, is a heartbreaking memorial to 18,457 children killed in Gaza. The installation lists the names of children in the order in which they were killed between October 7th, 2023 and July 19, 2025. First is Wesam Iyad Mohammed Abu Fsaife, a 14-year-old boy. Last is Sabah Omar Saad al-Masri, an eight-year-old girl.

The Wall of Tears installation was first displayed in Brooklyn, New York on the 29th of January 2026 and has been displayed around the world, including Australia, London, San Fransisco, Mexico, New Jersey and is now brought for the first time to Amsterdam. It will be displayed as an public artwork on the 10 meter wide outdoor wall of the Plein Theater. The opening is on October 15th at 17:00 (RSVP here)

The installation has brought visitors from around the world to witness the intersection of art, political commentary and the horrors of genocide.

The rows and rows of names are punctuated by photos and stories of individual children, drawing on reports by the Guardian and Washington Post newspapers.

“If you approach from a distance, it looks like almost an abstract painting and that draws people in to see, what is that?” according to the artist Phil Buehler. “Then you’ll see they’re names of the children killed in Gaza since 7 October and there are thousands of them stretching down the wall.”

“Then you’ll be drawn in further, I hope, to see the faces and read the stories. That’s the part that gets me when I look at it. You see these faces full of joy and hope, snapshots from graduations and birthday parties and family gatherings and knowing that these kids’ lives were just cut short.”

The artist reflects: “You can’t not think about your own kids and your own families. I hope that might lead people to think about how they might help, even if it’s just, take a photo of the mural and pass it along on their social media or to their friends.”

This is a heartbreaking and powerful work that speaks to our shared humanity.

We welcome you to experience it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/public-artwork-opening-wall-of-tears