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Reading and Performance

"Girl, Show Me That Body (of Work)" is a literary and performance event series centering FLINTA* authors with migration backgrounds in Berlin. It promotes inclusion and diversity in literature, making marginalized voices visible. Through readings, literary performances, and discussions at Lettrétage, the project fosters dialogue on identity, migration, and gender equality. In collaboration with organizations reaching underrepresented communities, it uses literature as a tool for sociopolitical activism, cultural exchange, and community engagement with new audiences.

This is the third in this year's four-event series bringing together migrant authors working in Berlin and internationally across feminist literature.

This event will address the challenges and freedoms of lives created in exile by women who are sometimes (single) mothers. Is being a woman a burden or the ultimate freedom? What is the reality of raising a child alone or in a collective? How do single mothers and single, childfree women cope with higher costs and taxes in a couple-oriented system? How can society better support those who choose alternative family structures?

Join us for an evening of powerful storytelling, critical reflection, and community building!

FLINTA* Literatur is an initiative dedicated to promoting inclusion, diversity, and equitable participation in literature and culture. By centering the voices of FLINTA* authors—women, lesbians, intersex, non-binary, trans, and agender individuals—with migration backgrounds and embodied disadvantages, FLINTA Literatur challenges societal narratives and fosters social cohesion through storytelling.

Our projects amplify marginalized voices often excluded from public discourse, using literature as a powerful tool for sociopolitical activism, cultural exchange, and community engagement. We create safe spaces for dialogue on identity, migration, gender equality, and lived experiences of discrimination and resilience.

"Girl, Show Me That Body (of Work)", founded in 2024 by Ioana Cristina Casapu, is the flagship program of FLINTA* Literatur. It is a literary and performance series centering FLINTA* authors with migration backgrounds in Berlin. By showcasing readings, literary performances, and discussions at Lettrétage, the program amplifies marginalized voices and fosters dialogue on identity, migration, and gender equality.

Ioana Cristina Casapu is a Romanian social issues writer and artist. Their work, spanning novels, short prose, poetry, and intersectional conceptual interventions, explores the sexual politics of migration, societal fractures, and loneliness. Through immersive journalism, sociological research, and personal correspondence, they investigates the intersection of technology and emotion, creating new ways of communicating and connecting.

Yael Haskal is a writer and performer based in New York/Berlin. She is an ensemble member of the New York Neo-Futurists and La MaMa’s Great Jones Repertory Company. Her award-winning plays have been performed at theatres across the U.S. and residencies abroad, including La MaMa, The Tank, IRT, and the Echo Theater. As an actor, she performs internationally with Great Jones Rep and the New York Neo-Futurists, and was nominated for a 2023 Broadway World Award.

Nadiia Telenchuk is a poet and translator, born in Kherson, Ukraine, who now lives and works in Berlin. She is active in the Berlin literary scene and a member of the National Writers Union of Ukraine (since 2013). She volunteers for the Ukrainian diaspora and organizes the monthly Ukrainian poetry salon Lit.О! Her works have been published in regional, national, and international publications. She has four published poetry books: Нова інтерпретація дощу (Die neue Interpretation des Regens, 2011), Щастя в обгортці (Eingewickeltes Glück, 2012), Ніжна (Sanft, 2014), Дихай (Atme, 2019).

Ruby Russell is a writer from London, based in Berlin. Her book "Doing It All", which explores the politics of single motherhood, was published in 2024. As a journalist, she writes about the global ecological crisis. She is also an editor for the feminist journalism platform "Unbias the News", where she focuses on environmental and migration stories.

Tracey Gudwin is a US-born film director, screenwriter and comedy writer living in Berlin. She is the director and camerawoman of the Emmy-winning series ‘Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations’. She is currently working as a director and writer for German television series such as ‘Kitchen Impossible’ and ‘Herstory’ as well as for commercials for brands such as ‘The Singleton’ and ‘Daluma’.

Moderation: Elsye Suquilanda (Ecuador/Quito based in Berlin) author, posthumanist poet, filmmaker, performance artist and co-founder of Dogsofia Chichoismo: equal love and respect to all living creatures. Her art raises  awareness of human and animal rights, as well as the natural environment. Rituals, courage, fantasy reality, and humor are interwoven with unique costumes and audiovisual elements. Her publications include: Lensi Lusikka Suussa, 030- Berlin, Agua de Mono Eau de Toilette Spree, Die Wandlung des Aschenputtels vom Späti, Ich schicke dir meine Mandel in einer Brieftaube, Nalgas, among others. She collaborates in her multidisciplinary work with visual artists, writers, musicians, and art collectives, and has been participating in several international literature and film festivals.

“Girl, Show Me That Body (of Work)” is a project by Ioana Cristina Casapu in cooperation with Lettrétage. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Presented by taz, supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute Berlin Titu Maiorescu and recommended by The Reader Berlin.