RAGE CON 2.0
A Day of Discussions, Panels, and Workshops organised by Feminist Fiction Berlin and Women* Writing Berlin Lab e.V.
You’d look so much prettier if you smiled. You have a resting Bitch face. What do you have to be angry about? EVERYTHING! Capitalism, patriarchy, my ex, my delayed period, war, injustice, and I want to RAGE.
Sounds relatable? Joins us on June 7th for a day of talking and learning about women*s rage and developing tools to process it. The event will include a panel discussion, writing workshops, self-defense classes, a featured author Q & A, and a Spoken Word RAGE Mic where everyone can express their rage.
The event is organised by Feminist Fiction Berlin and Women* Writing Berlin Lab e.V.
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE!!!
(There will be a limited number of tickets available for purchase at the door.)
Programme
Just a “Little Pinch”:
A Rage Writing Workshop on Illness, Ableism, and Bodily Autonomy
“If ever there was a time not to silence yourself, to channel your anger into healthy places and choices, this is it.”
(Soraya Chemaly)
Workshop Host: Allia Sadeghipour (aka The Golden Dick)/14:00 - 15:00
Years of misdiagnosis, dismissal, gaslighting, side effects being brushed off, symptoms being ignored, the body remembers and the rage simmers. It builds with every “you look fine,” every condescending shrug, every unanswered question about your own body, every undiagnosed autoimmune disease, every “little pinch.”
In a world where pain is pathologized, especially for women*, queer, and marginalized bodies, where ableism defines access and medical systems fail to listen, where male birth control is still “too risky,” and we’re told to sacrifice our well-being “for the greater good”—our rage is valid. Our stories are vital. And our bodies remember.
In this workshop for writers and non-writers alike, we’ll alchemize that rage into art. Through blackout poetry, journaling, body billboards, and guided writing prompts, you’ll name the pain, the systems, the silence—and begin to rewrite your narrative. Come exactly as you are. Bring the storm. We’ll help you write it out.
Who is the workshop for?
The workshop is for anyone looking to tap into their rage and release it in an empowering written art form. Workshop will be in English with translations available upon request. B1/B2 level English comprehension is recommended. We also speak multiple languages.
What will I need?
* Just your rage ;)
* Writing material will be provided!
Rage at the Root:
Decolonizing Our Anger for Collective Liberation
Workshop Host: Ankamaru/14:00 - 15:00
How we got here:
Long before colonization, Indigenous societies across the Americas practiced profound equity; where queer, trans, and gender-diverse people held positions of leadership, wisdom, and community-making. Their existence was not merely tolerated but seen as an essential part of building a community. Colonization violently uprooted these systems, replacing them with structures of oppression designed to divide, shame, and dominate us.
Today, many of us feel a deep, burning anger at injustices, but too often, that rage is misdirected at one another, rather than at the systems that continue to harm us all. This workshop invites participants to understand the historical roots of this polarization and offers tools to harness collective anger as a catalyst for transformative systemic change.
The Goal:
Together, we will explore how to direct our rage toward the systems of oppression that harm us all, and imagine new ways to channel that energy into collective healing, creativity, and liberation.
Pretty Deadly:
Self-Defense Workshop
Workshop Host: Cendres from ZAZA EXPLORE/14:00-15:00 & 16:00 - 17:00
“Anger is loaded with information and energy.”
(Audre Lorde)
Women* spend 50% of our time strategizing how to stay safe. What if we had more time? Imagine if we could free up that time so we can contribute to the things that really matter: getting an education, developing careers, growing communities, following our dreams, building a better world.
Turn your rage into power with Pretty Deadly Self Defense. Pretty Deadly Self Defense was developed as an answer to traditional, scenario-based self defense, and approaches self defense based on maximizing existing, natural reactions and responses to reduce training muscle memory for something new. The course was developed based on behavior response, the biology of our innate self defense systems, and of course martial arts.
Even as women* martial artists, we find violence and physical conflict exhausting and dehumanizing. But we find learning and understanding how our bodies work through body dynamics, structure, balance and natural movement joyful and uplifting.
User-focused Self Defense
Based on natural movement, body dynamics and structure vs. strength, Pretty Deadly Self Defense incorporates modified techniques found across 11 schools of martial arts, from Ninjutsu to Krav Maga to Kung Fu and Tae Kwon Do. We start with the very basic structures and help you find what's right for your body, improving centering and structure to enhance balance and mobility.
All fitness levels - All rage levels! Max group 10 people! Get there early to sign-up!
Rage in Cinema:
The Good, the Bad and the Inaccurate Representation of Women*s Rage
Workshop Hosts: Sofio Rukhadze + Ekin Sarıyıldız/16:00 - 17:00
This interactive workshop invites participants to critically engage with the portrayal of women*’s rage in film. In small groups, attendees will be given selected movie snippets that depict moments of anger, emotion, and resistance.
Some groups will receive clips that portray women*’s rage in a raw, realistic, and empowering way. Their challenge will be to rewrite these scenes in a way that reflects the more stereotypical and inaccurate portrayals often seen in mainstream media—depictions that frame women* as overly emotional, irrational, or weak.
Meanwhile, other groups will be given scenes where women*s rage is portrayed in a flawed or exaggerated manner. These groups will be tasked with rewriting the scenes to reflect a more nuanced, authentic, and grounded expression of anger—highlighting complexity, strength, and justified emotion.
Through collaborative discussion and creative rewriting, participants will explore how media shapes perceptions of women*'s emotions and power, and how storytelling can be used as a tool for reclaiming and redefining rage.
The Mother Must Die:
Writing about Rage in a Publishing System that Silences
Featured Author + Workshop Host: Koraly Dimitriadis
Join Koraly Dimitriadis, Cypriot-Australian poet, writer, performer to explore her short story collection The Mother Must Die - a body of work that explores identity, divorce, sexuality, parenting, domestic violence, and the working-class migrant experience.
Koraly will open the session by sharing her personal and creative journey, including the challenges that led her to found her own publishing house. Together, we’ll examine how rage, especially when expressed by women* and marginalised voices, can be a radical force in literature.
Participants will be invited to engage with selected extracts from The Mother Must Die, and reflect on urgent questions: How do we write our truth in a world that would rather keep us quiet? How do we channel rage into art that refuses to be palatable? How can we, as feminist readers and consumers, challenge the systems that suppress voices through our purchasing choices?
This session will be supported by Sophie Pownall, Feminist Fiction Berlin Co-Founder.
Rage Mic Spoken Word Night
Spoken Word Host: Allia Sadeghipour (AKA The Golden Dick)/ 19:00 - 21:30
DON’T GET SO EMOTIONAL
ITS NOT THAT BIG A DEAL
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO ANGRY ABOUT ANYWAY???
Welcome to a night of RAGE. Raw, scandalous, hilarious and ironic, join your host Allia Sadeghipour (The Golden Dick) for a night of curated RAGE poetry, spoken word, drag and artistic performances representing the myriad of representations of RAGE. Let us no longer curtail but UNVEIL the curtain behind RAGE.
DRESS CODE:
WHATEVER MAKES YOU FEEL STRONG, PUNK, GLAM, FUNNY, AND GRIME, WE LOVE ALL YOUR LOOKS. WE ARE NOT THE FASHION POLICE. WE JUST WANT YOU TO FEEL GOOD AND VIBEY :).
IMPORTANT NOTE:
This event is FLINTA+friends only meaning open to all individuals identifying as women, to intersex, trans, non-binary and gender fluid individuals as well. We also welcome the +friends of FLINTA as long as they adhere to the Community Guidelines.
We encourage womxn of color, black womxn, womxn with disabilities, Asian womxn, womxn from the Global South, womxn coming from minorities, womxn of every religion, ethnicity, language, skin color, nationality to join our event :). And if we are forgetting to mention some categories, please just remember one thing: EVERY WOMAN* is welcome!! ♥
The WWBL Spoken Word Night is meant to be a safe space for women*'s voices and creativity. Therefore, we do not accept any form of hate speech, racist, homophobic, aphrophobic, and/or islamophobic jokes or expressions. There won't be space for any form of discriminating attitude or messages. We have enough hate in the world, let’s platform the beauty.
If you are going to talk about sensitive topics (rape, racism, violence, depression, suicide, experiences of abuse, sexual assault, etc. ...), please preface your performance with a trigger warning
WWBL events are meant to be as accessible as possible, we understand this also means financially. For this reason, we always offer discounted tickets
Wait! There’s More!
Throughout the CON there are even more things, activities, games, and opportunities for connection!
Counseling with Faye Barth-Farkas
One-on-One Counseling
Throughout Pleasure Con you can set your own one-on-one counseling session with Faye focusing on relationships, sexuality, love and shame. Sign up in the morning for a half hour slot or come find me throughout the day and let’s go for a walk!
CLITO
Clitoris Shaped Accessories & Educational Awareness
Clito (@clito.clito) an award-winning brand of clitoris-shaped accessories designed to spark conversations, educate, and build a community of awareness around the importance of pleasure. Caroline also co-created The World Bank of Genitalia (genitalia.me), an interactive, growing mosaic of photos showcasing the diverse range of human genitalia. Clito will be offering discounted rates to attendees and an interactive clitoris model to play with.
Instructions on How to Be Furious
Interactive Inspiration Board
Shake off apathy and reconnect with your inner fire. This interactive board invites us to stop, reflect and reconnect with our rage, to then take deliberate steps toward embracing it in our daily life— rage is the vital force that drives change and breathes life back into us. Some things must be destroyed to make space for the new, and rage isn’t just about destruction; it’s about creation, transformation, and the energy we urgently need.
Drawing inspiration from the work of artists like Miranda July and Yoko Ono, Caroline Barrueco invites you to participate in an interactive instruction manual to awaken your inner fury and transform it into action.
The World Bank of Genitalia
Art EXHIBITION Project Series by: Caroline Barrueco, Luesley Sol + João Kowacs
This is an interactive, growing mosaic of photos showcasing the diverse range of human genitalia. Have a look, surf around and maybe send your own photo! Our aim is to promote body positivity and empower everyone to feel comfortable and confident in their unique bodies (genitalia.me).
Studio Ronja Wolff
CERAMIC VULVA PIPES & GIFTS
Ceramic, hand-made, Vulva pipes, incense burners, ashtrays and other amazing gifts. LGBTQIA+ owned and locally made by @studio.ronjawolff <3.
StudioRonjaWolff - Etsy.de
Periodenladen Berlin
MENSTRUATION EDUCATION, AWARENESS, & SWAG
We make your bleeding more beautiful! We want you to bleed in the best possible way! For this purpose, we have curated the most beautiful product selection for you, advise you individually and let you try on all panties in the Berlin store. We are a growing team of midwives, cultural scientists, fashion designers, coaches, running coaches, sex toy experts, educators and cycle experts. The period shop also offers workshops, readings, running training, discussion groups and more. Periodenladen will be supporting the CON via education, SWAG, stickers, and more!
Der Periodenladen - Europas größte Auswahl an Periodenprodukten. – La Blutique
DOWNLOAD THE FULL PROGRAM HERE!!!
Meet the Force Behind
RAGE CON
Allia Sadeghipour (aka The Golden Dick)
President, Producer, Performer, Artist & Educator, Panel Speaker, Workshop Leader & Spoken Word Artist
Allia Sadeghipour (she/they), aka the Golden Dick (he/him), is a Queer Iranian-American president of the Women* Writing Berlin Lab e.V., Drag King, producer, performer, artist, educator, punk & poet. Having been published in What’s Afghan Punk Rock Anyway?!, Teach the Rainbow: Insights from LGBTeachers about Queer Visibility, and Salty World, and performed for Pop-Kultur, SO36, Viva Con Aqua, Refuge Worldwide, and many more. By sharing narratives and perspectives, she hopes to reach out to the world and introduce them to hers.
www.awerfjil.com
@awerfjil #awerfjil
@thegoldendickdragking
Vice President & Public Relations Manager, Panel Speaker & Spoken Word Artist
Elba is a Guadalajara-born, Berlin-based poet and photographer and the vice president & public relations manager of the Women* Writing Berlin Lab e.V.. Her work revolves around migration, feminism, mental health, inclusion, the experience of a conscious state, and the city of Berlin. She works as a copywriter in health tech.
Koraly Dimitriadis
Featured Author & Workshop Leader
Koraly Dimitriadis is a Cypriot-Australian writer, poet, performer who writes on topics such as feminism, dating, cultural and religious repression, sexuality, the working class, divorce and single parenting. She is a bestselling poet in Australia, and the author of Love and Fck Poems, She's Not Normal, The Mother Must Die (short stories), and Just Give Me The Pills, which won best book poetry (narrative) at American Book Fest, 2024. Koraly makes short films of her poems. Her columns have been published widely, including The Today show (USA), The Washington Post, Shondaland, The Independent (UK), Al Jazeera and others.
Website: https://koralydimitriadis.com/
Berfusra
Spoken Word Performer, Musician, Drag Artist & Photographer
Berfusra is a Kurdish singer-songwriter, poet, drag king, and performance artist from Turkey, a Philologist with a degree in English Literature, and currently pursuing a master’s degree in Cultural Studies and American Literature. Their main topics include identity, race, mental illness, trauma, love and intimacy, as well as a never-ending curiosity about nature and the beauty all around us.
Instagram: @berfusra
Ankamaru (Aka Ariadna)(Rage at the Root Workshop Leader)
Co-Head of Community Management at Feminist Fiction Berlin, Self-taught Artist, Teacher and Community Builder.
Ankamaru (she/her), originally from Colombia and based in Berlin since 2015, is a teacher at heart, deeply committed to the power of shared knowledge. Her journey into Feminist Fiction Berlin (FFB) began with a longing for community and meaningful human connection and spaces where people recognize the power of collective growth.
A tireless advocate for her community, Ankamaru devotes herself to helping others navigate the complexities of Berlin's bureaucratic systems, from securing a therapist to accessing essential services. Whether she’s guiding newcomers through administrative mazes or immersed in creative workshops at The Crafts Gang in FFB, she pours care, curiosity, and cultural heritage into it all. At her core, Ankamaru is a bridge-builder and she is fiercely committed to empowering others and cultivating spaces of learning, healing, and solidarity.
Sophie Pownall
Co-Founder of Feminist Fiction Berlin
Sophie (she/her) is the Co-Founder of Feminist Fiction Berlin and runs an intersectional feminist bookblog on Instagram and Tiktok (@intersectionalbookshelf). Sophie works as a Project Manager at edeos-digital education and has experiences working in security and foreign policy as well as the Jewish heritage field. She completed her MA in European studies where she focused mainly on intersectional feminism.
Community Manager
The daughter of Kosovo-Albanian immigrants, Donjeta (or Dona) was born and raised in Stuttgart and studied archaeology and philosophy in Heidelberg, where she also worked as a bartender for years before starting a career in the film industry in Berlin. Her writing involves dissecting her own neurosis and questions of identity. She loves the strong community at WWBL and how it has helped her writing and disciplined her creativity, and therefore wants to spread the good vibes further.
Follow her on Instagram @derdon1989.
Caroline Barrueco
3-D Printing Artist
Caroline Barrueco is a Brazilian futurist and 3D printing specialist based in Berlin. She is the creator of Clito (@clito.clito), an award-winning brand of clitoris-shaped accessories designed to spark conversations, educate, and build a community of awareness around the importance of pleasure. Caroline also co-created The World Bank of Genitalia (genitalia.me), an interactive, growing mosaic of photos showcasing the diverse range of human genitalia. This project encourages submissions from people around the world, promoting body positivity and empowering individuals to feel comfortable and confident in their unique bodies.
Adalet Müzeyyen
Artist, Activist, & Spoken Word Performer
As an artist and activist, Adalet Müzeyyen makes herself loud, both on stage and off.
In her art, she processes experiences from the past and the everyday life of a Kurdish/Alevi trans woman of color.
She has performed at various platforms and addresses topics such as the assimilation of Kurdish-Alevi people, sexism and the intersectionality of queer hostility and racism.
Although she is happy for the audience to listen to her performances, she wants to empower them to step out of their silence and stand up for themselves.
Maribel Ramirez
Spoken Word Performer, Lab Leader & Volunteer
Maribel Ramirez (she/her) is a Mexican writer with a PhD in Ancient Philosophy. She is a language educator and joined the Women Writing Berlin Lab during covid. Current topics in her work are identity, female rage, and the struggles and absurdities of the academic world. She aims to combine philosophy, fantasy, and humor in her writing.
Instagram: @revolutionaryoscar
Medium: @maribelramirezlopez
Dr. Faye Barth-Farkas
Co-Founder of Feminist Fiction Berlin & Boxing Workshop Leader
Dr. Faye Barth-Farkas is a psychologist and occasional boxing instructor. Her research topics include power structures and leadership in patriarchal organisations - so she is basically professionally angry! Half English, half German she calls Berlin her home and Feminist Fiction Berlin her coven.
Sofio Rukhadze (she/her)
Discussion Workshop Leader
Sofio Rukhadze (she/her), originally from Tbilisi, Georgia, now resides in Berlin, Germany, where she works and dedicates herself to her writing career. Her journey with writing began at the age of seven, becoming both a passion and a source of solace. Today, she regularly publishes her work in an online magazine and performs as a recurring guest at Berlin's “Tap Water” event. Additionally, Sofio manages communications and social media for Feminist Fiction Berlin.
Instagram: @sofiarukhadze
Sophia Kukuwitakis (they/them)
Panel Speaker
Sophia Kukuwitakis, a social impact designer with a master’s in Social Design from the Design Academy Eindhoven, focuses on suppressed emotions, especially anger, as a pathway to empowerment. Her research highlights the mental health benefits of expressing anger for those raised as women. In her workshops, Sophia blends art and personal growth, helping participants connect with their emotions to inspire courage, self-awareness, and connection.
Instagram: @sophialacosa
Research on Anger: DearFury.com
Portfolio: MadeMoiSelf.com
Cendres
Self Defense Workshop Leader
Cendres (she/they) is from the project Zaza Explore, lives in Normandy (France), and spent a few years in Berlin. She is a Pretty Deadly graduate-turned-certified trainer. She studied geography, worked as a cook, teaches French as a foreign language, writes (poems, utopias, essays), travels by bike, drinks tea, loves arts and plants. She uses Pretty Deadly self defense movements, combines it with her passion for dance and music, and her own trauma experience, to create empowering times and spaces for all*. She recently partnered with the Museum of Contemporary Art in Caen (MBA Caen) for a special Women's Day event that combined an emotional approach of looking how women* are depicted in paintings, followed up by a body+mind defense workshop.
Instagram: @zazaexplore
Ekin Sarıyıldız
Rage in Cinema Workshop Leader
Ekin Sarıyıldız (she/her)(Rage in Cinema Workshop Leader), born and raised in Turkey, resides in Berlin for the past 3 years. Since her teenager years, she was heavily interested in pop culture and movies always being a source of celebrity gossip for her friends and contributor to her pub quiz group for art and culture related questions. In aligned with her chronically online personality, she holds a MSc degree in Management and Technology and currently works in IT. She is interested in feminism and She joined Feminist Fiction Berlin in May 2023 and currently runs the bimonthly non-fiction book event series.
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