A sorority in Hamburg, not far from the university campus, near the Alster. Danielle, the president, always takes her students out of their comfort zone. Her goal is a new body awareness. Because shame is deeply rooted in our society, and it manifests the existing conditions.
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In the sorority folder we got when we moved into the villa, there are three pages of justifications for barefoot running alone, divided into medical, aesthetic and spiritual arguments. Barefoot running is supposed to increase one’s energy level, provide for faster muscle regeneration, alleviate menstrual problems, and so on. We have to memorize it all. … Continue reading Barefoot culture
Once again Harvestehude, the Hamburg district where the Gamma Xi Delta Sorority’s villa is located, is the talk of the town. About five hundred young people had arranged to party there on the Alster meadows – the same place where Nina danced naked in the moonlight some month ago (see Trust Walk). The background of … Continue reading Hamburg police break up large party at the Alster
Apparently, two young people from Hamburg Harvestehude took my novella “Trust Walk” too literally last Friday evening and walked naked through the district. It is still true that in Hamburg it is not per se forbidden to show oneself undressed in public. It only becomes difficult at the moment when citizens feel harassed by seeing … Continue reading Naked through Harvestehude
Here’s a new set of confidence memes from Gamma Xi Delta Sorority. If you feel addressed by them, feel free to share them.
As an optimal medium of self-dramatization, Instagram is unbeatable. No Sorority that is proud of its members can do without its own account. And usually, the individual members maintain their own personal Instagram appearance. The young women, or so it seems at least, have understood very well that there is a direct connection between the … Continue reading Sorority winter photos
Body confidence is likely to remain an issue for the foreseeable future. Hardly anyone is really happy with their appearance. Some things can be controlled by visiting the gym regularly, others are simply innate. But as long as others judge us by our looks, we all too easily succumb to the temptation of disdain for … Continue reading New Body-con picture quotes
Affirmations are short fragments of thought, easy to remember and enormously helpful in seeing yourself in a new light. We can superimpose negative emotions with them. Some use them as a kind of mantra in meditation, for example in autogenic training. Let them work on you, see what they do to your mood and reflect … Continue reading Body-Con affirmations
Here is a new set of picture quotes, this time on the topic of self-esteem. Since many of us tend to judge our self-esteem by our appearance – and thus by the attention we get from others – it might be worthwhile to look at the other side again: Once we make our self-esteem dependent … Continue reading Self-esteem picture quotes
And once again a selection of picture quotations, this time on the subject of nudity. You probably know that Danielle, the president of Gamma Xi Delta, has her very own idea of how the students of Sorority should pose to her body. “Get out of the comfort zone” is the motto she uses to push … Continue reading Picture quotes Nudity
Picture quotations or memes are short statements, paired with matching pictures. They can be easily shared and distributed. Because their origin is usually no longer traceable after just a few copying processes in the social media, many of them bear a kind of watermark or source reference. On this page you will find a series … Continue reading Body-con picture quotes
