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Dance or die
by Jessika Westen
24 July 2010 – Loveparade in Duisburg. Full of anticipation, Katty and her clique set off for the biggest techno party in the world. They have no idea that this day will end in a tragedy. While the bass beats resound from the grounds, a fight for survival begins. In May 2020, one of the most elaborate court cases of the post-war history of Germany ended prematurely without a verdict. And so the trial of the Duisburg Love Parade with 21 dead and more than 650 injured was dropped – a horrible defeat for those affected and the victims' relatives. The verdict came two and a half months before the statute of limitation for negligent homicide, which would have applied on 27 July 2020, ten years after the last victim of the disaster died in hospital. Jessika Westen, reporter, presenter and author, was then a reporter of the Duisburg drama. She was then honoured for her outstanding performance as a live reporter. Now, ten years later and in anticipation of the statute of limitations, her book, in which she deals with the actual events, is being published. In novel form, told from three different perspectives, Westen traces the course of the tragedy. With great emotional depth and density, she describes how the situation comes to a head, culminating in a deadly crush and ends in a terrible disaster. The book was written after many conversations with relatives, victims, eyewitnesses and first aid workers and after reviewing legal documents. It pulls the reader along, it touches, shakes up and leaves nobody emotionless. The scenario is described in such a realistic manner that the drama of the event is tangible at first hand. Westen has written an ambitious book that is all the more important with the discontinuation of the trial and helps to ensure that the story is not forgotten by the public. The scope of the novel seems all the greater in view of the premature termination.
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Health & Personal DevelopmentMarch 2024Sei stolz, eine Frau zu sein
Eine Anleitung für Mütter und Töchter mit inspirierenden Übungen und Ritualen, die Raum schaffen, Weiblichkeit in ihrer Vielfalt lustvoll zu feiern
by Martina Spierings
Selbstliebe ist die Superpower, die Frauen befähigt, mit Siebenmeilenschritten in ein stolzes und selbstbestimmtes Frausein voller Lebensfreude zu gehen. Davon ist Martina Spierings, systemische Therapeutin in der Frauenberatung und Mutter von zwei Töchtern im Teenageralter, überzeugt. In einer Zeit, in der Menstruationsblut noch immer mit Scham behaftet ist, will ihr Buch Mütter und Töchter ermutigen, dem eigenen Körper und den mit dem Frauwerden verbundenen Veränderungen wertschätzend und selbstliebend zu begegnen. Sie setzt in ihrem Lebensentwurf dabei auf Eigenermächtigung anstatt auf „Macht über Andere“. Machen wir uns also das Geschenk, uns auf uns selbst zu besinnen, damit wir unseren Töchtern auf dem Weg durch die stürmischen Wasser der Pubertät stärkend zur Seite stehen können. Leben wir eine stolze Weiblichkeit vor und wie sich diese mit inspirierenden Übungen und Ritualen lustvoll entdecken lässt.
