Příběhy potratů – Rojek Beata (2025)

The comic was created based on interviews with five Polish women who anonymously shared their personal experiences with abortion with the authors. However, we should not expect a brief report or a news article. The flow of real events is interrupted by poetic interludes and supernatural characters, dreams, and symbols. The authors interpret the stories they heard in their own way and imprint a distinctive and immersive narrative style into them. Painful loss and a sense of relief, support and safety, but also suffocating uncertainty – even in just five stories, a wide range of circumstances and emotions related to abortion is evident. The comic does not judge anyone. It is a safe space that gives the heroines room to tell their story at their own pace, while also inviting readers to a gentle and attentive reading. About the comic, Sylwia Chutnik wrote: An important book giving voice to women who have personal experience with abortion. Different stories, different feelings – without evaluation and commentary. Marta Niedźwiecká, podcast O soumraku: What does the black box of a Polish woman look like? It is a record of traumas, a scene of decisions inscribed in the dynamics of general societal violence. What does a black mother look like? It is the neglected part of femininity that has long been pushed into the dark subconscious. It is the decisive part of us that offers a fuller breast...