Jennifer Walter | Sociologist 🇨🇭

You're not drowning because you can't swim. You're drowning because they drained the pool and sold your swimming lessons. Your struggle isn't a personal failure, it's a systemic one.

Löst den Kern des Problems (UX und UI der Apps) nicht

Ich geh mal Plastik von meiner Bio-Gurke abfummeln damit ich diesen dann in den Plastik-Recycle-Sack packen kann.

Komm mit zum Filmband und diskutiere mit uns über das Wettingen von Morgen.

#wettingen #spaargau

I think it’s worth noting this piece generated the most unsubscribes I’ve seen in a while, and the newsletter version had the lowest open rate in many months. These horrors persist in part because too many people go to great pains to avoid them.

Schande @edadfae.bsky.social #savegaza

Nothing makes you feel your age quite like getting annoyed at your holiday rental's slow hob ruining your cooking timing 🙃

Wir könnten am 14. Juni auch einfach weiter demonstrieren und am 15. Einen stellvertretenden March for Gaza machen 🍉💜
#frauenstreik2025

If you capture a boat carrying baby formula, you are the dark side of humanity.

If your religion accepts starving babies, it isn't worth the paper it's written on.

Das wäre doch jetzt mal was wo alle Marsch fürs Läbe-Teilnehmenden sich mit organisieren könnten.

#savethechildren

Happy Worker‘s Day
1. Mai 💪

Wenn Männer ebenfalls Unterstützung brauchen (und in manchen Fällen tun sie das ganz sicher), dann besteht die Lösung nicht darin, Schutzmassnahmen für Frauen (einschliesslich trans Frauen) abzubauen – sondern darin, bessere Systeme und Massnahmen für alle zu schaffen.

Feminist Rant des Tages

„Sonderprivilegien“ wie Frauenhäuser oder Quoten existieren, weil die Gesellschaft bestimmte Gruppen historisch ausgeschlossen oder benachteiligt hat. Das ist keine Bevorzugung, das ist wiederherstellende Gerechtigkeit.

What Makes a Woman (And Who Gets to Decide?) Podcast-Folge · Scenic Route, Social Change and Mental Health Conversations for Perfectionists · 22.04.2025 · 21 Min.

We go deep into:
→ Who gets to define “woman” (and why they want to)
→ The lie of the gender binar

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As a sociologist, here’s my question:
If you want to burn Teslas but not Harry Potter books… ask yourself why.

In this episode of The Scenic Route, we unpack the UK Supreme Court ruling that tries to reduce womanhood to chromosomes—and the billionaire ‚feminist’ backing it.

The Weight We Carry: How Our Bodies Hold Stress – And What to Do About It feat. Michelle Sabatini Podcast-Folge · Scenic Route, Social Change and Mental Health Conversations for Perfectionists · 15.04.2025 · 1 Std. 11 Min.

Full episode out now — wherever you get your podcast fix. Pull up a chair and join us.

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We talk:

- why your body holds onto stress how emotional labour hides in plain sight

- the power of saying "I feel..." instead of "I'm fine"

- what small steps look like when you're ready and how to breathe your way back to yourself

In this episode of The Scenic Route, I'm joined by somatic therapist Michelle Sabatini to talk about stress, resilience, and the quiet revolution of being a body-not just having one.

"Nothing happened. So why do I feel this way?"

Because your body remembers what your mind tried to override. That's the weight we carry.

Here's the thing about inner peace – it's not about having your shit together.

It's about being okay when it's scattered everywhere.

Yours, who has been there.

Wer ist Schuld an der Ausländerkriminalität? Meine Schwiegermutter! - Cédric Wermuth Fast schon ritualhaft erleben wir fast jedes Jahr den Aufschrei von Rechts wegen der angeblichen "Ausländerkriminalität", wenn die Polizeiliche

Wer ist Schuld an der Ausländerkriminalität? Meine Schwiegermutter!

Weil mir die Debatte über die sog. "Ausländerkriminalität" ziemlich auf die Nerven geht, ein kurzer Blog zur Polizeilichen Kriminalstatistik und dem Hauptgrund für Gewalt: Männer und Männlichkeit.

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I'm on #NonprofitRadio with @tonymart.bsky.social this week! Learn more & listen in: tony.ma/NonprofitRad...

Thank you for having me, Tony!

Why I like April Fools Day?

It’s one of the few days in the year where people slow down enough to process things they read and think critically.

Glad my typography humour isnt lost on here 😅

Your favourite Sociologist goes into Politics 😉🙌

SP-Kandidatin für den Einwohnerrat Wettingen, 28.9.2025

#spaargau #sp

So here’s the real question: If you grew up with a parent who demanded empathy but never returned it, how has that shaped the way you give (or withhold) empathy in your relationships today?

Sociology teaches us that empathy isn’t equally distributed. Some people are burdened extrapolating with giving it, while others move through life expecting it without question

And yet, empathy isn’t just personal—it’s deeply social.

Who is expected to give empathy, and who receives it?
How do institutions train us to suppress or prioritize certain emotions?
How does capitalism commodify empathy—turning it into labor in care work, therapy, and customer service?

But here’s the thing: we rarely see our own empathy directly. We only recognize it through how others respond to us — through trust, relief, or connection. Empathy is a mirror, and its reflection is found in human interaction.