#resistance

The resistance that constitutes a way of life for women impresses through the sheer diversity of its methods. Among the women who resist not only on the battlefield behind barricades, but across every domain of life, are the Zapatista women who have chosen to assert their existence through football. We all know the stories of the indigenous Zapatista women and their struggle for freedom. But this is perhaps one of the less well-known forms of resistance. Since the 1990s, the Zapatista sisters have taken to the pitch with football as a form of resistance — both against patriarchal traditions and against those who rule. For the women’s football team of the Hermanas Zapatistas, life is a form of resistance against being banished from the streets by patriarchal traditions and war. They play not for competition or prizes — they play to share. Sometimes barefoot, sometimes with their children on their backs, they play football and in doing so break the patriarchal rules of the game. The Hermanas Zapatistas are an example of the subtleties of female resistance.

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