Lesson with Jane + Feminist Therapy

Arms down, arms up! Overthrow capitalism and establish world peace. From the living room of a luxury villa.

How seriously should we take the opinions of the famous and powerful on what needs to be done to save the world? What would Jane Fonda say? And what about an unknown fitness instructor — or worse, a freelance performance artist named Lucie?

When I’m at a protest, I am one cobblestone in a paved road leading toward a solution. In that moment, it doesn’t matter how long the road is, only that we are moving toward a shared goal.

Activism — a natural urge to respond to accumulating global crises.
Activism — a naïve belief that the world can be changed easily and quickly.
Activism — an irritating blemish on the face of an orderly (democratic?) society.

Who here works out regularly, several times a week?
Who manages it once after New Year’s — and then nothing for months?

It raises the question: what’s the point of working out just once like this, if we can’t bring ourselves to continue for months afterward?
And more broadly — what’s the point of striving for a radical transformation of a world whose roots we’ve cemented so firmly that they seem impossible to move even by a millimeter?

Duration: 90 minutes

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★ Feminist Therapy:

If you don’t feel like heading home after Lessons with Jane, you’re welcome to join our accompanying program led by Kristína Pelikánová.

Kristína Pelikánová and Radka Honsová lead the first openly feminist therapy practice in the Czech Republic. After Lessons with Jane, they will guide interested participants through a group reflection of the experience in a safe and supportive circle.

“Feminist psychotherapy holds that our physical and mental well-being are inseparably connected to our identity and to the political climate of the society we live in,” Radka and Kristína explain.

The group reflection lasts approximately one hour. You can decide whether to join even after the performance.