Die Näherinnen

The little town of Stip in Macedonia: those who haven‘t managed to leave apply for work in the nearby textile factory. The only jobs offered here are for seamstresses, about which the owner remarks almost proudly: “Only women work for us, they work faster and are more precise.” The fact that this almost inevitably reverses the role allocation in the country provides an unfamiliar potential for conflict, which people deal with as pragmatically as possible. The men stay behind in the bar, while the women board the bus in the morning to go to work and earn money. (Lina Dinkla)