By Violetta Bellocchio

Violetta Bellocchio lives in Italy. Her nonfiction work has appeared in (been featured in) Rolling Stone Italia , Vice Italia , E- il mensile di Emergency , IL Magazine and Rivista Studio . Her next book, a memoir, will be out in 2014.

  1. Introducing Our Woman In Italy: Dispatches From the Front

    By Violetta Bellocchio

    in Feminism

    So. I'm Italian. I was born here, and 35 years later, I still live here. I could give you a number of plausible-sounding reasons for it---I enjoy spending time with my family; I almost make a living as a writer in my native language---but, the truth is, I did try leaving. It didn't take. There always seems to be something bringing Italian women back, be it a desire to see our country get back on…

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