Everyone is Female

The title "Everyone is Female" is grounded in the idea that femininity is not merely a biological category, but rather a complex, multidimensional experience that concerns everyone — regardless of sex or gender. The inspiration for this approach comes from an American writer and critic - Andrea Long Chu’s book "Females", which provocatively suggests that femininity can be understood as a universal existential condition. She writes: “Everyone is female - and everyone hates it. [...] I define as female any psychic operation in which the self is sacrificed to make room for the desires of another.” And further: “Gender is something other people have to give you. Gender exists, if it exists at all, only in the structural generosity of strangers. [...] The truth is, you are not the central transit hub for meaning about yourself, and you probably don't even have a right to be [...] You do not get to consent to yourself - a definition of femaleness [...] If sexual orientation is basically a social expression of one’s own sexuality, then gender is basically a social expression of someone else’s sexuality. In the former case, one takes an object; in the latter case, one is an object. From the perspective of gender, then, we are all dumb blondes.” "In this work, I seek affirmation of myself in your eyes. An affirmation that cannot bring satisfaction and is doomed to fail from the start. I am a privileged loser. I am Nobody, speaking on behalf of Everyone. I am a premature child in the school of the deaf and the blind. I advise the president, but he does not listen. I exploit, transgress, run for office, manipulate, and conquer. I carry the sick burden of masculinity. I am a blonde woman seeking her wisdom within myself. I wave a cock at you. I ask whether an impotent man is one who cannot act, or one who rapes. I draw a horse in a math book. I dance the swan lake. I sing in The Stevens, though I cannot sing. I really like to cook, but I will fry your eggs. I am width, I am what grows mighty. I hold up a mirror before you and look at myself in it. I don’t want to talk too much, burn anything, dress up, or do theatre. I give birth to words too weak—there are no words for this. I don’t want to tell stories or speak for everyone. I want change. A way out beyond the trap of rigid social frames of masculine duties. I am a middle-aged white cis hetero man, and I engage in subversion. Love me, or at least love yourself. 70% of the planet is water, 50–80% of our bodies too. Let the wave crash!" — Marek Gluziński

Marek Gluziński is a performer long affiliated with the physical theatre laboratory Studio Matejka (notably Harmony of Contradictions. Poland, 2014; Angry Man. Variations in Defence of Anger, 2018). He has participated in various independent theatre productions, including Cosmos, based on the novel by Witold Gombrowicz (directed by Hiroshi Koike, Polish premiere: 2023; Japanese premiere: 2024, Tokyo), Lucidity (directed by Arnis Aleinikovas, Lithuanian premiere: 2023, Kaunas), and Exploring the Artificial Soul (directed by Robert Traczyk, premiere: 2023). In 2015, he independently created a trilogy of performance-rituals titled Parakletos. Jaⁿ, staged in public spaces in Wrocław. He is also a dance curator (CHOREOTOPIA 20250 series), producer, and cultural manager. He co-founded the Wrocław Dance Initiative and served as the artistic director of the legendary Puzzle Club. As an activist, he is a co-founder of Akcja Kultura and serves as a volunteer advisor to MP Małgorzata Tracz. He was also a member of the first term of the Wrocław Culture Council.