The Word They Used to Silence Women — And How We're Taking It Back

The Word They Used to Silence Women — And How We're Taking It Back

Gossip. Gossib. Godsib. The same word — and the meaning was changed on purpose.

Before gossip became something shameful, it meant godsib: God's sibling. Your circle. The women who gathered around you when you gave birth, who cooked and held and stayed.

That tradition was deliberately dismantled — and we are reclaiming it.

In this final episode of the Maternal Mental Health Month series, I sit down with artist Sanne Freijdag, whose project the Gossib Gathering is doing exactly that: bringing women together over fabric, stitching, and the kind of honest conversation that happens when your hands are busy and your guard is down.

We cover the medieval history of women's gathering spaces, how the quilting circle became women's last sanctioned meeting place, the science of why working with your hands is so healing, and what matrescence — the becoming of a mother — has to do with all of it.

And we launch the next session: three Sunday sessions in Amsterdam Oost where we'll be making a quilt together for one pregnant woman in our community. Because you can't always see your village — but you can make something that proves it exists.

You don't need experience. You just need to show up.

Book your spot HERE

📅 28 June · 5 July · 12 July

12:30–16:30

GROND, Amsterdam

A donation of €10 on the day to fund the supplies is all that is asked!

Sanne Freijdag: www.freijdag.com

Instagram @sanne.freijdag



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