The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.
Did you also come home for Christmas? “It’s a funny thing. Coming home. Everything looks the same. Feels the same, even smells the same....
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Ana Navarro Bullo
Feb 11, 2022
A Bell Jar That No Longer Rings
On February 11th, the world’s literary community commemorates fifty-nine years since one of the finest female poets decided to take her...
Peter Pelzer
Jan 31, 2022
The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion)
Wind blows across barren wasteland. A hawk cries in the distance. Enter the cowboy in heavy boots and clangorous spurs. Now it can only...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
Jan 25, 2022
Dune (2021) - An impressive adaptation of Herbert’s 1965 novel
Since the publication of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel Dune in 1965 and its sequels, the Dune franchise has become widely known...
Leilani Radaideh
Jan 15, 2022
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Love, coming of age, existential dread, death, and loneliness are some of the main themes that encapsulate this literary ‘masterpiece’....
Léane Del Duca
Jan 14, 2022
‘Anne With an E’: A Canadian Series as a Lesson of Life
I discovered the Canadian series ‘Anne with an E’ thanks to a friend’s recommendation. I did not expect much because it was not the type...
Anthi Likitsakos
Dec 29, 2021
Assigning Value to Clothing
A couple of summers ago, my grandmother and I visited her childhood home in her village. Essentially our family's makeshift storage unit,...
Meike de Jong
Dec 23, 2021
Persecution of people with albinism in sub-Saharan Africa
Malawi July 2019, I meet Asiad and Anifa, two sisters of 18 and 12 years old. The older one, Asiad, works on a farm and Anifa still goes...
Léane Del Duca
Dec 14, 2021
Terrorism: Our Heritage in Danger
In the twenty-first century, terrorism still murders our heritage, plunders, and robs us of our references. By "our heritage", I mean the...
Alodia Heijmans
Nov 25, 2021
The Great Phenomenon of the Gauche Caviar
In the United Kingdom, we use the term “Champagne socialist”, in Germany “Salonkommunist” and in France it is called “Gauche de Salon” or...
Leilani Radaideh
Nov 24, 2021
UN101: What is UNESCO and why should we care about it?
Imagine an agency of the UN that focused on spreading and promoting peace and security through the means of international cooperation in...
Leilani Radaideh
Nov 17, 2021
Finding Pleasure in Tragedy: Possible in Shakespeare’s Hamlet?
Nothing screams ‘feel the positive in the negative’ more than Shakespeare does in many of his intensely morbid plays as he crushes our...
Céline Zahno
May 22, 2021
Thoughts on rationality, empathy and asymmetry
You are born into this world as a vessel of a singular perception, an individual entity in possession of an individual consciousness. You...
Natasha Simpson
Apr 7, 2021
Masturbation Magic.
Studies show that having frequent consensual sex and or orgasms reduces stress levels, lowers blood pressure, and may even get us more...
Roxane Kroon
Jan 22, 2021
Sexual Feminism; The Nuances of Policing Feminism, But Not Policing Women
The term feminism is as fluid as its goals have been through the years. Right now, post-voting rights, we are in a period called the...
Max Welford
Jan 17, 2021
For the lack of partying last year: 20 bangers you missed in 2020
As we now proceed to the next year, we are more than ready to leave behind what some would mildly describe as an uneventful year. This...
Alara Ersoy
Dec 28, 2020
Ezhel: How to Rap the Turkish Reality
Same as in every December, we have received our report cards from Spotify to see our most listened to artists, songs, genres, and...
Jan Haverman
Dec 5, 2020
Reconciling with America’s strangeness
The United States through the eyes of Louis Theroux ‘I really think you’re going to enjoy this experience. We are a good group of...
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Nov 30, 2020
J.K. Rowling Might Actually Have A Point On Trans Youth
No fan of J. K. Rowling could expect her next publication to be “Harry Potter and the Transphobic Tweet.” But among all her transphobic...
Teresa Costa
Nov 26, 2020
More Social Dilemmas
‘Where do we come from? Who are we? Where do we go?’ The French artist, Gauguin, asked these questions when he painted one of his...
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