By Helena Reinders For years, Italy has been struggling with overcrowded prisons. This is illustrated by the fact that the country’s average prison population is 140% compared to their capabilities, with some prisons’ populations reaching as high as 268% (Pezzuti, 2015). What can the root causes of this overpopulation be,Continue Reading
By Doga Mehter What synonyms come to mind when you think of happiness, a word with numerous connotations? The color yellow, spring, flowers, laughing and sparks all around us? Happiness is sought and chased after in a never-ending cycle of ‘if I finish this…’ or ‘if I achieve this…’ HappinessContinue Reading
By Zuzanna Mietlińska Polygamy, polygyny, and polyandry. Three different terms that embrace the same phenomenon – plural, inter-human relationships. Polygyny is when one man is in a relationship with more than one woman. Similarly, polyandry is when one woman is in a relationship with more than one man, and polygamyContinue Reading
By Juni Moltubak, Arianna Pearlstein, and Helena Reinders Second hand, thrifted, ethical, vegan, organic, local, recycled, minimalistic, fair. What does it really mean to be a sustainable brand? In fashion, sustainable brands usually emphasise two things: the environmental impact of production (fabrics, shipping, chemicals) and ethical production (fair wages, aContinue Reading
By Joanna Sowińska Everyone certainly remembers the countdown to 2020. However, no one probably expected the question: ‘Do you have your face mask with you?’ would become so common and repetitive in this new upcoming year. Nor that 2020 would result in an economic disaster, loss of millions of jobs,Continue Reading
By Zuzanna Mietlińska Did you know that in the XXIst-century “global North” there are certain jobs which are still prohibited for women? That in a vast majority of today’s political entities you won’t find a woman bearing certain offices, or the law that has a potential to change it isContinue Reading
By Joanna Sowińska Living in a country such as the Netherlands sometimes makes people forget about their basic privileges. While the ability to shower once or twice a day may appear marginal to people in most developed countries, two-thirds of the global population (4 billion people) and close to halfContinue Reading
By Helena Reinders This article builds upon the previously written articles regarding the Black Lives Matter movement. If you have not read those, we advise you to do so before continuing. As the Black Lives Matter movement and protests across the US rage on, we want to provide you withContinue Reading
By Zhayra Escalona In my vocabulary, there is a word that is extremely important. It is a word that probably has not even been heard, let alone seen, by most people in the Western world. Now imagine my surprise when I saw it being thrown about on social media unlikeContinue Reading
By Helena Reinders Oftentimes, exercise is promoted as a way to improve one’s physical health. What people tend to forget, however, is that exercise can also drastically improve a person’s mental health. The first part of this article will focus on explaining the benefits of exercise for mental health, andContinue Reading