Written by Luma Andrade In my own personal experience, just being a woman in the world is a relentlessly exhausting endeavor. This is not one of those upbeat pieces that tries to provide a rosy picture of our world and pretend that we are the evolved civilization that we oftenContinue Reading
Written by Nelli Naukkarinen Trigger warning: Discussions of sex, sexual violence and HIV. Sex. We all love to talk about it. Or most of us at least. Sex is an activity a big part of the human race takes part in. It is one of the most discussed topics, notContinue Reading
Written by Nelli Eveliina Naukkarinen On the evening of the 3rd of March 2021, Sarah Everard was walking home from a friend’s house. She never made it home, as she was kidnapped, raped and murdered by a police officer. Sabina Nessa was a 28-year-old primary school teacher, who after aContinue Reading
By Luma Andrade Trigger warning: This article contains discussions of domestic violence, which some may find distressing. Therefore, please respect your boundaries and do not proceed with this article if it might negatively affect you. Some people are lucky enough to be able to call their houses their homes, butContinue Reading
By Luma Andrade ‘To be a woman, to come to light bringing the chopped soul to the joys of life; the freedom and love; to try from glory the ethereal and proud climb, in the eternal aspiration of a superior dream.. To be a woman, to desire another pure andContinue Reading
By Arianna Pearlstein Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, people across the world have consistently heard similar messages from governments, international organizations, and celebrities alike: We are all in this together, and to return to “normal” everyone must do their part by following social distancing guidelines to limit the spread of theContinue 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 Zuzanna Mietlinska Female doctor, female lawyer, female boss. These juxtapositions seem obvious to us in Western culture, but can be completely inapparent when we think about women in the Middle East. Why is it so? Well, we humans love to generalize. After enormous migration flows as well as theContinue Reading