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On Violence against Women or Why You Should Stop Asking “What about Men?”

March 8, 2020 · Liza Caruana-Finkel ·

Whenever violence against women is discussed, someone inevitably asks, “but what about men?” This ‘whataboutery’ is usually directed solely towards those who speak out on typically women’s issues and ironically proves the importance of focusing on this particular form of violence.

Tagged With: democracy, gender equality, International Women's Day, violence against women

MeTooEP: Rooting Out Sexual Harassment in the European Parliament

March 4, 2020 · Beatrice White ·

The political sphere has also been a focal point of sexual harassment allegations, and in the European Parliament, a group of young feminists are determined to fight back.

Tagged With: #MeToo, feminism, gender equality

Fitness and Its Discontents: The Pursuit of the High-Status Body as Therapy. Part 1.

February 29, 2020 · David Vella ·

We live in a culture that tends to define the self in accordance to the status of its body and the maintenance of a healthy lifestyle. The corporal self-identity of contemporary times frequently goes under the name of ‘fitness’. It is a measure of aptitude for life in consumer culture and a service economy.

Tagged With: capitalism, consumerism, fitness

Eyes on the Street: the Spectacle of Urban Life

February 13, 2020 · Rachael Scicluna ·

In the 19th century, new social practices, such as the promenading up and down the streets, mainly by men, reflected a new economic reality. Streets proved to be the right passages as architectural commodities for a capitalist economy rooted in visualism. The body became an artefact of display, which demanded the gaze of the onlooker.

Tagged With: capitalism, sexuality, urban planning

‘Invictus’: Joseph Muscat’s ‘Glorious’ Exit and Maltese National Pride

January 14, 2020 · Raisa Galea ·

In spite of the unprecedented political crisis, Joseph Muscat remained what a tattoo on his right bicep purportedly states: Invictus. He resigned on his own terms—bizarre outcome, considering the severity of the allegations implicating him in the Caruana Galizia murder cover up. We cannot fully comprehend it without finding out what sustained his baffling popularity.

Tagged With: Daphne Caruana Galizia, democracy, Joseph Muscat, national identity, nationalism

Remembering Paul Clough: the Man, Anthropologist and Public Intellectual

August 4, 2019 · The IotL Magazine ·

Good bye, Paul. You remain in the thoughts, memories and deeds of all of those whom you challenged and inspired.

Tagged With: friendship, Paul Clough

Criticism of Israel or Anti-Semitism? A Guide to the Most Common Fallacies

May 18, 2019 · André Callus ·

In order to determine the presence of anti-Semitism in discourse and actions concerning Israel, we need to make our way through the lies and logical fallacies surrounding this issue.

Tagged With: activism, colonialism, Palestine

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