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Heartbreak Spectacle: What “Love Island” Can Teach Us About the Politics of Tenderness

August 9, 2019 · Maria Theuma ·

Tenderness is a protest campaign against institutionalised amnesia.

Tagged With: feminism, modern love, tenderness

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

Against the Overmen: Captain Marvel and Umbrella Academy

May 10, 2019 · Teodor Reljić ·

Both Captain Marvel (Marvel Studios) and Umbrella Academy (Netflix) offer keen critiques of the borderline-fascist notions of superhero might and specialness, and we would be remiss to ignore them.

Tagged With: film review, popular culture

The True Cause of Low Wages in Malta? Hint: It’s Not Foreign Workers.

May 1, 2019 · Raisa Galea ·

To find out more about the state of solidarity between workers of different ethnicity and their working conditions, I paid a visit to a private company which employs a large number of individuals from all over the world.

Tagged With: solidarity, trade unions, worker's rights

Daphne Caruana Galizia’s Contested Memorial: the Battle of Two Nationalisms

April 16, 2019 · Raisa Galea ·

 The core issue that underpins the conflict in Great Siege Square is whether the memory of the slain journalist can claim a place on the emblem of nationhood and whether she can be considered as part of the Maltese nation at all. It is the meaning of ‘the nation’ and who deserves to define it […]

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

On Abortion in the Context of Malta: a Medical Doctor’s Perspective

April 3, 2019 · Gilbert Gravino ·

It is extremely important to differentiate between being anti-abortion at an individual level and being anti-legalising-abortion (anti-choice), a distinction that is often overlooked.

Tagged With: abortion, feminism, pro-choice, reproductive rights

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