Progress and Setbacks: The Olympic Inclusion-Exclusion Game

In its attempt at inclusivity during the 2024 Paris Olympics, which included parades where queerness was a central element, the IOC (International Olympic Committee) was met with accusations of immorality and the embracement of blasphemy from self-appointed conservative moral police.

The Relationship Gap

Women’s social and financial independence is disrupting the status quo of heterosexual relationships, but the impact of women’s liberation on LGBTQ+ relationships is harder to assess as there is much less data on this subject.

Something is Rotten in the State of Europe: Femicide in the EU

The Italian government contextualised femicide as a violent expression of misogyny. This echoes the common acknowledgement amongst international organisations, including UN Women, that femicide is a fatal consequence of gendered discrimination. Despite this understanding actions to enact systematic change, beyond superficial promises of educational reform, have not been taken.

Motherhood and Feminism in Giorgia Meloni's Italy

In Meloni’s Italy, to be a woman is to be a mother, and the duty of motherhood is ensuring the continuation of a Christian, Italian nationhood through future generations. Immigrant or LGBTQ+ families are not part of this political imagination. They are instead treated as ideological threats to this unified identity.

Part III - A Spectre is Haunting Europe: Consequences and Calamity

The third of a three-part series into the rise of right-wing youth in Europe.

Part II - A Spectre is Haunting Europe: Please Turn Right at the Junction

The second of a three-part series into the rise of right-wing youth in Europe.

Part I - A Spectre is Haunting Europe: The Rise of Right-Wing Youth

The first of a three-part series into the rise of right-wing youth in Europe.

LGBTQ+ History Month

The teaching and celebration of LGBTQ+ history is integral to broadening people’s understanding of themselves, the people around them, and society as a whole.

Empowerment or Objectification? Beauty Pageants in Limbo Between Gender Equality and Patriarchal Culture

From adhering to Eurocentric beauty standards and the objectification of women’s bodies, to the lack of inclusivity towards the LGBTQIA+ community, these competitions magnify elements of patriarchal culture.