Ninety journalists, activists and civilians across Europe have been illegally spied with an Israeli spyware called Graphite. Three of the ninety people have come forward: Francesco Cancellato, Luca Casarini, and Husam El Gomanti. They have one thing in common: they have all been critical of the conduct of the Italian government led by Giorgia Meloni. […]
Dear friend, At last, I am writing to you. I have wanted to do it since January or maybe February, not for you, but for me. It is not with anger or hatred that I write to you, perhaps not even resentment. I breathe a quiet calm; it tastes of fatality. In these […]
For the pseudo-Kantian optimists who see humanity’s intent in a process toward the better, here is a statistic that you too will find alarming: gender equality is 132 years away. In 2154 women will flock into parliaments, fill heads of state summits, lead most of the more profitable companies, lead immense multinational corporations, and be […]
Prostitution “is officially acknowledged as a form of exploitation of women and children and constitutes a significant social problem, which is harmful not only to the individual prostituted person but also to society at large” (McCarthy et all, 2012; Honeyball, 2014). Prostitution involves almost 42 million people worldwide. Since most of the sellers are […]
Sunday evening, small provincial town. Two friends sit on a terrace and chat. Both have been raped. The next day, Monday afternoon, Padua. Three girls drink coffee in a bar, they all come from different countries. All have been raped. Of these four, two have been raped more than once in their lives. Of these […]
This month, the couple who lives across the street have had two fights. Both times, from my apartment, I have heard screaming, crying, and crumbling things. When they fight, they don’t speak Italian. During the first fight, however, the woman yells “help” in Italian several times. My roommate calls the police to explain the […]