The use of gender stereotypes in the media only serves to reinforce this inequality.
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Doughnuts and Fools: Some Carnival Traditions
Shrove Tuesday means pancakes in Britain, but not everywhere! Today we take a look at some Polish and German carnival traditions.
It’s Shrove Tuesday, and that means pancakes in Britain, but not everywhere! Today we take a look at some Polish and German carnival traditions.
Antonio Gramsci: Translator, Storyteller and Educator
How to survive annihilation and despair in prison?
How to survive annihilation and despair in prison?
How to Trick a Lion
Do you ever look at a three-pin power socket and see a face in a place?
Do you ever look at a three-pin power socket and see a face in a place?
Clothes Mean More Than Bodies
If we should not judge books by their cover, can we judge people by their clothes?
If we should not judge books by their cover, can we judge people by their clothes?
Gianni Rodari, the Logic of Fantasy (Part 2)
During the 1960s, Rodari’s dedication and commitment to children’s education increased exponentially.
During the 1960s, Rodari’s dedication and commitment to children’s education increased exponentially.
Feminism in Early Modern Venice: Lucrezia Marinella
This religious, heroic and allegorical poem has an extraordinary feminist subtext.
This religious, heroic and allegorical poem has an extraordinary feminist subtext.
‘Contested Commemoration’: Trieste’s Memorials of Fascism, Nazism and World War Two
The city of Trieste marked the centenary of the arson attack on the Slovene national hall by returning it to the use of the Slovenian-speaking community there.
The city of Trieste marked the centenary of the arson attack on the Slovene national hall by returning it to the use of the Slovenian-speaking community there.
Jadwiga PiąTkowska, the Forgotten Poet of Solidarity
Piątkowska’s work describes the struggle of the opposition against the Polish communist government.
Piątkowska’s work describes the struggle of the opposition against the Polish communist government.
21 GdańSK Demands: The First Step Towards Freedom
This post is the first in a series published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the birth of the solidarity movement in Poland on 31 august 1980.
This post is the first in a series published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the birth of the solidarity movement in Poland on 31 august 1980.
The City of Rijeka: European Capital of Culture
Rijeka (in Italian Fiume) is one of the most important cities in Croatia, the largest port, and a cultural, educational and scientific centre.
Rijeka (in Italian Fiume) is one of the most important cities in Croatia, the largest port, and a cultural, educational and scientific centre.
Gianni Rodari, the Logic of Fantasy (Part 1)
Gianni Rodari (1920-1980) is regarded as the father of modern Italian children’s literature and we celebrate his fantastic contribution to literature and education in the year of his triple anniversary.
Gianni Rodari (1920-1980) is regarded as the father of modern Italian children’s literature and we celebrate his fantastic contribution to literature and education in the year of his triple anniversary.
Translation and Melancholy
Fr Manuel says the translator is like an acrobat (bolteador)
Fr Manuel says the translator is like an acrobat (bolteador)
Coronavirus (Covid-19) Ephemera Material From Southeast Europe
Preserve ephemeral material about society and health in southeast Europe during the pandemic in 2020.
Preserve ephemeral material about society and health in southeast Europe during the pandemic in 2020.
Pirates of the Mediterranean
An 18th-century Spaniard who read (or heard read) their chapbooks would have been acutely aware of the threat of Ottoman pirates active closer to home in the Mediterranean.
An 18th-century Spaniard who read (or heard read) their chapbooks would have been acutely aware of the threat of Ottoman pirates active closer to home in the Mediterranean.
Propaganda in the Schoolroom
The book was published in germany in 1941, and its young readers were effectively asked to put a value on human lives and encouraged to see one kind of life as more valid than another.
The book was published in germany in 1941, and its young readers were effectively asked to put a value on human lives and encouraged to see one kind of life as more valid than another.