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The Representation of Gender and Violence in Netflix’s ‘The Old Guard’
WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW Since Netflix released ‘The Old Guard’, I have come across several articles praising the gay romance in the action movie . Benjamin Lee's piece on The Guardian, for example, has been insightful as it provides not only a queer perspective on...
Dr Monica Carrer’s Article Published by Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint
Alliance Against Seclusion published Dr Monica Carrer's article 'The Everyday Peace Initiative: Institutional Violence'. In this article, Dr Carrer draws from her own journey as a mother to talk about the research study on harm in schools and institutions that she...
Coronavirus and Beyond: Why Community Solidarity is the Key for a Sustainable Crisis Response
The situation has been evolving very rapidly around the world, so fast that it has been difficult to write about it. A month ago feels like another lifetime. The first shock, for me, was discovering there was an outbreak of COVID-19 in the geriatric ward of the...
How Village Women Stood Up to Violent Forces
Eleven years ago, on November 4, 2008, in a forest area near the border between the Indian states of West Bengal and Jharkhand, an incident of police violence on local tribal women's sparked a widespread resistance movement and followed by a conflict… that...
Making room for peace in academia
I was delighted when, a few weeks back, I stumbled upon a discussion on social media where scholars talked about avoiding academic conferences to reduce their carbon footprint. I was even more delighted when it was acknowledged that there are other...
‘A Star is Born’ Review: A Romantic or Problematic Ending?
As a love story, ‘A Star is Born’ nails it. It is a film that makes you feel the connection between the two leading characters, Ally and Jackson. The two get close through a mutual compassion for each other's inner wounds, which makes the narrative more compelling....