Society

Ziggy Stardust

Am I greedy or is it “just a phase”? - The Bisexual Experience

There is nothing quite like swiping through Tinder and every girl in a straight-passing relationship greets you with a selfie of her and...

Paula Nörr

Who writes history? A detour beyond the official narrative of history

Whether at school or in university, most of us learned about the Paris Peace Conference as a crucial event in European history. Are you...

Leilani Radaideh

The Contumacious Opioid Epidemic: The Five Pillars

Chinese water tortue is a process by which cold water slowly drips onto the scalp or forehead of a victim who is strapped face up on an...

Ana Navarro Bullo

The GIG economic times for the EU: on our way to a more socially proactive Union

Thirty years have gone by since the city where we find ourselves, Maastricht, witnessed the birth of the European Union (EU), bringing...

Anahita Lotfollahzadeh

Facebook: The only crucial book of the digital age

Facebook and co. might be the big tech equivalent to the infamous toxic ex-partner most of us have at least encountered in the movies....

Anthi Likitsakos

The Cryptocurrency debate: Is cryptocurrency harming or helping sustainable development?

Cryptocurrencies have caused a lot of buzz in the past few years with some subscribing to the idea of a decentralized currency system,...

Brendan Hogan and Valentina Giolli

The Cultural Fallout of the Cold War

27 October 1962. Far below the surface of the Atlantic, a stone's throw from Cuba in international waters, lies a submarine. Inside,...

Ekaterina Zemskova

Marriage in China

Marriage pressure can be felt when relatives make comments such as ‘your clock is ticking’ and ‘it's time to start a family’, or about...

Ethan Bergman

Football Hooliganism & Identity Hijack; Ajax’s Jewish Persona

The vast majority of sport club fan bases have a formed identity and culture which permits them to differentiate themselves from others,...

Alara Ersoy

Sustainable Fashion: Lifestyle or trend?

Whether we like fashion or not, every day we wake up and put an outfit on. We all shop, and we all have our own set of garments related...

Marence Jurgens

Let us not forget our humanity.

Since February, societies worldwide have found themselves in a downward spiral of crisis. Negativity is all around and difficult to...