In October 2020, Poland implemented strict anti-abortion laws which meant that women could only legally access abortion in cases of incest or rape. President Andrzej Duda, at the time, proposed potentially reintroducing women’s access to abortion ‘due to fetal abnormalities,’ however this would only be limited to defects that would be considered ‘immediately life-threatening.’ InContinue reading “Women’s Rights: Poland’s anti-abortion law”
Category Archives: Social Issues
Why the Christchurch massacre movie should not go ahead
In 2018, I travelled to New Zealand with my mother. We went to Mount Cook and Queenstown before finally travelling to Christchurch. We stayed there only briefly but enjoyed our time in that beautiful city. I was devastated, just like most of the world when in March 2019, Brenton Tarrant, a white supremacist killed 51Continue reading “Why the Christchurch massacre movie should not go ahead”
The Reality for People of Colour and the issue of Microaggressions
Derald Wing Sue, a University Professor at Columbia who studies anti-racism and racism and the psychology behind it has deemed racial microaggressions to be the “everyday insults, indignities and demeaning messages sent to people of colour” by people who are often unaware of the offensive implications of their actions and words. The term was originallyContinue reading “The Reality for People of Colour and the issue of Microaggressions”
Wesley College: The Private School Scandal
More recently in the news, one of Melbourne’s most prestigious private schools has been implicated in a series of sexual assault scandals. Parents and students from Wesley college have been increasingly coming out and have begun to disclose incidents of harassment, sexual assault ‘and disrespect to girls by male students.’ Over a dozen have comeContinue reading “Wesley College: The Private School Scandal”
The Last Matriarchy in Europe
Often deemed as Europe’s last matriarchy, Kihnu, Estonia is an island off Estonia’s coast in the Baltic Sea. Women have been responsible for the running of this community. Women are core to preserving the culture in Kihnu, often women wear the Kihnu traditional dress. In this unique community, the men are mainly fishermen and goContinue reading “The Last Matriarchy in Europe”
The simultaneous spread of COVID-19 and Xenophobia
I have been both intrigued and disgusted since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak by the simultaneous rise and spread of both the coronavirus, xenophobia and racism. I’m saddened by the fact this issue hasn’t been given enough media attention. In Knoxfield, Melbourne Australia, earlier this year, a racist-inspired act of vandalism has impacted theContinue reading “The simultaneous spread of COVID-19 and Xenophobia”
Japanese Society and “Hikikomori”
After watching too much Queer Eye: We’re in Japan, I started connecting the dots that Japanese society is embedded with deep social cleavages which do not allow for the normalisation of intimate, loving interactions and relationships. In fact, these cleavages encourage and perpetuate this engrained, societal mindset. Japanese society appears to be very lonely andContinue reading “Japanese Society and “Hikikomori””
Shocking US Supreme Court Decision
Abortion laws in America have been apart of a highly contested debate on a global scale. If you are unfamiliar with the US Abortion laws, many states have implemented increasingly more restrictive laws to prevent access to abortion. Since America has a federal political system, state governments have autonomy. However in regards to protecting theContinue reading “Shocking US Supreme Court Decision”
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