Feminism

A poster promoting the image of working women in 1960s

International Women's (Online Shopping) Day in China

Column

Mingyi Hou

11/04/2019

10 minutes to read

This article explains the consumerist and sexualizing undertones in the transfomation of International Women's Day in digital China.

Welkom in mijn baarmoeder, mijn lief kunstmatig kind

Column

Seline Westerhof

29/03/2019

3 minutes to read

Ivf bood mijn moeder de mogelijkheid tot moederschap. Maar was zij een sterke vrouw met een eigen keuze of een willoos slachtoffer van de technologie?

Breivik on Feminism and Islamization

Article

Audry Bron

Lu Dai

Serena Guerra

Lucy Huschle

26/02/2019

10 minutes to read

Breivik’s thoughts on feminism still have a great impact on the masculinists’ scene today, but Breivik was not the starting point of the chain of anti-feminist views. He also collected his knowledge within an online community.

Tumblr's ban of pornographic content

Article

Federica Morgandi

08/04/2019

11 minutes to read

Why does Tumblr have a new policy to ban all adult content? The general response of users is not positive, and this article will explore the reasons behind the decision, as well as the issue of content moderation that many platforms are facing

Burcu Korkmazer on Digital Culture in 2018 & 2019

Interview

The Editors

Burcu Korkmazer

28/12/2018

In this interview, we ask phd-researcher Burcu Korkmazer to reflect on the impact of digital culture.

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Nobel Prize in Literature 2019. Why Maryse Condé and Antjie Krog should be the laureates.

Column

Odile Heynders

07/12/2018

7 minutes to read

The Literature Noble prize, will be postponed to 2019. Odile Heynders argues that the next celebration will be a special one and therefore should honor two female authors who succeed in giving literature a new dimension and relevance.

Why you should think twice before getting your kid Batman toys

Column

Jules van Iperen

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Georgia McAlpine

28/11/2018

6 minutes to read

By making us sympathize with billionaire Batman, the superhero genre does a marvelous job in legitimizing powerful neoliberal politicians and American hegemony.

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Why has Cultural Marxism become the enemy?

Column

Jan Blommaert

17/03/2019

13 minutes to read

Cultural Marxism is blamed for "globalism" and its discontents. Perhaps exploring globalization can be an alternative for this deeply flawed conspiracy theory.