International Women's Day was celebrated for the first time on 19 March, 1911 after an all-women conference with 100 representatives from 17 countries convened in Copenhagen, Denmark. Its idea was to promote equal rights for women, such as suffrage. IWD's roots were in the Socialist Party of America, and it was mostly celebrated in communist … Continue reading The Joke of Women’s Rights
It was February, two months into my dissertation semester, and I was already over a month behind on my work. I did what any sane person would do: book a two-week vacation to Portugal. 15 March: from Swansea to Bristol, to Porto Waking up before the sun to meet our ride on the corner … Continue reading Portugal, Behave Yourself
On a scale from 1-7, how religious are you? Yet another example of how I try to both use this blog as a tool for procrastination, a way to apply concepts I am (supposed to be) learning in my Master's course, and a way to vent my brain. How much do politics influence your life? 1 … Continue reading Ordinal Experience
In case you were wondering: yes, I am as awkward on camera as I am in person. My final exam essay is due in less than 36 hours (yow), so of course that means I finally get around to putting something substantial on here for the first time in weeks. I bring you my first … Continue reading Live and In Colour
I promise I'm not just drinking and being irresponsible in airports. Outside of the Erasmus Mundus Journalism program, there is a lot going on. There is a running joke in the group about the chia pet-like growth of Facebook groups about everything from football to cooking to photojournalism; at a meeting I had earlier this … Continue reading Extra-Mundus Activities
How many times have we heard the expression about glasses being half-full or half-empty? Not to mention the innumerable little puns and plays on words and whatever that people come up with attached to that first expression. I have tried to attach a lot of meaning to a lot of things since I've been here. On … Continue reading Great Expectations
What does it mean to be a Mundusian? With a purpose largely centered around getting my head straight for this exam essay topic set yesterday and due over the weekend, here is another prolix post on some recent observations around the Mundus programme. I tend to over-think and over-analyse everything. Actually everything. I go into … Continue reading Stereotypes and Cultural Relativism: Nothing is Definitive
An insight into my ink. I've been trying to figure out how to make sure I publish on here regularly without writing useless filler articles that read like my high school diary, and while scratching my head, I thought of it: tattoos. Well, more like I saw it than thought of it, as my second tattoo is on … Continue reading Tattoos and Meaning
You haven't had a real university experience until you've been to a Danish "Friday bar." This past Friday was the Største Fredagsbar: an all-day, all-night event of sports games, friendly competition, free concerts, and lots and lots and lots of alcohol. Now, this isn't your typical fredagsbar. This annual event is put on by the Aarhus … Continue reading Fredagsbar and the social drinking culture
Disciplinary backgrounds affecting classroom discourse. This past Friday was our first actual class of the programme, the first lecture of our first module, "Reporting Global Change." It's going to last about a month, and is held at the Danish School of Media and Journalism, or DMJX for short. It was an incredibly long day because … Continue reading A Political Scientist in a Journalist’s World
