Cybersexism and online abuse: the case of unwanted penis photos
Gender-based violence online is just as real and dangerous as it is offline. Among the most widespread abuses on social networks and dating apps, the “unwanted penis photos” sent by...
Federica Araco is an Italian journalist who has worked as an editor and translator for the Italian version of the online magazine Babelmed for 9 years. She was editor-in-chief of the quarterly "The Trip Magazine" dedicated to travel and photography. Federica has contributions in several other Italian magazines as well, such as: LiMes, Internazionale, and Left. The stories and topics she covers are often related to gender, feminism, multiculturalism, social exclusion, migration issues, the environment and sustainable development. Since 2016, she has started publishing travel photo essays on her personal blog.
Gender-based violence online is just as real and dangerous as it is offline. Among the most widespread abuses on social networks and dating apps, the “unwanted penis photos” sent by...
While it is universally recognized that abusing and physically harming a woman are hideous crimes, the same cannot be said for many forms of “invisible” violence that leave no bruises...
Many abuses do not make it to the headlines because they leave no visible bruises, and yet, they affect the lives of thousands of women every day. Misogynous and abusive...
In order to preserve their reproductive rights, future Palestinian mothers use their husbands’ sperm hidden in makeshift test tubes. The Italian photographer Antonio Faccilongo told their stories in the “Habibi”...
The pandemic has massively spread dating apps, doubling their turnover and encouraging them to enrich themselves with new features. But what are digital daters looking for online? And, above all,...
Until a few decades ago, in Salento, “Italy’s heel”, it was believed that the sting of a poisonous spider induced states of possession that could be cured with a ritual...
The Festival of Mediterranean citizens, held in Catania from 2 till 5 June 2022, hosted a debate on the power relations and the persistence of gender discrimination. The subject is...
Screened at the Festival of Mediterranean Citizens of Catania, “For Sama” (2019) and “I was there” (2021) testify to the atrocities committed by the Syrian government, drawing attention to a...
Sexual violence in times of war is an “ancient and habitual evil”, wrote Saint Augustine after the sack of Rome in 410 AD. Numerous studies confirm that abuses and kidnappings...
On 13 April 2022, the historic Sicilian photojournalist passed away at the age of 87. With her intense black and white shots, she told 40 years of tormented Italian history:...
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