The women depicted in the great Latin and Greek classics are secondary characters who evolve silently in the background of the heroic deeds of valiant warriors and powerful and capricious...

Some contemporary authors now rewrite great Latin and Greek classic from the point of view of Dido, Circe, Penelope, Calypso, Medea, Cassandra, finally promoted to the rank of protagonists. Irreverent,...

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...