European Employers’ Hijab Ban Ruled Legal
This week, the European Court of Justice ruled that it was legal for companies to ban employees from wearing the hijab, as long as such a ban is part of a wider ruling prohibiting any...
Category: Europe
UK introduces compulsory sex education in schools. Kind of.
Having had a Catholic education, my experience of sex education was mixed. Sometimes it was sensible, sometimes it was scientific, and sometimes the repulsion they tried to teach us about things like...
Conservative Christianity is making the LGB community sick
It is a bold claim, but new research carried out by the Oasis Foundation explains how the church is the predominant cause of mental health problems in the LGB community. To acknowledge that they are...
Le Front national: a populist neo-Nazi party
Living in the south of France in the late 1990s, I was surrounded by the burgeoning popularity of le Front national, a far-right political party founded and led by Jean-Marie Le Pen. Le Pen was an...
The expanding European security state
Just days after stepping into the White House, President Donald Trump enacted tight restrictions on refugees and immigrants entering the United States, stranding thousands of travelers around the...
The betrayal of the Lib Dems is something to learn from, not repeat #Article50
Since Christmas, two things are taking up space in my copious social media feeds; it turns out that everybody I have ever met is: Re-joining a weight-loss support club, and / or Re-joining the...
Victim blaming, concern trolling, racism: trawling the comments on reports of sexual assaults
Earlier this week, a young woman in my city reported being seriously sexually assaulted in Weston Park. It appears that she was attacked when walking through the public park around 11pm on Monday...
#CzarnyProtest — a study of empowerment through social media
Warsaw. Castle Square. October 3, 2016. This picture shows one of many protests that gathered that day in Poland and across the globe. #CzarnyProtest — meaning literally the Black...
Populism is killing healthcare in the U.S. and the U.K.
The US healthcare system puts the fear of God into many Brits, especially those who are disabled or chronically ill and deal with healthcare providers on a regular basis. The thought that your...
Brexit, the rise of Trump, Colombia’s rejection of Peace: It’s all related
People the world over are rejecting the legitimacy of liberal democracy, hardening themselves against ‘enemies’, retreating to the security of their tribe, and placing faith in populist leaders...