It probably started in the playground. My daughter picked up that there were “cartoons on the television at six o’clock”. We have a TV but only use it to watch tapes and DVDs. When her brother joined in the chant, “cartoons at six o’clock! Cartoons at six o’clock!” and they both started hanging on my […]
If you want to get ahead, grrrls, get thee to Sweden.
Surprised? You shouldn’t be. The World Economic Forum’s Report on Women’s Empowerment, published today, makes for predictable reading overall: Nordic countries in the top five places, Islamic countries at the bottom. There are some surprises in the details, however, such as the Netherlands at #42 […]
I passed a woman in the street this evening. She was quite heavily built, in her 40s, wearing a shapeless skirt and flowery blouse with a crumpled collar. She had put down her bulging bags of shopping and was leaning wearily against a wall, with an air of complete dejection, her face hidden in the […]
Read the following extract from an impassioned speech by Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa:
Just a few weeks ago, I was in Zambia, visiting a district well outside of Lusaka. We were taken to a rural village to see an “income generating project” run by a group of Women Living With AIDS. […]
Below is a summary of the main points raised at the abovementioned meeting.
Attendance:P. Collina (Chair)E. CoriniG. BuffonC. VieriF. TottiM. D’Agata (rapporteur)
1. Regarding reactions and results of the recent Telecom Italia campaign, Mr Collina reported that sales of cable had experienced a positive boost but that actual new subscriptions to Telecom’s Internet service had been disappointing. […]
Linguist with wanderlust,
From the hills of New Guinea to the halls of the Sorbonne,
From the beaches of Bassam to the fields of Friesland,
From the catacombs of Rome to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.
Currently resident in Dakar, Senegal.
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...in Arcadia ego is a pun on a painting by Poussin.
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