KnockbacksWhy we need to talk (more) about Masculinity if we want to achieve Gender EqualityIt is undeniable that there has been a lot of progress in terms of talking about gender and acknowledging it as a social construct, rather…Nov 18, 2020Nov 18, 2020
KnockbacksGender Inequality in the world todayGender Equality is enshrined in SDG 5 of the Agenda 2030 and has been recognized as not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary…Oct 25, 2020Oct 25, 2020
KnockbacksWhite privilege vs Male privilegeAs Black History Month began, I finally got around to start reading Layla Saad’s “Me and White Supremacy”, which the more I get into, the…Feb 7, 2020Feb 7, 2020
KnockbacksNot all menThis is a story that 99% of the women out there have heard and lived already at least a bunch of times in their lives. But still I need to…Oct 14, 2019Oct 14, 2019
KnockbacksThe human Ego will be our own undoingIt’s all the same: the patriarchy, homophobia, white supremacy. People don’t want to listen to what they cannot experience. They want to…Oct 10, 2019Oct 10, 2019
KnockbacksCompassion is not PityCompassion is not pity. It’s not me feeling for you, or you feeling for me. It’s us feeling together.Oct 1, 2019Oct 1, 2019
KnockbacksBeing a (white) ForeignerI’m 29 years old and I’ve been a foreigner for most of my adult life. From that day when I was 20 and hopped on a plane to the US, excited…Sep 3, 2019Sep 3, 2019
KnockbacksOf spaces and infatuationsOr how you can really only find yourself through others.Sep 2, 2019Sep 2, 2019
KnockbacksShifting the focus of Jealousy“Jealousy, like the flawed love that bears it, has no respect for time or space or wisely reasoned argument. Jealousy can raise the dead…Aug 21, 2019Aug 21, 2019