For this month’s piece I chose the topic of dealing with historical guilt, in this case the policy of the Stolen Generation in Australia. To understand what we are dealing with we have to know what this policy was and how it came into existence. We can find its beginnings in the 17th century when the first European settlers came to Australia. They were of the opinion that they were the first people there, but they were wrong. Australia was…
My first contribution of this new year will be maybe shorter than my previous ones, but I think it will carry the most important message of them all. After Christmas was over, my friends and I planned a meetup, to see each other before the new year comes. I was on my way over to the cafe, where we planned to meet, just waiting for the bus to come, when I saw this older lady, sitting on a bench badly…
In September I had the enormous luck and privilege to attend the film festival Finále as a judge for the Student Jury Award for the best documentary. Why am I reminiscing about it now? It’s because I found out that one of the documentaries is available for online streaming, which kind of reminded me of my experiences. And my experiences were amazing and I wholeheartedly recommend you to, if you have the opportunity, to join the Finále team. Not only…
When I was thirteen years old, in my late night to early morning scroll of Tumblr (because at thirteen I was cool and kind of emo, and all cool and emo kids had a Tumblr account) I stumbled onto a site called FutureMe. This site had, and still has, a very simple, yet ingenious function. It lets you send a letter (read email) to your future self. You write something and then you schedule the time you want it to…
As the weather outside is kindly reminding us, the time of enjoying the great outdoors is, at least for those of us who don’t like the rain and cold, over. So we have to find a new way of spending time in the safety of our warm and rainproof houses or flats. And one of the best pastimes to do it is watching movies. You could argue with me that there are hundreds or even thousands of better ways to…
With the growing panic over outbreaks of monkeypox in non-endemic countries and the ongoing war in Ukraine, the events of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing seem like a distant memory. But I think they should not be forgotten. And the main reasons why, were not the athletic performances, although they were amazing and all the athletes deserve recognition, but it is a phenomenon that was interwoven with the whole games. And that phenomenon and from my perspective, the…
To answer this question we must first define what doping is. The term “doping” is explained as the use of prohibited drugs, medications or treatments by athletes with the goal of improving athletic performance. The practice of doping can be traced back centuries to the time of the invention of sports. Athletes were fed special diets and certain plants believed to improve their physical power and performance. The first noted doping at the Olympic Games was in the year 1904,…