Privilege. Entitlement. Patriarchy. All these centuries of having an upper-hand may unarguably turn anyone into an arsehole. Is it white privilege? Certainly. Is it ageism and reluctance to change, at the threat of a highly capable – but opportunity-deprived – millennial generation? Definitely. Is it that most of the felonies, […]
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Many times I have caught myself justifying my ethics to someone else, as in to justify that, despite doing what I consider the right thing, I am still “one of the cool kids”. Let me illustrate. ON FEMINISM Being a feminist should no longer be considered swimming against the current. […]
Air travel has opened frontiers and enables us to… … BLAH BLAH BLAH! Yeah it’s all very cool and everything. But how irritating is to travel by plane? For those who travel often, EXTREMELY. Take your pick at the many factors that will make your travelling experience a living hell. […]
… la fuga è l’unico mezzo per mantenersi vivi e continuare a sognare. [Henri Laborit, 1976] In times like these, it seems indeed, escaping is the only way to stay alive and continue to dream. Henry Laborit wrote this in his “Éloge à la fuite“, and although the original text is […]
After the atrocities seen in Catalonia on the 1st of October 2017, most democrats and human rights advocates are burning in indignation. In an attempt to lift up spirits and give an insight into the cheeky and ingenious nature of the peaceful Catalan referendum, we have collected as many of these stories as it was possible.
When someone asked us "what is a guest post and why do you threaten guests with tales of mysterious torture in the About section...?" we thought to ourselves "we will show you!" because threatening was just as appealing there. Then we infiltrated her flirtations stories into this page. "That will learn her!" Guest post by EE, the first infiltrator at infiltree (meta much).
For the convinced atheist it may become painfully awkward to be involved in a religious ritual. It is not a hate or disdain towards religion itself; it’s rather the lack of understanding of the appealing it has on others. Religion for a convinced atheist is a little bit like “shitty […]