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Scotland’s attempt at ending period poverty. How it became the first country in the world to make all the menstrual products free for women
In 2022, Scotland became the first country in the world to make period products free for all women, after a bill was passed by the Parliament back in 2020. I find this law to be remarkable: not only because there are plenty of females who do not afford to buy menstrual products, but also because… Read more
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Cum am aflat dintr-o catedrală anglicană că produsele de îngrijire menstruală sunt gratuite în Scoția
Știați că în Scoția produsele de îngrijire menstruală sunt gratuite? Ei bine, eu am aflat asta dintr-o biserică anglicană Read more
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Spune-mi ce cărți citeai în vacanța de vară, ca să-ți spun cine ești
Nu, nu este nimic rău în a împrumuta cărți de la alții, de la bibliotecă, dar uneori poate că vrei ceva care să fie doar al tău. Iată cum poți ajuta niște copii să citească romanele preferate în vacanța de vară Read more
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Notes on Prince Harry’s “Spare”
All the things he did, even enrolling in the British army, were nothing but cries for help. When you try and try and try to feel something, but all you feel, all you are, is nothingness, what can you do but something extreme? Is that something peculiar to Harry? I don’t think so. Read more
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The Pondering of Being
Then your lungs start to constrict. It’s like the air is on a strike and refuses to go down your throat. Your entire ribcage starts alerting the system that something might be wrong. A glitch. Perhaps it’s a false alarm this time. Perhaps a little sleep will reset you. Perhaps you will wake up brand… Read more
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“Aftersun”, a reflection (and a short poem)
Aftersun by the brilliant Charlotte Wells is a splendid yet very painful movie to watch, especially if you’ve been dealing with depression yourself. A lesson in storytelling, with characters which, to me, were very evocative of Murakami’s. Read more
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