Civil disobedience deliberately breaks rules in order to protest against prevailing law – and, with a bit of luck, to bring about a (more) moral society. This radical form of protest has proven its effectiveness since the mid-19th century and has given many a movement the necessary emphasis. But when exactly is deliberate rule-breaking justified, […]
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While sportswashing is a relatively new term, the practice of using sporting events as image campaigns can be traced back to ancient Greece. Today, the World Cup in Qatar is generally regarded as “bought”. However, this hardly comes as a surprise to the most sports scientists: After all, according to experts, corruption is a structural […]
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Continuing last year’s tradition, vegan publisher matabooks teamed up with Royal Talens to launch another round of the “Drawtober“ challenge. As part of Drawtober, held from 1 Oct to 31 Oct 2022, the two approached various art creators to have matabooks’ blank calendar Samaya “Easy M” 2023 designed in various styles using Royal Talens’ acrylic […]
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Every day, girls and young women are driven into forced prostitution – including here in Germany. Often this happens through the “lover boy scam”, where the so-called “loverboys” pretend to be in love with girls and young women in order to sexually exploit them for their own financial gain. Which is a form of human […]
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Russia’s aggression war against my home country Ukraine has been going on for months and the people who suffer the most from it are the population of Ukraine. Peace cannot be painted on a canvas, but art is our voice and solidarity is our message – this is the message of ART AGAINST WAR. ART […]
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What means yes? We all like to believe that we have a clear cut understanding of consent – a yes is a clear yes and no means no. But the reality of consent is much more complicated. The blog ‘What Means Yes’ seeks to provide a platform for those who have experienced sexual harassment or […]
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The NGO Emma und Anton e.V. is dedicating their hearts and time to helping children and women in Loitokitok, Kenya – and one day hopefully all around the world – in using their rights as individuals in this society. They believe that no child should be deprived of their right to education and that every […]
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Matabooks is a young independent publishing house from Dresden that produces vegan products made from grass paper – including beautiful notebooks. To kick off 2021, they’ve come up with something very special: A notebook collection that revolves around the theme of womens’ empowerment. With the notebooks in this collection, Matabooks wants to showcase and celebrate the […]
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Viktoria Spokojna 