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Brexit and the Future of the European Union

by Ewoud van Laer

Brexit and the Future of the European Union <br/> <p style="font-size:14px">by Ewoud van Laer</p>

On 5 May 2021 the UK government dispatched two Royal Navy patrol boats, HMS Severn and HMS Tamar, to the waters off the coast of Jersey in the English Channel. The ships were not there to commemorate the end of the Second World War in Europe but to scare off French fishermen who were threatening […]

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Heavy Metal Women: How Gender Matters in Popular Culture

Heavy Metal Women: How Gender Matters in Popular Culture

Anna S. Rogers and Mathieu Deflem What happens to women when they do something only men have traditionally been expected and accepted to do? What motivates these women to move beyond conventional mores and enter communities and subcultures that are not only dominated by men but shaped by their values as well? How are these […]

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Columbia Strike

Columbia Strike

The guest author of this post is Blake Stricklin. He is a lecturer at the University of Houston – Victoria and the author of ‘American Paraliterature and Other Theories to Hijack Communication’. In April 1968 students at Columbia University overtook the campus. Members from Columbia’s Student Afro-Society (SAS), Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), and […]

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A Critical Hope Is the Foundation to #BuildBackBetter

A Critical Hope Is the Foundation to #BuildBackBetter

The guest authors of this post are Julian Dobson and Rowland Atkinson. They are the authors of Urban Crisis, Urban Hope out June 2020. In the middle of the COVID-19 crisis, the hashtag #BuildBackBetter became a rallying cry on social media for those who saw the need and opportunity to reconstruct our cities. Demands included […]