Category Archives: better world
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Never assume you know what someone is going through.
2May 8, 2017 by What Is A Name After All?
We all experience similar emotions, but each person’s experience is inextricably individual and intransmissible. We can listen to someone expressing …
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I am democratic so I forbid you from saying anything undemocratic.
Leave a commentMarch 17, 2017 by What Is A Name After All?
Democracy is an ambivalent concept with unclear delimitations. Where do we draw the line? The answer is not obvious and …
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We don’t need any more reasons to be divided.
Leave a commentJanuary 2, 2017 by What Is A Name After All?
The world’s made of polarities right now. Religious/non religious. Muslim/Catholic. Man/Woman. East/West. With education, with littler (formal) education. Black/White/Asian/Mixed Race. …
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Is our History regressing?
Leave a commentDecember 4, 2016 by What Is A Name After All?
Two decades ago being homophobic was the norm. People didn’t even know what sexual orientation really meant. When I told …
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The Invisible: what can we do?
Leave a commentNovember 20, 2016 by What Is A Name After All?
In the last two posts, I’ve been addressing homelessness. I’ve been discussing how we excuse ourselves from caring and how …
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The Invisible: why we should care.
1November 10, 2016 by What Is A Name After All?
When looking at a homeless person, most people will assume their situation is somehow their fault, a result of their …
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The Invisible: they are right in front of us, but we chose to look away
3November 3, 2016 by What Is A Name After All?
The world we live in often strikes us as terribly unfair, sick and cruel. Luckily, a lot of people are …
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