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Category: Social

  • Thrifting: Saving the planet and your wallet

    Thrifting: Saving the planet and your wallet

    The act of buying a used piece of clothing, normally from a shop, in order to reuse it was given the label we know as ‘thrifting’. Imagine in some lecture you are asked to find one act which reduces your carbon and water footprint, saves landfill space and also supports local businesses. At first, it…

  • Women’s Day

    So much went into play to allow for this annual international celebration to be cemented into our calendars. More than a hundred years of protests, campaigns, and movements, fighting gender disparity, raising awareness on the many oppressions faced by women, and bringing forward individuals who became immortalised by their actions, instilled the passion and fight…

  • Argument for a Living Wage

    Argument for a Living Wage

    Growing up I was always taught that if I put my mind to it, work hard and don’t let myself get distracted I will have a good and happy life. My parents were a living example of that mentality as was the majority of my family. The ones I heard of that were not as…

  • Counter: A culture propagating femicide and misogyny

    Counter: A culture propagating femicide and misogyny

    A reply to last week’s opinion article, one might ask, have we mistaken administrative failures for cultural ones?

  • Why the Unvaccinated Claim Victimhood

    Why the Unvaccinated Claim Victimhood

    Comparisons are indeed odious. That much can be said when we see historical events, political figures and pretty much anything else of a political or historical nature being lumped with one another. These comparisons can be applied to any other field quite frankly, be it culture, socio-economics or any other field for that matter. At…

  • A culture propagating femicide and misogyny

    A culture propagating femicide and misogyny

    Paulina Dembska is not the first to suffer such injustice, and unfortunately, she will most certainly not be the last.

  • Exams should remain online for the sake of students’ health

    Exams should remain online for the sake of students’ health

    Examinations at the University of Malta shall proceed as intended – majorly in-person on campus. This decision has been taken despite the record-breaking surge in daily cases, despite the fact that online exams have been utilised in the past, and despite all student feedback. Online exams do not promote cheating, they snuff them out through…

  • Being Bored

    Being Bored

    Busy or Bored? The latter can be healthier, here’s why.

  • 5G, Europe and the US – Where do we stand?

    5G, Europe and the US – Where do we stand?

    The western allies have agreed to kick China out of the picture when it comes to 5G infrastructure. What they haven’t agreed on though, is how on earth they’re going to replace its carriers, and what’s to be done to rapidly upgrade the now ‘China-less’ networks. By western allies, I refer to the US and…

  • The Age of Augmentation

    The Age of Augmentation

    In the past few decades, technology has evolved to an unprecedented degree. But have there been any recent changes that give extra value to consumers, or are they all superficial?