Professor of Modern Greek and Comparative Cultural Studies, Fellow of St. Cross College in Oxford University
The death of pioneering Greek transgender activist Paola Revenioti marks the end of an extraordinary life of resistance, political struggle, and unapologetic self-expression that helped reshape Greece's LGBTQ+ movement.
Or perhaps because there is no other way to watch a match that can keep you on the edge of your seat for nearly two hours and still end 0-0
Let us not so easily assume that what happens in the world—the persecution of LGBTQI people that takes place in countries in Africa, or in Russia, in the United States—will not happen here. Look around a little and you see that we are always one step away from a similar turn
As far-right influence spreads through media, publishing and cinema, artists and intellectuals across Europe are warning that the battle for culture has become a battle for democracy itself
How did Seferis put it: “Centuries of poison; generations of poison.” You might think we have earned the right to speak and sing freely—but still, the battles must be fought again.