We can guess that (almost) all of us went through this at least once in our life. It might not strictly a violence, but maybe a boyfriend a little too “jealous” (not to say “possessive”), a husband who checks your email, the one who likes making scenes in the middle of the street, the ex who calls you a thousand times to find out where you are, the half unknown who has decided to skulk outside your house…
La Polonia (e l’Europa) contro l’aborto
La Polonia fa parte dell’Unione Europea dal 2004, ma già dall’anno successivo il progetto comunitario rischiava il naufragio. Dagli anni ’90, i governi avevano «consolidato le strutture democratiche e creato un’economia di mercato», finché la spinta decisiva all’ingresso in Ue arrivò dalla sinistra. Il problema era il lascito di una «forte disoccupazione» con pesanti «tagli ai servizi sociali» che hanno portato in breve tempo a una virata di governo prima conservatrice, e poi sempre più euro-scettica e nazionalista…
Kajillionaire, the scam (of feelings) is in the family
She makes one movie every 5 – 10 years, but when it comes out… she strikes again: Miranda July with her third feature film “Kajillionaire”, presented for schools at the Rome Film Festival. In Italian it is presented with the addition of the subtitle “La truffa è di famiglia!”, (“The scam is in the family!”), trying to put a meaning next to a word that has none even in English… pure American slang to indicate “someone absurdly rich”. After billions and trillions, only the “ka-jing” sound from the comics remained! It could be heard when the old cash registers were opened…