THE MOTHERSHIP

WHY MYOPIA IS DEADLIER THAN COVID-19

While it’s easy to get lost in the panic, it’s perhaps worth reflecting that the most virulent sickness plaguing mankind is not COVID-19, but the myopic way in which we respond to such events.… Continue reading →

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020

Anna Howell

5 CHANGE-MAKERS TO TAKE NOTE OF THIS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Where do we go looking for the women that society erased? The 16th century poets or contemporary Middle Eastern composers who leave this world with their music still imprisoned inside them? In Alice Walker’s moving essay, In Search Of Our Mothers Gardens, she suggests that we must look to the female leaders of today, each… Continue reading →

March 8, 2020March 20, 2020

Anna Howell

bjarke ingels meets jair bolsonaro – A B.I.G Opportunity?

How we do deal with despots when it comes to international development? And is it ever possible to separate the project from the regime?… Continue reading →

February 8, 2020February 16, 2020

Anna Howell

Joseph Goebbels Resurfaces In Brazilian Politics

Philosopher Hannah Arendt once wrote that the aim of totalitarian education is not to instil convictions, but to destroy a population’s capacity to form any. As one of the most prominent intellectuals in Nazi Germany, she had reason to fear its advance. So too, it would appear, do Brazilian creatives, following the announcement of Roberto… Continue reading →

January 22, 2020February 8, 2020

Anna Howell

Ricardo Salles Vs The Amazon

Ricardo Salles is an ambitious man. The poster boy for the powerful Brazilian beef caucus, he is on a mission to privatize the Earth’s lungs. For anyone looking to survive longer than 2050, the timing couldn’t be worse. … Continue reading →

August 22, 2019August 23, 2019

Anna Howell

National American Indian Heritage Month: Token Gestures

Today marks the final day of National American Indian Heritage Month, a national holiday invoked by the world’s most fervent philanthropist, Mr. George W. Bush. With Thanksgiving leftovers still cooling in the fridge, the US Army on Sunday issued a statement ordering the closure of the main encampment of activists at Standing Rock in North… Continue reading →

December 1, 2016July 29, 2017

Anna Howell

Solastalgia

I want you to listen carefully to this extraordinary story for it is yours as well as mine. Just 15 minutes of your time, after which you may decide what you want to do with this information. I wish to speak to you about solastalgia; a word barely a decade old but that has infected… Continue reading →

July 22, 2016July 29, 2017

Anna Howell

The Rape Joke

On May 21st 2016, Brazil was once more thrown into the media spotlight after a grainy video of a 16 year old girl getting gang raped by 33 men went viral. The post remained active online for several hours and was greeted with over 500 likes and a barrage of sickening, misogynistic comments before its inevitable… Continue reading →

May 29, 2016July 29, 2017

Anna Howell

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