A Bosnian Spring? Twenty years after the Dayton Agreement, there is something going wrong in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Despite the implementation of a remarkable reconstruction and development program after the war until today, corrupt and incompetent political elites rein the country. Unemployment rate is at minimum 40 per cent and young people and rural…
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Life is peachy for white gays of San Francisco
I loved the first episode of Looking, the new HBO series on lives of gay men living in San Francisco. I mean what is not loveable about a 20 min show full of guys making very mean jokes. I am truly happy that now there is a show on gay men. Yeah we watched stories…
Tribune of “Les Antigones”, a French “feminine” movement
REMINDER : This tribune has raised controversy among readers of The Ecosprinter. The Ecosprinter is an independant participative online newspaper, powered by FYEG. The articles and their content do not reflect FYEG views and are only engaging their authors, in the aim of empowering freedom of speech and public debate within European youth on striking…
Left out in the cold: is boycotting an effective form of protest?
As the Sochi Winter Olympic games draws to a close, I am left wondering whether or not my protest was effective. I protested not only against Russia’s increasingly terrifying anti-LGBTQ legislation, but also against the decision to award a prominent international sporting event to a country that shows little or no respect for basic human…
The Swedish “Hen”-debate
During the past few years there has been an ongoing debate dividing Sweden into two camps. What was the source of discussion? The gender neutral pronoun “hen” is to be used as a third pronoun in addition to she or he, to be used when gender of a person is irrelevant or unpredictable. The so…
Sex education for all
Sex education is crucial for youth empowerment and gender equality and yet it is underdeveloped in many European countries. Those who are against it, claim that parents can provide enough knowledge about sex to their children, that they don’t want their children to be taught things condemned by their religious institutions. Advising abstinence is not…
Gender sensitive writing
First of all, I am not a linguist! But I am speaking to the converted, when I say gendering is important: the old he/she dichotomy creeps into most sentences in some way. FYEG being constituted by persons with different linguistic backgrounds, I thought it could be interesting to compare the different ways of gendering language….
Gay adoption and its perceived effect on children
In Malta, a move is taking place to allow civil union of homosexual couples. A question on everyone’s mouth is: “What if gay couples start adopting? What will happen to their children?” This type of question was expected from a population where the Church has a statistical membership of 98% Catholics, thus creating a perception…
Eight ‘creepy’ things in Westernized love for ‘mighty’ men
Note: [This article is based on the general mentality of men in the Southern Asia where an attitude towards women has been always ironic and dominating and this could be pivotal reasons for series of horrific gang rapes in the South Asia. The article tries to lampoon the existing system of patriarchal societies in Asia…
The Bosnian Spring: A Queer-Feminist Perspective
The fifth of February marked the beginning of the largest demonstration in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) since the end of the war. It is not only the extent of the protest that marks a profound caesura in the history of BiH but also the unprecedented consequences following: mass rampages, extensive arrests, the resignation of the…