Lisam - Articles

When writers and editors collide

Challenging the orthodoxy of pacifism

Growing up as a middle-class white kid, I thought everyone was like me. Books and TV narrated my experiences, my neighbourhood and schools shared my… Read More »Downwardly mobile & loving it

Ten days before the start of the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, the first Third World country to host the games was christened when… Read More »Repoliticizing the Olympics

Dignity needs defending

The prison system cripples already-poor communities

The feminine shouldn’t have to bow before the masculine

We shouldn’t subordinate our mental health to political engagement

Deconstructing our fat-phobia

Imagine: white benevolent heroes, a desolate backdrop, small black and brown children. Sound familiar? You know the drill – it’s your generic IDS poster promoting… Read More »Something’s fishy about IDS internships