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International Women’s Day: Gender Equality Takes More Than a Bunch of Mimosas

Francesca Giuliani

An analysis of the history behind and the contemporary meaning of the International Women's Day, with a special focus on Italy and on how it is still very hard to be a woman in...

The Madonna Paradox: How I Learned to Love Cleaning Commercials

Anthony Dion Mitzel

Since today is La Festa della Donna here in Italy and many other countries around the world I thought I would take some time to observe what’s actually happening with the image...

Fabricating Women’s Histories

Laura E. Ruberto

Italy’s construction and memory of International Women’s Day.

Bread and Roses or “Mimose”?

Laura E. Ruberto

Where has over 100 years of honoring women gotten us?

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