Author: Lotte Weber

As the war on Gaza enters its sixth month — and 76th year —- Palestinian women and girls find themselves condemned to immense period poverty.

Often the statement, “no, my parents didn’t go to uni” is met with an uncomfortable glance, as if one has just bared their soul, or at the very least, their income bracket. Aside from social stigma, structural prejudice means that adjusting to university administration and bureaucracy proves an additional challenge.

A national public service failing to serve the national public? Shocking…

I still feel like a bewildered six-year-old, stretched out into a big kid’s body — and yet I defend the business of small-talk and other banalities.