What I Read In October 2021:

what i read in october 2021:

(previous editions) bold = favourite

class & race

the grief of victoria’s covid-19 pandemic is not being shared equally (australia)

‘people shunned me like hot lava’: the runner who raised his fist and risked his life (usa)

the flood that drowned american dreams

behind squid game is a real debt crisis shaking south korea

his name was emmett till (usa)

gender & sexuality

for some, being a tradwife is about more time with family. for others, it’s a dangerous far-right ideology

‘i’m just trying to survive’: a gay man’s terror while hiding from the taliban (afghanistan)

beijing’s crackdown on 'sissy’ men could lead to a rise in gender-based violence, experts warn (china)

why is the idea of ‘gender’ provoking backlash the world over?

gay in south korea: 'she said i don’t need a son like you’

silent spouse abuse – how coercive control is at the heart of family violence

politics, environment, & covid

dead white man’s clothes (ghana)

why hasn’t covax, the global covid-19 vaccine programme, worked out as promised?

‘our opinion was never valued’: wilcannia speaks out (australia)

in samoa we are born into land, climate change threatens to take it away from us

the cartels that capture, extort and torture migrants (mexico)

cities worldwide aren’t adapting to climate change quickly enough

history, culture, & media

my nigeria: five writers and artists reflect on the place they call home

being persian

the allure of the nap dress, the look of gussied-up oblivion

built on the bodies of slaves: how africa was erased from the history of the modern world

how a massacre of algerians in paris was covered up

facebook changes its name to ‘meta’ but not its path to track our data