Let’s be honest, what does it really matter in your life that there are people who change THEIR OWN genitalia? Seriously, it’s not like you go to the gas station to fill up your car, and when you see the exorbitant prices, you think, “oh man, what about transgender people…

God created the earth in six days, and on the seventh day, he rested. And within his creations, he created mankind. But what if it was the other way around? — Immortality, that which is possibly the greatest desire of humans, or if death were not also the greatest of mysteries. …

We are living in a world where adults act like children. Or has it always been this way, and now that I am an adult, I see everything with different eyes? — Honestly, don’t people, in general, annoy you? I swear I try to be social; I really do. But I end up having to be a social introvert, someone who really enjoys talking to people but who just finds most people completely boring and uninteresting.

As a linguist, I strongly subscribe to the idea that language is the primary means to describe the reality surrounding us. As such, words made within a given culture are used to describe it. Well then, what I most contest in my culture is in something as subtle as the…

The word Woodstock looms large in pop culture. The first image that might come to mind is the festival of ’69, of peace and love, and of young people who, in strange harmony, came together to attend what would be the biggest festival of all time. The ’60s would then…

Before you feel too stressed out because of this supposed negativity, let me tell you that this study is not me inventing stuff but only comes from my daily reading habits. And sure, they say ignorance is bliss because the less you know, the less concerned you are about what…

Another day of teaching. That’s my work. The day is not half over, and I’m overcome by tremendous tiredness. I see my eyes in the camera I look at every day in this online world; they are red, with black bags under them. I have the sudden feeling of scratching…

In addition to the most obvious causes, lack of sensitivity to an alarming issue is responsible for human inaction. — There has been a lot of talk about the climate crisis recently. It’s no small thing. Those sensitive enough to these issues just need to leave home, look at their surroundings and realize that something has been wrong for a long time. But beyond the more than confirmed evidence, it…

Recently, in Portugal, the Catholic Church has been in the media spotlight, not for the best reasons, but because of pedophilia scandals. This news is so common that we almost look at them as if they were no longer disgraces. This happens when violence, whatever it may be, becomes normalized…