Image Source: Jung Hawon/AFP This March, Freely Magazine would like to honor women around the world in a special article highlighting important female figures and their lasting legacies worldwide. Everywhere, women are fighting a battle to have a voice, to be treated with respect, and most of all to have rights. Women around the world […]
Illustration Credit: Eva Dinino Written by Mariana Bedon On September 30th, Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra dissolved Congress. It is the second time in Peru’s history that Congress has been dissolved. The last time this happened was April 5, 1992 when Alberto Fujimori was president. What happened? The battle between President Vizcarra and Congress started back […]
Writers: Rachel Warner and Jae-In Kim Film Introduction Directed by Bong Joon-ho, the man behind Snow Piercer and Okja, Parasite focuses on the destitute Kim family and their infiltration into the lives of the affluent Park family. At the film’s world premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, it carried home the Palme d’Or, the […]
Illustration Credit: Margot Whipps Written by G. Neely and K. Messerman In recent decades, countries around the world have begun to require that their populations learn English and with good reason. In 2013, the United Nation’s Education First (EF) English Proficiency Index found that out of 60 countries and territories, an increase in English proficiency […]
Written by: Michelle Ferguson, Yijin Chen, Gianna DeSimone Illustration credit: Peter Naktin Introduction Around the globe, English is widely regarded as one of the most ubiquitous languages and one of the most important to know, according to Mackenzie’s book, ELF, bilingualism and multicompetence. Today, there are an estimated 1.75 billion users of English worldwide, according […]
By: Marianna Sann and Sylvia Van Dao Ten years ago, Michelle Angela Ortiz hoped to be where she is today – a successful visual artist, skilled muralist and community arts educator. For more than 18 years, Ortiz has been using art as a tool for communication between communities. Through painting, printmaking and community arts practices, […]
