In Madrid, Two Women Fight Against Fatphobia
Cristina de Tena and Lara Gil are activists against fatphobia. In December 2021 they began to make a podcast called “Nobody talks about us”, a fat, anti-capitalist and feminist podcast in which two friends talk about the fatphobia they experience and how it overlaps with other questions such as being women and living in the […]
What is ethical porn? Feminist porn director Erika Lust explains
Erika Lust is a Swedish adult film director, screenwriter and independent producer. Lust is one of the references of feminist porn and a pioneering woman in the industry. Her name is inextricably associated with the concept of feminist porn and ethical porn. But what is ethical porn? What is feminist porn? Can you be a […]
Trans people in Greece: a question of survival
In February 2024, Greece approved same-sex marriage, a measure that gives these couples the same rights as heterosexual couples. The text contains sparse mentions of the rights of trans people, who have since 2017 had the right to have their gender identity recognized. However, no other steps have been taken to recognize their rights, while […]
In Spain, some reckon with the country’s complicated history
The dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain ended with an agreement signed by leading democratical fractions called The Pact of Forgetting. The document stated that atrocities committed by Franco’s regime would not be prosecuted or even officially discussed. State institutions were to resign from any forms of commemorating Franco but his material legacy in the […]
Urban development: solution or problem?
The development of the southeast of Madrid is one of the most ambitious expansions in the European Union. In the coming years, Madrid will build an expansion of the capital in which there will be more houses than in the entire city of Vitoria or Mallorca. These are five neighbourhoods, of which one is already […]
“The risks of a far-right Europe”
Will the next European Parliament be the elections of far-right parties? Across the bloc, many far-right parties are expected to make gains. But they are divided in two groups in the European Parliament: the European Conservatives and Reformists and the Identity and Democracy group. While there is a lot of spin for a “rapprochement”, nothing […]
“Will Europe continue climate protection?”
With the expected rise of far-right parties, citizens and activists fear that European climate and environmental targets, also know as the green deal, will be weaken after the European elections. For our European Momentum campaign, @elsaltodiario investigated the matter and how weakening the EU green deal will only serve big corporations’ interests.
“Will European borders get (even) worse?”
Earlier this year, the EU adopted is controversial Asylum and Migration pact, making it harder to asylum-seekers, exiled and displaced persons to arrive legally in the bloc. For our European Momentum campaign, our Spanish partner @ElSaltodiario investigated the consequences of a more conservative European Parliament
European elections: LGBTQI+ policies
In Spain, feminists mobilise to ask Europe for guarantees for abortion #myvoicemychoice
In the upcoming European Elections, many things are unclear, among which is the future of the sexual and reproductive rights of women in the countries of the Union. To see how things were looking in Spain,@elsaltotv followed Cristina Fallarás, a renowned journalist and writer. Since February of this year, her house has become the centre […]