4 November 2026 – Wednesday
4 November 2026 – Wednesday

Monday Briefing 02/11/2026

Chi Possiede Le Città?

Europe’s Champion Dilemma

So, Where Are You From?

Perché abbiamo ancora bisogno dei classici greci

Violence is Never the Answer in Democratic Politics

julianna.podoba@studbocconi.it | + posts

Hi, I’m Julianna, and I’m a second year BEMACC student from Poland. I travel and ski whenever I ​get the chance. Writing is my way to interpret my thoughts and to belong. I am under no obligation to make sense to anyone, but I still hope that you enjoy reading my words as much as I enjoy writing them!!!

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Gordon Matta-Clark, Anarchitecture and the Honesty of the Demolished 

Gordon Matta-Clark- an architect who never built a single thing, yet spent the 1970s slicing through abandoned buildings. His art was a political act of resistance to ownership, driven by the motivation to expose the anatomy of the city. Fifty years later, those same buildings are luxury lofts, and the wounds have been sold.
What we think of today when someone mentions the district of SOHO in New York is luxury: a place of expensive designer boutiques, making it the top shopping destination. What also characterizes the neighborhood is its unique buildings, having…
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The Laughable Libido: The Political Erasure of Older Women’s Desire in Cinema

Cinema has always shaped how we see women—but what happens when they age? While men grow more desirable on screen, women are pushed into silence, ridicule, or endless self-reinvention. Across genres, their desire is mocked, feared, or managed, revealing how female sexuality is not lost with time, but gradually denied space to exist.
Cinema has always shaped how we see women—but what happens when they age? While men grow more desirable on screen, women are pushed into silence, ridicule, or endless self-reinvention. Across genres, their desire is mocked, feared, or managed, revealing…