Imagine you are taking a test, and in the most difficult question, all your friends give a as an answer, while you answer b. And the question is: do you change your answer or do you persist in your opinion?

In 1951, Solomon Asch created one of the most classic experiments in social psychology to ex...

Picture this: One day, a persistent beeping sound wakes you up earlier than your brain can function. It’s not the construction site next door, just your alarm marking 7:00 am. You’re forced to get up and perform everyday tasks of personal hygiene and maintenance, only you’re not sure whether this is...

“When you look at somebody they’re also always looking at you. . . Of course, it’s political but it’s also about cinema.”*

While I was in the Netherlands as an Erasmus exchange student, I enrolled in some gender studies courses, trying to dig deeper into feminist theory and history. “Sexuality in...

“How fate and time brought about not listening to a poet”, wrote Manos Eleftheriou around the 70s, in his poem “Gilded Words (Malamatenia loyia)”. A poem set to music, an almost throbbing hit for summer concerts, as the audience sings with friends and loved ones.

The path is long-winded, overwhel...