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Entries by Francesca Ghillani
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History, life-course, family: a lesson from my grandfather
In 2005, the UN designated 27th January as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Movies and documentaries about the shoah are regularly shown on TV, reminding us of the horrors that took place d...
AGE: NOT JUST A NUMBER
Rejoice, my fellow Italians! We should celebrate. It was announced two weeks ago that our lives as plain “adults” - without age qualification - are longer than we had thought and ...
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano? Beauty and body performance in Science
A few weeks ago I had an interesting conversation with a friend. He is a disability-rights activist and was very upset by how the Italian media had decided to cover the news of Prof Stephen H...
Older women and body image: beauty standards are not democratic
The representation of women in the media and in the fashion industry has been for long at the centre of countless controversies. For decades, an ideal of beauty has been developing mostly around nu...
Successful ageing: is life a win-or-lose game?
A couple of years ago I attended a seminar in London. The presenter, a medical doctor, spoke about the importance of self-presentation in modern life and, in particular, he focused on how older peo...