The Lunatic Girl: from being a “digital declaimer” to a “convivial writer”

The pandemic isn’t on our side. But it will end and we will be able to return to talking about books peacefully. The Lunatic Girl All of us have virtues and vices, some more some less. We can also say that books have virtues and vices, because they are a direct extension of their writers….

Loimόs and pestis: the pandemic at the age of the ancient Greek and Roman

At present, we are living in an abnormal and unusual period, which seems to have came out from one of the best post-apocalyptic films: a virus, the infamous Covid-19, is forcing us to stay at home and to avoid every kind of social contact. Moreover, we have started to believe that other people are our…

The “Lunatic girl”: a digital declaimer

The Internet, in particular social media, are usually thought of as a “reserved space” for the young, where the “differently young” people don’t have the possibility to express themselves as they want. However, there are some exceptions and one of these is the “Lunatic Girl”, a.k.a Carlotta Gualtieri. Grossetana by birth and Pisan by adoption,…

The new European Copyright law: Internet apocalypse?

In 26th March 2019 the European Parliament has approved the new copyright directive, whose aim would be to protect the copyright on the Net. This measure could be considered admirable about its purpose, but it could have heavy repercussions on the use of Internet and on the free flow of informations online. A lot of…