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Andreea writes and teaches.

She studied Political Science and Communications at Richmond University, followed by a MSc in Global Health and Development at UCL’s Institute for Global Health.

She has a diverse experience in the fields of international education, training and personal development, as well as in diplomacy and the media.

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Frayed carpets and broken marble, Polished metal perched on sidewalks Littered with dog faeces, cigarette butts and spit, And a cat in a corner, for show, All reflections of a society whose values are worn, driven, painted over nails and hair and eyelids, And lay less within, And less at home. #Bucharest #streetphotography #cat #catsofinstagram #catlife #streetcat #cityscape #urbanscape

To the snow that has not yet fallen. #january #mist #cold #frost #frozenrose #waitingforthesnow #climatechange #photography #snowlover #winterlovers #frozen #leaves

Cartea aceasta a apărut pentru prima oară abia în noiembrie 2019. Este prima carte disponibilă publicului larg despre rasismul împotriva romilor din România. E scrisă după standarde academice, cu liste bibliografice după fiecare eseu, predominant în stil ASA sau Chicago. Una dintre condițiile invocate la realizarea volumului a fost paritatea dintre autori și editori romi și neromi- să fie atâția autori romi cât sunt neromi, iar un editor din doi să fie și el, la rându-i, rom. Doi autori neromi au refuzat să fie editați de un editor rom. Oameni care aparent și-au construit o carieră pe principii progresiste, specializați în cercetări istorice, antropologice și studii rome, oameni cu CV-uri 'antirasiste', ajung în imposibilitatea de a purta discuții pe temele lor de studiu cu romi din cauza propriului rasism internalizat. Cum adică un editor rom să fie pe picior de egalitate cu mine, nerom? Pesemne acești cercetători preferă un mediu atent controlat rasial atunci când abordează tema rasismului. Pentru aceștia, însăși ideea de autoreprezentare romă a fost 'prea mult' - de la micro la macro, iată o oglindă fidelă a atitudinii foarte multor români, care nu se consideră rasiști, doar îndreptățiți, prin poziția socială, să se ghideze în gândire și acțiuni după principii fundamental rasiste. Prin urmare, volumul a fost pe punctul de a nu fi publicat. M-a atras de cum am văzut-o, pentru că de mult timp caut un studiu științific care să analizeze problema rasismului în spațiul românesc (nu dacă există, ci de ce și cum există) construit pe principii egalitare și, bineînțeles, accesibil ca timp de citit. E un subiect complex, dar cartea aceasta este un bun punct de pornire. Din fericire pentru mine - și sper că și pentru mulți dintre voi- și în sfârșit, îl găsiți la Cărturești. #problemaromaneasca #carturesti #Romania #roma #racism #academicstudy #discrimination #minoritypopulation #book #bookstagram #bookish #igreaders #bookclub #booklover #bookworm

'It's just a waiting game. But we'll get there, it doesn't matter' 'What are you waiting for?' 'For it to stop' The Fires, part 2. Link in bio, if you'd like to read. Thank you. #Australia #Sydney #bushfiresaustralia #bushfires #haze #account #narrative #saveaustralia #saveaustralianwildlife #donateforaustralia

I "I hadn’t posted the pictures before we left because I thought it would be over. In a futile act of magical thinking, I told myself they’ll go up when the danger had passed; upload them before that, and it’ll linger. The fire, I mean. You see, I thought I had a say. It was an outrageous hypothesis, a crumbling bridge between denying my powerlessness and succumbing to it. I held the higher ground of hope for a while. There’s always ridiculous hope before a catastrophe unfolds. Ridiculous, because of the inaction it fuels. It only seems self-contradictory on paper- in reality, it takes an immense amount of energy to just sit by and watch the world as you’ve known it turn to ash" Link to the full story in bio.

I took this photo to remember the name of the street, in case 'Great Marlborough' somehow escaped me when a friend would message asking for directions. My London reveries are plenty, and when dreaming in motion, my mind lessens its grip on information that others might consider useful, such as street names, location names, people's names, too. And then, there's my inner sense of direction, which to the world might seem as lacking altogether, but serves to guide me, and only me, to places I didn't intend to go, but where I'm happy to have reached nonetheless. This is by no means a metaphor: I get lost all the time and get to places I've never been before where I always find something to catch my eye. I linger. I used to be late everywhere, but now, I add 10 extra minutes to my travels just to make room for whatever bit of magic that may come my way. So taking this picture made sense to me at the time. Once it failed to serve its purpose-my friend never asked for directions-, I went back to the gallery to delete it. Somehow, I couldn't bring myself to do it. I don't know what it is about it that I am so drawn to: the horde of people waiting patiently at the traffic light, which is a London landmark in its own right; the three, four who'd had enough and crossed; or the sense of annonimity and safety I always get amongst large crowds, that keep me snug and in place on my walks, and are rarely swayed by the outside world- a facet of the feeling of home. Here, I was about to merge with the masses, with the same bubbling joy I'd feel when getting under a blanket at the end of a long day. No wonder I can't let go.

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