English Section – Inked Minds

Portrait of MS-13 & 18th

By Sean Reveron

Members of a gang known as the Mara 18 crowd into cells at the Izalco jail in Sonsonate, El Salvador. A Honduran fire and a Mexican massacre have drawn new attention to deteriorating conditions at prisons in Latin America, many of which are stuffed over capacity, leaving inmates to string hammocks from the ceiling or bed down on the floor. (Meridith Kohut/The New York Times)

Is cancel culture really a new phenomenon?

Nowadays, cancel culture, i.e. the tendency that has become very widespread on the web to remove from cultural production people or companies that are considered guilty of having supported – even in the past – values that are contrary to minority rights, gender equality, and generally to politically correct, is one of the most discussed topics.

Continua a leggere →

CAT tools could save us from mistranslated tattoos

English Section, Progetti Universitari

How many of us have stressed out our English, Spanish or ‘geeky’ friend who knows Latin and Greek perfectly because we absolutely wanted a sentence or even a single word tattoed and be sure we didn’t make a mistake? Automatic translators might be right solution for us. And no, I’m not talking about Google Translator which translate the sentence word by word, I’m talking about CAT Tools.

Continua a leggere →

Masonry is also established in the world of tattoos

English Section, Progetti Universitari, tatuaggi

Masonry is a secret, occult and therefore hidden society, which strives to ensure that its “maxims”, its ideals of thought, triumph in society and reach as many people as possible. As in any other secret society, becoming a member requires an initiation ceremony.

Continua a leggere →