EP 1: Intersectionality and Debating skills – 30th April 9-12

Episode 1 is about Intersectionality. What is Intersectionality? Is it just a new buzz word? And how can we incorporate it in our activism? Our perspective and way of being? More importantly how can we include the concept of Intersectionality when debating any topic? Find this out and more during their First Episode!

EP 2: Emotional Intelligence – 11th June 9-12

Episode 2 will be on Emotional Intelligence. This training will focus on the ability to understand, use, and manage your own emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges and defuse conflict. This training space will also explore how to apply emotional intelligence when debating various topics.

EP 3: Boundaries – 9th July 9-12

Episode 3 will focus on the concept of Boundaries. Personal boundaries or the act of setting boundaries is a life skill that has become more popular since the mid 1980s. “A boundary is a limit or space between you and the other person; a clear place where you begin and the other person ends”. It is the practice of openly communicating and asserting personal values as way to preserve and protect against having them compromised or violated. This training space will focus on the connection between asserting personal boundaries as an activist and how boundaries can be set in a debate.

Final Episode is a Debate Showdown! More details will be given later regarding this event.

Join LGBTI+ Gozo on this experiential journey by filling out the form here!

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It’s hard to believe nowadays but it was a risk to build the series around a mythical world, like a cracked-mirror reflection of medieval Europe, but executive producers David Benioff and DB Weiss had a clear vision.

They were wise enough to add thriller-fiction pacing and exploitation-film nudity to the mix. This definitely got people’s attention in a time were fans of this sort of fiction drama were still few and fare between, definitely not enough to cover the costs of the mind blowing scenes we see in the later seasons. If one were to revisit the first season of GoT they’d notice the much stricter budget, especially when compared to the last season.

By the third season GoT was attracting 5 million viewers per week. However, blood and breasts alone don’t explain why the show became a worldwide phenomenon. This is because Game of Thrones, for all its grimness and brutality, represents a return of old-fashioned escapism. GoT invites you to join a world where you can solve your problems with a sword and saddle.

By 2012, after the show had been on the air only one year, Game of Thrones’ fan base was named the most devoted of all fandoms by New York magazine’s Vulture.com, beating out even devotees of Oprah Winfrey, Star Trek, Star Wars and Twilight. Since the release of the first volume of the book series, “A Song of Ice and Fire,” by George R. R. Martin in 1996, a dedicated fanbase has emerged. The season 7 finale attracted a record 12.1 million viewers, further solidifying its status as a cultural icon.

According to a report from Variety, the final season of the series has a budget of $15 million per episode.

We started out in 2011 with Ned Stark’s summary beheading of a ranger who had deserted the Night’s Watch. By the end of episode 9, Ned himself was beheaded–and Sean Bean gone from the show. The last thing we saw in 2017 was a resurrected dragon bringing down the great wall of ice protecting the northern border of the Seven Kingdoms. Along the way, we met and lost over half the named characters. The show followed the fierce and never-ending contention between the Starks and the Lannisters. We came to see Hodor for the hero he always was, and Ramsay Bolton for the dog food he was always destined to become. Dany Targaryen evolved from a bullied younger sister to chief claimant to the Iron Throne. We also saw her sleep with her nephew Jon.

All in all, it’s been a wild ride and I don’t regret a single night of missed sleep – I simply slept during morning lectures instead. It will be hard to say goodbye in what is expected to be a bittersweet ending.

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