Laura Cadamuro

Laura Cadamuro is a master student at UvA. Born and raised in Italy, she moved to Amsterdam to study communication. She studied Modern Philology during her previous master and literature remains her first love, but she’s curious about anything that captures her attention. Her main interests are comparative literature studies and she always wants to find out more on anything that relates to art, philosophy or sociology (especially when it’s intertwined with politics).

The Sea in the Page: Water’s Journey Through Literature

By Larua Cadamuro Illustration by Madelene Nitzsche When we discussed the theme of this issue and decided to pick water/sailing as our fil rouge, I was extremely excited with it. Given my background in literature, my mind immediately went there, and I started brainstorming about the million directions this article might have taken. The cradle…

Under the Squeeze: How We Internalize the Hustle

By Laura Cadamuro Illustration by Jagoda Brzeska Have you ever felt squeezed? Did you feel like it last week maybe? You know, that feeling of having your brain always on, always working on something even when you are resting, as if you could never turn it off. You might wake up in the morning and…

Peddling Lies: Why We Fall for Fake News

By Laura Cadamuro Illustration by Marlon Let’s face it: bullshit is everywhere. Especially when it comes to what people say, it is not that rare to hear people blabbing about things they do not know. Sometimes, it could also be us. Sometimes, we hear someone backing up their words with such good arguments that we don’t…

The Feast

By Laura Cadamuro Photograph by Hannah Brunnschweiler When I asked my Dutch flatmate if playing the lottery was something popular in the Netherlands, she looked at me giggling: apparently, it is just seen as any other gambling game, not at all in a positive light. But if you play the lottery in Italy, things can…