My name is Giulia Brazzale, I am high school English teacher. During my studies, I have developed a passion for 19th Century literature, Critical Animal Studies, and most of all Herman Melville, to whom this blog is dedicated.
I have pretty much always been into languages and the humanities. In fact, besides reading American Literature, I have both a BA and an MA in Chinese Language (中文) and Chinese “culture” (i.e. history, classical texts, philosophical/religious traditions, etc.), and I speak a little French — a language that one day I would like to take up again.
I am passionate about my job and have completed a number of courses and certifications for teaching English as a foreign language (Cambridge CELTA and DELTA), as well as having attended conferences and delivered training sessions for primary and secondary school teachers.
On this blog, I write posts on the things I care about, including: teaching and education, veganism, books, bullet journalling, and my personal life.
Some things close to my ❤️ include:
- Manuel Uberti, a personal blog by my better half.
- Animal Rebellion Italy awesome people who pressure the Italian government to do something to stop the current crisis and to recognize the rights of everyone, human and non-human.
- Sea Shepherd, more awesome people who work for a better, blue life.
- A/I, the (very few and struggling) people who still allow for some freedom and privacy on the internet today.
- Herman Melville, no introductions needed.
If you wish to read why I started this blog, and what I hope to get out of it, please read my very first post (all posts dated before 2021 were migrated from my previous blog).
I’d be happy to discuss about any of the topics of this blog with you. Please feel free to comment on any of the posts, or to get in touch on Mastodon or via email:
✉️ giulia DOT brazzale AT inventati DOT org.
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