In the Grimshaw Club’s first Expert Insights event of the new academic year, we spoke with Dr. Teale Phelps Bondaroff, a researcher and community organizer with a PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Cambridge.
Dr. Bondaroff talked to us about his paper “Micronationalism and Performative Sovereignty: the Origins of the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Reef” and discussed the origins, evolution, strategies and outcomes of this kingdom.
Produced by Beatriz Silva.
Shreya reports on how LSE has been named among twelve British universities found to have paid a private security firm to surveil pro-Palestinian students on campus.
Sophie highlights how society imposes contradictory and performative expectations on disabled people.
Hareem claims that Western powers weaponise feminist rhetoric to justify imperialist violence.
Anna contends that Dubai’s promise of insulation from Middle Eastern instability was always precarious, and recent conflict exposes how wealth cannot ultimately shield a city from geography, politics, or human consequences.
Andrei argues that Trump’s war on Iran is incoherent and contradictory, with no clear strategy, and appears largely driven by Netanyahu’s political interests.
