Mimo Garcia – Texts in English

Mimo Garcia – Employers routinely turn down disabled job seekers. What prevents them from doing their job is the stereotype, not the disability

I liked very much the film Words on Bathroom Walls. It is about something that is taboo to speak about, especially in Bulgaria: can a person with bipolar disorder, with schizophrenia, etc., live a normal life, love and be loved… To be honest, prejudice rather than the illness itself stands in the way of normal living …

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Mimo Garcia – Texts in English

Mimo Garcia – The Hate between Bulgaria and North Macedonia Is Detrimental to the Balkans

Well, we’ve all been in a situation in which a tipsy acquaintance is trying to make a point: “Do you respect me?” I can feel almost the same now that our politicians, apprehensive lest they disappoint Bay Ganyo*, rush to outdo each other in catcalling: “Hey, you, Macedonians, do you respect us?!”. Being a (successful) politician in Bulgaria is …

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