# News with a Foreign Accent A migrant journalist's take on current affairs, the threat of Fascism, bilingualism and being a foreigner Page: Feed: --- ## [Poll: Watermarking AI in Substack articles](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/poll-watermarking-ai-in-substack) _2026-08-14 · Barbara Serra_ Do you want to know if and how I use AI in my posts? ## [Trump's language of War (VIDEO & post)](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/trumps-language-of-war-video-and) _2026-07-31 · Barbara Serra_ and how to translate 'Open the fuc\*ing Strait' ## [From Citizens to Migrants - Europeans in UK post Brexit (video)](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/from-citizens-to-migrants-europeans) _2026-06-27 · Barbara Serra_ 10 years after the referendum, what's changed? ## [Giorgia Meloni vs Trump - did the translation make things worse?](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/giorgia-meloni-vs-trump-did-a-mistranslation) _2026-06-23 · Barbara Serra_ Did he feel sorry for her or did he pity her? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/203120476/c29086e02839c4cd510c80f6e8f4262a.mp3) ## [Red card for the referee's foreign accent](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/red-card-for-the-referees-foreign) _2026-06-12 · Barbara Serra_ FIFA changed the rules, and assumed everyone's English was good enough ## [Mussolini's granddaughter wins Italy's Celebrity Big Brother](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/mussolinis-granddaughter-wins-italys) _2026-05-31 · Barbara Serra_ As a fellow fascist's granddaughter, let me tell you why it's not surprising ## [Translating Trump (VIDEO)](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/translating-trump-video) _2026-03-26 · Barbara Serra_ Does he sound BETTER when he's dubbed? I speak to someone who translates Trump for a living ## [The narratives of Motherhood - Olympics edition](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/the-narratives-of-motherhood-olympics) _2026-02-19 · Barbara Serra_ The true star of the Olympics is a cute 2-year-old named Tommaso who hijacked his mother's moment of Gold Medal glory. Or did he? ## [What I learnt on my Fascism book tour](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/what-i-learnt-on-my-fascism-book) _2025-12-31 · Barbara Serra_ I spent months talking about fascism, and came away with a sinking feeling about our divided societies, lack of nuance and willingness to see other views. ## [Why accent bias is sometimes justified](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/why-accent-bias-is-sometimes-justified) _2025-12-17 · Barbara Serra_ (plus, a great Christmas present idea) ## [Ship everywhere from one CLI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/n7fLyuGSMqjP) _2025-12-17 · **Sponsored**_ One codebase, hosted runners, encrypted credentials, and automated submissions across stores ## [Will AI be the end of 'proper' translations?](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/will-ai-be-the-end-of-proper-translations) _2025-12-04 · Barbara Serra_ Kindle Translate could spell the end for human translations ## [How to survive a Trump news conference](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/how-to-survive-a-trump-news-conference) _2025-11-23 · Barbara Serra_ With or without a foreign accent ## [Hello Bella! Giorgia Meloni and the politics of beauty](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/hello-bella-giorgia-meloni-and-the) _2025-10-22 · Barbara Serra_ Looking back on what has apparenly been a historic week in global politics (the end of a 3000 year conflict in the Middle East, no less), spare a thought for Giorgia Meloni. ## [What language does the Conclave speak?](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/what-language-does-the-conclave-speak) _2025-05-08 · Barbara Serra_ Latin, Italian, and the power of translation ## [Haven't read the books on Fascism? Watch this instead](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/havent-read-the-books-on-fascism) _2025-04-01 · Barbara Serra_ A warm welcome to all new subscribers who have joined over the past few weeks. ## [Did speaking English as a second language impact Zelensky in THAT meeting with Trump?](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/did-speaking-english-as-a-second) _2025-03-02 · Barbara Serra_ Much has been said about the catastrophic meeting at the White House last Friday between Ukrainian President Zelensky and the US President and Vice President. ## ["It's a beautiful accent but I can't understand a word you're saying. Good luck, live in peace."](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/its-a-beautiful-accent-but-i-cant) _2025-02-08 · Barbara Serra_ The story I’m highlighting in this post is not the main news to come out of Donald Trump’s explosive press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House earlier this week. ## [Men of the Past, Men of the Future](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/men-of-the-past-men-of-the-future) _2025-01-20 · Barbara Serra_ Should we really spend the next four years talking about fascism? ## [My 2025 tip to understand Fascism](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/my-2025-tip-to-understand-fascism) _2024-12-31 · Barbara Serra_ M - Son of the Century ## [Browse ThreatCrush Modules (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/iGlk7J1P2Hpj) _2024-12-31 · **Sponsored**_ Install community-built security modules to extend real-time threat intelligence and monitoring ## [Is it racist to tell someone you can't understand their foreign accent?](https://barbaraserra.substack.com/p/is-it-racist-to-tell-someone-you) _2024-12-19 · Barbara Serra_ Apparently it could be, but does that hide a bigger issue?