A Sokal paper is a fictitious paper that does not reflect any actual experimentation, evidence or logic. Sokal papers use technical language, jargon and ideological popular themes to mimic a real paper.

Medusa is a Greek mythological figure. Her story revolves around her transformation from a beautiful, devout maiden in the goddess Athena's temple to her being cursed by Athena into becoming an ugly monster who has snakes for hair and a gaze so terrifying it turns people to stone. This curse is a result of Poseidon violating Medusa within Athena's temple. Later Perseus, a 'hero' kills Medusa.

On 13th of October 2020, statue of Medusa holding Perseus's head was erected in front of the New York County criminal court. The statue is meant to be a picture of empowerment for victims of the #MeToo movement.

A paper abortion is a legal abortion that allows a father to cut all obligations they have to a child (e.g. legal and financial). In return they lose all legal rights to the kid including visitation and custody.

Alain Cocq, who had lived for 34 years with an extremely painful and untreatable degenerative condition, attempted to facebook live himself starving himself to death to protest and create political change on France's ban on euthanasia. Facebook stopped broadcasts after the first day as violating it's policy against broadcasting suicides.
A political suicide is an attempt to use one's death to make a political statement or produce a political shift. Some examples include: immolation, hunger strikes.

Vaccine diplomacy is a concept whereby nations provide necessary medial supplies such as masks or vaccines to other nations and, in exchange for these "donations," gets acess to the nation in many ways. For example: In September, Zimbabwe gave concessions to Chinese companies to mine for coal in its Hwange National Park, one of Africa’s most precious wildlife reserves aftere China had sent many medical donations and trial versions of their vaccine to many African countries.