Re-envisioning religion - Verhoeven´s feminine chapel
As I enter the room, daylight shines through brightly painted windows, casting warm, playful reflections of light on the walls covered...
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Guest Writer
- May 27
Fostering Good Practice in International Volunteering
Tips to avoid pitfalls and enhance your positive impact International volunteering is a fast-changing and exponentially growing field....
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger & Sofia van Trooijen
- May 25
The Long Shadow of Lex Oppia
She passes a hand through her many stolas, indecisive as to what to wear. Settling for a simple yet elegant maroon, the fabric slips...
Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
- May 25
A tale of a former arctic
The year is 2045. Osuitok, now an old man, steps out of his truck, puts on his jacket and backpack, and sets off. His destination is the...
Lisa Feldstein & Federica Broggi
- May 25
Let’s talk: FGM and Reproductive Health Rights
Ever heard of FGM? Whether you have or not, it would be useful to clarify that this acronym stands for Female Genital Mutilation,...
Elena Theile
- May 11
Return pain - Looking back into our future
Sometimes I remember the cheesy, pink sunsets that I watched with my friends in Croatia, the fun we had, talking about life or going...
N. Archibald
- May 5
The MET GALA: Karl Lagerfeld - A Line of Elitist Tone Deafness
It is no surprise that this year’s MET Gala was no different than any other. The event was star studded with A-List celebrities, to CEOs...
Lisa-Marie Feldstein
- Apr 27
ARTifical Intelligence - Can AI “create” Art?
Have you ever heard about ChatGPT? If you don’t live under a rock then the answer is probably yes. ChatGPT, an Artificial Intelligence...
Pauline Keller
- Mar 16
Pearls in the current of time
Elizabeth I when a Princess
Chloé Leplatre
- Feb 9
Becoming a woman (title in progress)
I am becoming a woman, that’s what everyone says. I don’t even really know what that means, I never looked in the dictionary to find a...
Alodia Heijmans
- Feb 2
Estonia, a state fractured in several worlds
When I started telling people I was going on an exchange to Estonia, I faced mixed reactions. Overall, people were surprised and puzzled...
Leilani Radaideh
- Jan 31
Bacon’s 1973 Triptych: Death on a Toilet Seat
Blurb: In this piece, Leilani walks you through Francis Bacon’s 1973 Triptych. Here we dive deep into the grotesque, ugly, and cold.
Ana Navarro Bullo
- Dec 9, 2022
One victory sour for Argentina, please
There was no sun getting through the holes of the tangled curtain of our room’s window. Humid, densely hot and cloudy began a day in...
Ziggy Stardust
- Sep 23, 2022
Am I greedy or is it “just a phase”? - The Bisexual Experience
There is nothing quite like swiping through Tinder and every girl in a straight-passing relationship greets you with a selfie of her and...
Paula Nörr
- May 8, 2022
Who writes history? A detour beyond the official narrative of history
Whether at school or in university, most of us learned about the Paris Peace Conference as a crucial event in European history. Are you...
Brendan Hogan and Valentina Giolli
- May 6, 2022
The Cultural Fallout of the Cold War
27 October 1962. Far below the surface of the Atlantic, a stone's throw from Cuba in international waters, lies a submarine. Inside,...
Ekaterina Zemskova
- Apr 25, 2022
Marriage in China
Marriage pressure can be felt when relatives make comments such as ‘your clock is ticking’ and ‘it's time to start a family’, or about...
Head Editor
- Mar 21, 2022
Abducted Art & Cultural Theft: Cultural Crime and the Market for Illicit Antiquities
In this episode Roo and Simon launch their new series “Abducted Art & Cultural Theft” where they will be interviewing experts to discuss...
Ekaterina Zemskova
- Mar 16, 2022
The Crown: a series that immerses you in the royal life
If you are a big fan of the British royal family or you just like to watch what Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are doing, — the series...
Victoria Alexander
- Mar 9, 2022
The Eternals: Great in Scope, Not in Execution
*SPOILERS AHEAD* Okay, I’ll admit it: I actually enjoy action movies. Not even in an ironic, laughing-at-the-ridiculousness kind of way,...
Alodia Heijmans
- Mar 3, 2022
The Garden of Earthly Delights (Hieronymus Bosch)
Thinking about art in the fifteenth century, you would not be at fault if the first thing that came to mind would not be some farfetched...
Paula Nörr
- Feb 16, 2022
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.
Did you also come home for Christmas? “It’s a funny thing. Coming home. Everything looks the same. Feels the same, even smells the same....
Ana Navarro Bullo
- Feb 11, 2022
A Bell Jar That No Longer Rings
On February 11th, the world’s literary community commemorates fifty-nine years since one of the finest female poets decided to take her...
Peter Pelzer
- Jan 31, 2022
The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion)
Wind blows across barren wasteland. A hawk cries in the distance. Enter the cowboy in heavy boots and clangorous spurs. Now it can only...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
- Jan 25, 2022
Dune (2021) - An impressive adaptation of Herbert’s 1965 novel
Since the publication of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel Dune in 1965 and its sequels, the Dune franchise has become widely known...
Leilani Radaideh
- Jan 15, 2022
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Love, coming of age, existential dread, death, and loneliness are some of the main themes that encapsulate this literary ‘masterpiece’....
Léane Del Duca
- Jan 14, 2022
‘Anne With an E’: A Canadian Series as a Lesson of Life
I discovered the Canadian series ‘Anne with an E’ thanks to a friend’s recommendation. I did not expect much because it was not the type...
Anthi Likitsakos
- Dec 29, 2021
Assigning Value to Clothing
A couple of summers ago, my grandmother and I visited her childhood home in her village. Essentially our family's makeshift storage unit,...
Meike de Jong
- Dec 23, 2021
Persecution of people with albinism in sub-Saharan Africa
Malawi July 2019, I meet Asiad and Anifa, two sisters of 18 and 12 years old. The older one, Asiad, works on a farm and Anifa still goes...
Léane Del Duca
- Dec 14, 2021
Terrorism: Our Heritage in Danger
In the twenty-first century, terrorism still murders our heritage, plunders, and robs us of our references. By "our heritage", I mean the...
Alodia Heijmans
- Nov 25, 2021
The Great Phenomenon of the Gauche Caviar
In the United Kingdom, we use the term “Champagne socialist”, in Germany “Salonkommunist” and in France it is called “Gauche de Salon” or...
Leilani Radaideh
- Nov 24, 2021
UN101: What is UNESCO and why should we care about it?
Imagine an agency of the UN that focused on spreading and promoting peace and security through the means of international cooperation in...
Leilani Radaideh
- Nov 17, 2021
Finding Pleasure in Tragedy: Possible in Shakespeare’s Hamlet?
Nothing screams ‘feel the positive in the negative’ more than Shakespeare does in many of his intensely morbid plays as he crushes our...
Céline Zahno
- May 22, 2021
Thoughts on rationality, empathy and asymmetry
You are born into this world as a vessel of a singular perception, an individual entity in possession of an individual consciousness. You...
Natasha Simpson
- Apr 7, 2021
Masturbation Magic.
Studies show that having frequent consensual sex and or orgasms reduces stress levels, lowers blood pressure, and may even get us more...
Roxane Kroon
- Jan 22, 2021
Sexual Feminism; The Nuances of Policing Feminism, But Not Policing Women
The term feminism is as fluid as its goals have been through the years. Right now, post-voting rights, we are in a period called the...
Max Welford
- Jan 17, 2021
For the lack of partying last year: 20 bangers you missed in 2020
As we now proceed to the next year, we are more than ready to leave behind what some would mildly describe as an uneventful year. This...
Alara Ersoy
- Dec 28, 2020
Ezhel: How to Rap the Turkish Reality
Same as in every December, we have received our report cards from Spotify to see our most listened to artists, songs, genres, and...
Jan Haverman
- Dec 5, 2020
Reconciling with America’s strangeness
The United States through the eyes of Louis Theroux ‘I really think you’re going to enjoy this experience. We are a good group of...
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- Nov 30, 2020
J.K. Rowling Might Actually Have A Point On Trans Youth
No fan of J. K. Rowling could expect her next publication to be “Harry Potter and the Transphobic Tweet.” But among all her transphobic...
Teresa Costa
- Nov 26, 2020
More Social Dilemmas
‘Where do we come from? Who are we? Where do we go?’ The French artist, Gauguin, asked these questions when he painted one of his...
Suzon Mazataud
- Nov 5, 2020
Women's Leadership in Climate Activism
Ever since the impressive actions of the Suffragettes in the early 20th century, a standard has been set for women activists. Women have...
Valentina Couceiro
- Oct 21, 2020
Our Privilege
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." This is a quote from the book Animal Farm from G. Orwell (1945). In...
Valentina Couceiro
- Oct 20, 2020
Poor and Uneducated: Is It Everything Africa Represents?
Nollywood. What is this? It sounds like a third version of Hollywood and Bollywood mixed together. Likewise, it represents one of the...
Clemence Chia
- Oct 20, 2020
Science explained! With video games!
Died countless times on the first boss of Dark Souls? Still trying to figure out how the code works on Baba is You? Or how about learning...
Head Editor
- Oct 9, 2020
Science Explained! With video games!
Science explained! With video games! Clemence Chia – Science and video games have a lot in common. In fact, video games often reflect...
Head Editor
- Sep 30, 2020
Poor and uneducated: is it everything Africa represents?
Poor and uneducated: is it everything Africa represents? Valentina Couciero – How is filmmaking possible in a country where many people...
Head Editor
- Sep 2, 2020
The makings of a successful video game – a short introduction
The makings of a successful video game – A short introduction Clemence Chia – “Despite all the controversy, “The Last of Us Part II”...
Head Editor
- Mar 24, 2020
Our Privilege
Our Privilege Valentina Couceiro – «All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.» This is a quote from the book...
Head Editor
- Feb 11, 2020
Fish Music or: How I Learned to Find Music and Love the Absurd
I must have been about nine years old when my dad introduced me to classical music. While I knew most of the pieces from cartoons on...
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