Did anyone else notice all the dead birds?

Not supported by the Dutch Ministry of Tourism.”Trigger warning” for those uncomfortable seeing what any tourist to the island of …

Rape is a spectrum

All the men I have ever met have opposed rape. They even say they cannot understand it. Why would someone …

Results from a Housing Survey

Published in editorialised form on http://www.mareonline.nl/archive/2018/12/06/was-it-easy-to-find-a-room-yes-or-no. I never called this “research”, I called it a “meagre survey with evident self-selection …

Xenophobia at the Academy

Xenophobia at the academy Leiden University’s Unwanted International Students republished in Leiden’s student newspaper: http://www.mareonline.nl/archive/2018/10/18/opinion-xenophobia-at-the-academy             Welkom! This word was repeated …

Kink shaming in the “me too” movement

obs: I am not a conservative white male so I am allowed to write this. There needs to be a …

Alcohol ads in “El Diario Sirio Libanés”

The Diario Sirio Libanés was a daily newspaper for the Levantine community in Buenos Aires, founded in 1929, and published bilingually …

To Strike Down Idols

To strike down idols: the musical convergence of Serge Gainsbourg and Ziad Rahbani Et chaque fois les feuilles mortes    …

What’s up with all these people who can run with their earphones?

Whenever I walk out of my house, I become overridden with the fear that half the people around me are …

En avoir marre

Children come to realize that existence is pain once they find out that during the summer it’s too hot and …

An Arabic Citrical History

One day, I realized that the Arabic words for citrus fruits just don’t add up. In Arabic, the word for …

Art lied to me

Art made me think that there was such a thing as beauty for beauty’s sake; beauty get dull. Stare at …

The two faces of Noma

I’ve been oddly obsessed with food lately, and became curious about Noma, the Danish restaurant famous for its vegetable-based haute cuisine, …