Category: Tessel Rijneveldshoek
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Erasure Poem – Wuthering Heights
Read more: Erasure Poem – Wuthering HeightsAs you may have read in our 25th issue, I am dealing with the affliction that is called “I Cannot Seem To Get Through Wuthering Heights” (noteworthy: some of my friends shame me terribly because of this). As I will be attempting to read the Brontë sister’s novel for the fourth time this summer, I…
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Books to Read To Help You Deal with Death, A Little Bit
Read more: Books to Read To Help You Deal with Death, A Little BitWhen I was a kid, I was terrified of death, which was slightly peculiar, as the topic of death was not an unfamiliar one in my family. My mother is a pastor and besides church services and weddings, she often leads funeral services, about which she shares stories often enough. On the other hand, that…
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From the Books to the Social Justice Warriors: The Muggles of Dumbledore’s Army
Read more: From the Books to the Social Justice Warriors: The Muggles of Dumbledore’s ArmyWe all know that there is something about books that changes you – perhaps only for a little while, when you are reading the book. In other cases the influence of a book, or several books, stretches much farther than “just” the appreciation for a story. Sometimes, books activate people to do great things –…
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Forever Alone, or Not, And Everybody Is Pretty Fucking Fine With That
Read more: Forever Alone, or Not, And Everybody Is Pretty Fucking Fine With ThatDo you have a favourite love story? You probably do, as we all are spoon-fed love stories from the moment we first saw the outside world. Romantic love, differing from other ‘kinds’ of love, such as platonic love, is a major theme in a great amount of songs, books and movies. Not to mention commercials,…