Category: Tessel Rijneveldshoek
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Higher Education is Mental
Read more: Higher Education is MentalWhile Yentl wrote about the over-sensitivity and the tendency to romanticize melancholy that seems to apply to our generation, I’d like to write about what also seems to be a big issue for people around twenty. Perhaps it goes hand in hand, or little finger in little finger, with the over-sensitivity that we were raised with,…
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Restricted Area: Derogatory Words
Read more: Restricted Area: Derogatory WordsN.B.: racial slurs and homo-/transphobic slurs are used for demonstration and explanation in this article. As children and teenagers we hear often enough that words do not just have meaning: they can also hurt, although some songs and stories may claim the opposite. If you’re lucky, you’ll experience little of the negative power that words…
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Ghent and Where to Find Books
Read more: Ghent and Where to Find BooksIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a book lover in possession of just as much as any fortune, must be in want of independent book stores. And even if a book lover has to eat at their parents’ for the rest of the month because their bank account has less than a euro in…
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A Rough Guide to Not-Being An Annoying Tourist in Amsterdam
Read more: A Rough Guide to Not-Being An Annoying Tourist in AmsterdamThere are not many things I hate in this world. Although there may be quite some things I cannot stand, I try to be an emotional pacifist on a daily basis. Unfortunately, people do things that make me lose my inner Ghandi. That doesn’t mean I punch people, but sometimes I really, really want to.…
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