Category: WB Column
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How to Deal with Writer’s Block: An Attempt at a Semi-Professional Guide
Read more: How to Deal with Writer’s Block: An Attempt at a Semi-Professional GuideNo, this is not an article on how to deal with Writer’s Block’s editorial board. I like to think that is something you don’t need help with. Rather, this is my attempt to provide a guide to beat the condition our magazine was named after, the temporary situation where writers find themselves unable to…
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Art on the Walls
Read more: Art on the WallsTowards the end of January I completed a 3 month painting course that I had been taking at CREA (“Cultureel Studenten Centrum”). I took it partly because I felt like I needed to release my artistic ambitions and partly because I needed to shift my focus a little bit. Since the course that I…
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Celebrating Mental Illness
Read more: Celebrating Mental IllnessThere is a new trend going on in Media Land, and it is called Mental Illness. Nowadays, in more and more movies and series our protagonists are haunted and troubled by one or another psychological disorder. Be it depression, autism, AD(H)D, or – a very popular one – social anxiety. Another common feature of our…
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Behind the Classic 2: The Madwoman in the Attic – A Postcolonial Reading of Jane Eyre
Read more: Behind the Classic 2: The Madwoman in the Attic – A Postcolonial Reading of Jane EyreIn the ‘Behind the Classic’ series, editor-in-chief Roselinde takes you on a trip to well-known novels and their less well-known backstories. In this second instalment, she takes you through a postcolonial reading of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre.
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Be Prepared When Study Meets Abroad-y
Read more: Be Prepared When Study Meets Abroad-yLike many students I made the choice to pursue part of my degree abroad. Last year I submitted my resume alongside a letter of motivation and filled in a batch of forms for various institutions, in order to apply for a semester’s worth of studying at the University of Edinburgh. To my surprise and delight…
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