Category: WB Column
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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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A Feminist Reading of Spotify: Top Mood Playlists
Read more: A Feminist Reading of Spotify: Top Mood PlaylistsWhat did you expect me to say here? Just click to view the whole thing!
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Laser Tattoo Removal
Read more: Laser Tattoo RemovalIn this column I would like to address the issue of tattoo removal. I will use as little stomach-upsetting language as possible, in case you’re squeamish about pain. The possibilities there are to get rid of an unwanted tattoo are sanding off your skin (yes, this is an option), surgical removal, using liquid nitrogen to…
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Baguettes and Bestsellers: English Bookshops in Paris
Read more: Baguettes and Bestsellers: English Bookshops in ParisLike Tessel and Isabel, who wrote about the bookstores of Gent and Amsterdam, I love exploring bookstores when I visit a city. A little over a year ago, I visited Paris for the second time and made it my mission to visit as many bookstores as I possibly could (much to the annoyance of my…
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Ode to the mixtape: a review of Eleanor & Park
Read more: Ode to the mixtape: a review of Eleanor & ParkIt starts with a bus ride and a begrudgingly shared seat. Eleanor is the new kid, slightly overweight with unruly red curls who wears hand-me-down clothes, and who is therefore an easy target for bullying. She comes from a family of poverty and a home with an abusive stepfather. Park is the complete opposite. He…
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