Category: WB Column
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In Preparation of IDFA: Reviewing a Six Year Relationship
Read more: In Preparation of IDFA: Reviewing a Six Year RelationshipThere has never been a festival that I have established such a love-hate relationship with as much as I have with IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam). When I was younger I had to review a cultural activity for a school assignment and my teacher was handing out these flyers for DOC U, a program…
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Passionately Curious – Living on the Edge
Read more: Passionately Curious – Living on the EdgeThe universe is weird. Like, really friggin’ weird. There are things like a cosmic speed limit and magical buzz words like ‘Dark Matter’ and ‘Dark Energy’, and a plethora of other strange and mysterious subjects that even those who work on them their entire lives might never truly understand. And today, we’ll be talking about…
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It’s The Hard Knock Life
Read more: It’s The Hard Knock LifeThe biggest obstacle for me in my hopefully-soon-to-be-finished BA trajectory has been the course “Wetenschapsfilosofie”. Twice. After having done two of its exams in the first exam week, I am once again feeling the anticipating fear and despair in my gut of having to wait for the results and getting to know whether or not…
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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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Passionately Curious – Why You Should Never Kiss A Shark
Read more: Passionately Curious – Why You Should Never Kiss A SharkScience is pretty damn awesome. For starters, it’s proven rather good at providing us with all kinds of nifty stuff: like the electronic device you might be reading this on, or the breakfast you had this morning, or the beer you drank way too much of last night. Probably, some of you are screaming at…