Writer's Block Magazine

Philosophers Review Our Most Popular Romantic Films

February 14, 2015

by Film, Ilona Roesli, Reviews, WB Column

For the Family: “The Sound of Music” Plato: Why is there so much singing? I hate singing. Just look at the text: “When the dog bites, when the bee stings / When I’m feeling sad / I simply remember my favourite things”. How deceitful Maria is with these lines! Generalising her fear for dogs is…

Short Story Competiton – Shared Third Place: Mark and Henry

February 11, 2015

by Competitions, Literature

As a professor of law, specialising in freedom of speech, Mark had concerned himself for the most part of his life with the weight of words. He felt strong about rhetoric, prose and text. They’d gotten into one of their quarrels over a frequently discussed topic that night. – “I panicked baby, I didn’t know…

Passionately Curious: Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey!

February 9, 2015

by Passionately Curious, Paul Hofma, WB Column

We, as humans, just love time travel. Just imagine the possibilities! You could wander in the woods of times long gone amidst the dinosaurs, experience ancient civilizations for yourself or perhaps sit in on one of Shakespeare’s original performances. Or, on the other hand and equally fascinating, travel to the future and partake in the…

Higher Education is Mental

February 4, 2015

by Academia, Tessel Rijneveldshoek, WB Column

While 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,…