Writer's Block Magazine

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,…

A Feminist Reading of Spotify: Top Mood Playlists

January 26, 2015

by Ilona Roesli, Music, Playlist, WB Column

What did you expect me to say here? Just click to view the whole thing!

Laser Tattoo Removal

January 22, 2015

by Ines Severino, WB Column

In 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…

Writer’s Block Happenings: January and February

January 21, 2015

by Calendar, News, WB Happenings

It’s been a long since the last edition, but here we are again: it’s time for another edition of Writer’s Block Happenings! Let’s see what’s up and happing in Amsterdam in the first months of the year: International Film Festival Rotterdam, January 21st – February 1st . The biggest international film festival of The Netherlands.…

Baguettes and Bestsellers: English Bookshops in Paris

January 18, 2015

by Books, Judith Kroon, WB Column

Like 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…