Writer's Block Magazine

Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2019

This year is the first Valentine’s Day I have ever experienced while in a relationship. It’s a strange feeling, and one that prompted me to dive a little deeper into the complex entanglement of feelings I have around this ‘holiday’ or ‘celebration.’

Hetero-Free TV 3 – Scraping the Bottom (Of the Barrel)

February 8, 2019

by David Slot, Film, tv series

Now, before anyone gets too excited about this article’s title, know it refers exclusively to the fact that I – author of the heterophobe’s guide to TV – am beginning to run out of titles for suitable film reviews to write, and not to anything else. Frankly, if you were thinking of any other meanings…

An Ode To Baking: How To Give The Finger To Seasonal Depression

February 4, 2019

by Cooking, Elise van der Linde, food, Lifestyle

In my previous article, I am a raccoon: why I love trash television, I mentioned that Gen Z has been called the Burn-Out Generation. And I gotta say, I’m feeling the burn. Since it’s also the dead of winter, my tropical disposition has given up on leaving the house, choosing instead to rot on the…

Oneironautics: Exploring Lucid Dreams

February 1, 2019

by Casper Rudolph

“What if you slept, and what if in your sleep you dreamed, and what if in your dream you went to heaven and there you plucked a strange and beautiful flower, and what if when you awoke you had that flower in your hand? Ah, what then?”— Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1. REM Sometimes I try…

A Review of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

January 28, 2019

by Books, Megan Leeuw, Reviews

I found out about An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green from watching his channel ‘The Vlogbrothers’ on YouTube, made up of him and his brother, John Green. Because I have followed their channel for years and have been a fan of his brother’s writing as well, I was well excited to read Hank’s debut…