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  • Essay on Vacation Photography, or, How to Love the World as Much as it Deserves

    Essay on Vacation Photography, or, How to Love the World as Much as it Deserves

    April 17, 2025
    by Arthur Mulder

    From a young age I have been perplexed by a specific brand of tourism. A particular type of sightseer in museums. They walk up to some priceless, timeless, boundless masterpiece. They photograph it, photograph the little plaque next to it and move on; seeing only through the screen of their digital camera the paint’s little…

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  • How Ardently I Admire And Love Jane Austen: And Why You Should Too

    How Ardently I Admire And Love Jane Austen: And Why You Should Too

    April 10, 2025
    by Aleksandra Szcześniak

    The Initiation I was twelve when I got infected with Jane Austen and I have not been able to get any better since. It was a very fine evening when my parents and I watched Pride and Prejudice (2005) in our little estate situated in Subcarpathia. Soon after that I read the book and it…

    Read more: How Ardently I Admire And Love Jane Austen: And Why You Should Too
  • Join the Writer’s Block Board of 2025-2026

    Join the Writer’s Block Board of 2025-2026

    April 7, 2025
    by WB Happenings

    Writer’s Block Magazine is looking for fresh, enthusiastic and creative editorial board members! Do you like writing and editing? Do you have any journalistic aspirations? Then join the Writer’s Block editorial board! What/who is Writer’s Block?Writer’s Block Magazine is a student-run magazine at University of Amsterdam. We have an international readership and contributors from across…

    Read more: Join the Writer’s Block Board of 2025-2026
  • Everything Tastes Better than Skinny Feels

    Everything Tastes Better than Skinny Feels

    April 3, 2025
    by Lhya Munive

    Photo by Casa Propia Colombia TW: Eating disorders Food permeates my mind. All the time. Growing up in Colombia, especially in the coastal region, I learned to associate food with community and celebration. On birthdays, my grandmother and great-grandmother would set the alarm for 5 in the morning to start the preparations for the event.…

    Read more: Everything Tastes Better than Skinny Feels
  • Personally: It is Personal

    Personally: It is Personal

    March 19, 2025
    by Sofie Woetmann Fredeløkke

    Recently, someone told me not to take things so seriously. They told me that it is not personal, and I’d like to discuss the concept of taking something too personally, or, even better, being too sensitive to a subject at hand. Because, let’s be honest, isn’t everything personal in one way or another?  For one,…

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