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You Do Not Have to Be Good: On Female Rage
by Lhya MuniveRead more: You Do Not Have to Be Good: On Female RageJudith Beheading Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi “You do not have to be good.You do not have to walk on your kneesfor a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.” Wilde Geese, Mary Oliver Rage (n.) is defined in the Cambridge English dictionary as “extreme or violent anger”. Similarly, Merriam-Webster phrases it as a “violent or uncontrolled anger”.…
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Rebel Ridge, or Black Superman Fist-fighting the American Justice System
Read more: Rebel Ridge, or Black Superman Fist-fighting the American Justice System“The Kadats of America, Chicago’s most loved young Black drill team, shown performing…” by John H. White Conflict is the engine of history. Necessity is not the mother of invention; spite, disagreement and ambition are. Stormless seas carry no ships and calm waters lack the beauty of ripples. In fiction it is much the same.…
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That’s My Opinion
Read more: That’s My OpinionGrowing up with a mother that has lived half of her years in Germany, I have always thought that I would eventually be able to speak that language. These past years, I have kind of managed to kick-start my German skills, but I still need to practise frequently. During the past weekend, I have actually…
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Cosy Up with our Halloween Movie Picks!
by Arthur Mulder, Francisca Figueiras Meinedo, Halloween, Lhya Munive, Raquel Rodríguez Mulero, Robin van Minnen, Suzanne KoolmeijerRead more: Cosy Up with our Halloween Movie Picks!In October, there is nothing better than curling up on the couch under a velvety, rusty-orange blanket with a cup of Autumn Storm tea—except, perhaps, doing it while watching your favourite Halloween movie. Here at Writer’s Block, we have been looking forward to this time of year since the start of the academic calendar. Our…
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Eulogy for the Humanities
Read more: Eulogy for the HumanitiesAmong many students, it is a deeply held belief that scientists are somehow superior. We envy the engineering boy, who just graduated and will earn the highest salary in the country; and the gifted medicine girl, straight A’s, will try and discover a cure for cancer. They are not just better, they are smarter. After…
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