Before we delve into the posts we’re reading and loving elsewhere on the internet, check out E. Young's very popular dissection of the Universal FanCon disaster...and the silver lining. And...
Being 29 was a rough year for me. I had had severe and enduring mental health difficulties since my teens and I was also dealing with overwhelming grief. As well as support from mental health...
A lot was made of Geert Wilders’ chances in the Dutch general elections of March 2017. Although it was often pointed out that he would not garner 25 percent, or even 20, of the electorate, his...
Relief! The Dutch voted against xenophobe populism. A clear victory against extremism, Francois Hollande called it. The nationalist Geert Wilders didn’t win. That’s what’s making the...
Good morning, gentle readers! March is right around the corner and there's lot to read this week, so let's dive in — and as always, we want to hear from you about what you're reading, and where!...
We start the week on a somber note with multiple terrible attacks across the world — a reminder of the grim, broad reach of terrorism in a global community. Yet, what these attacks should show us...
The world will probably best remember World Cup 2010 as the dawn of the Age of the Vuvuzela, but a few other things also happened, most of them soccer-related. This World Cup feels more diverse than...
For all of its nationally based competition, and the feelings of pride (the Netherlands) and shame (France) that the World Cup stirs up, the competition does nothing more than show the flimsiness of...
Fitna (the Arabic word for ‘dissension’), a new film by Geert Wilders, a rightwing Dutch parliamentarian, should not be suppressed. This isn't because it has anything valuable or insightful to...