Female Representation In Story Telling At Schools
Hey there! Since I last wrote to you I ‘ve been really busy creating things for my Etsy shop and for an upcoming market. I have also been busy connecting […]
Category Archives: Society
On (Dutch) education
(Hey there! As you might have noticed I managed to not post a single thing during the whole merry merry month of May. This happened partly because I have a […]
The day I read a book
(This is going to be a pretty personal post, but I have the feeling many of you will identify, so it might be worth reading). My day usually goes like […]
A big day for human rights in Greece
My initial title was “a big day for LGBT rights in Greece”, but people should be smart enough to realize that we are actually talking about HUMAN rights. So here […]
Second Hand Shopping
Hey everyone! It’s good to be back 🙂 We have been in the Netherlands for almost two weeks now and the weather is typical autumn-y, with bits of sunshine but […]
How To Name A Child AND Choose Godparents
With the Orthodox Easter just around the corner and the Catholic one celebrated just a week ago, I decided to write a seasonal post, which is something I don’t particularly […]
Challenging Gender Stereotypes or “Why Loulou wears boy-ish clothes”
Loulou has a friend, V., the adventures of whom you can read here. He is Loulou’s friend for two basic reasons: one, I am friends with his mom and two, […]
Day of Romantic Music at Het Park, Rotterdam
Yesterday the weather was awful, which, frankly, did not come as a surprise to me. The Netherlands is notorious for the crazy weather changes and, let’s admit it, summer here […]
The issue with zoos and why the killing of Marius is not the biggest problem
Zoos and Circuses Let me start this (short) post by saying that I have visited zoos in my life. Many of them, more than once and many of them as […]
Choosing to die: Euthanasia
I am now officially a writer for Dutch Review and I find it quite fascinating to write about the way expats in the Netherlands view certain aspects of life in […]
The non-hip hippies 