By Peter Versteeg, on behalf of the SpW team – Good people, Summer has arrived – sing cucu and drink saison! We look back at a fruitful year with many new writers, stories, and recently…
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By Alexander Kotskii – Homo Stupifactus To taste the fruit, or chew on leaves instead, To think of stepping out beyond the shade, To roast some meat and not be scared of thunder, To see…
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By Nancy Hakizimana – The first man in recorded history did not pursue the first woman. He did not write her a letter, he did not rehearse a single opening line, he was asleep. Genesis…
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by Abel van Beijnum – I checked the (pernicious) WhatsApp business account at work. A status update appeared: a video of a colleague. With the subtitle, originally in Dutch: “It is quite busy at our…
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By Arianna Squarcina – I recently discovered that my bag has a hole in it. Something sharp I threw in there must have caused the internal lining to tear and now an increasing number of…
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By Calvin Samarkhanova – When you think about it, transitioning from one gender to another is not too different from having a baby. Except.. the baby is also you. As a transgender man who was…
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By Sarah Richardson – A couple of days ago, I went to Vondelpark with some friends to do a participant observation assignment. It was a nice day, with many people out doing their thing. I…
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By Sara Niva – It’s a Wednesday afternoon and I’m walking home from the gym with a successful workout in my pocket and a pleased smile on my face. I check my phone, see a…
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Door Minke Wiersma – Wanneer de tijd op 14:20 springt op het digitale klokje op mijn nachtkastje, weet ik dat het tijd is voor mijn favoriete moment van de dag. De zon bereikt dan precies…
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by Nancy Hakizimana – April is the month that holds so much for me. My father was born on the seventh, I followed on the twelfth, five days later, and for years we shared the…
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