“Left-wing girls get horny from right-wing talk. How leftist a girl may be, and how conscious they are about the world, in their panties they are all right as hell.” This quote stems from a show performed by Dutch comedian Hans Teeuwen in 2013. During the show he demonstrates how ‘left-wing’ topics such as poverty, […]
Grayson Perry – The Descent of Man (book review)
We all know one, many of us identify as one, most of us have loved one, some have hated one: Men. But what makes a man? How does masculinity operate? And could it be in need of an urgent upgrade? These are questions Grayson Perry discusses in his book ‘The Descent of Man’. Perry is […]
Vrouwen vaker veganist: waarom de man zo verknocht is aan vlees
Afgelopen maand ben ik geïnterviewd door redacteur Iris ten Have over de vraag: Waarom zijn mannen toch zo gek op vlees? En meer! Lees het originele stuk hier: https://www.redpers.nl/2021/02/12/vrouwen-vaker-veganist-waarom-de-man-zo-verknocht-is-aan-vlees/ Veganisme is al jaren een trend, maar niet onder iedereen. Het blijkt dat voornamelijk jonge vrouwen dierlijke producten links laten liggen. Hoe kan het dat er […]
READING IS FUNDAMENTAL!
This time, something a bit different: An anthropological and philosophical understanding of ‘reading’ and ‘shading’ on RuPaul’s Drag Race Being a fan by now, it is hard to admit. Yes, I am fairly new to RuPaul’s Drag Race. So I am doing all I can to 1) catch up on the past 11 years of […]
Van masterscriptie naar gepubliceerd boek: The Urban Gardens of Havana
In juli 2017 was het eindelijk zover. Na maandenlang hard werken was dit het moment om onze masterscripties in te leveren. Ik herinner het mij nog alsof het gisteren was. Al voor openingstijd stond ik zenuwachtig voor de deur van de printshop om mijn scriptie te laten printen. Toen ik naar de afdeling liep hield […]
Weaving the world through storytelling
‘So what is it that you do, as an anthropologist?’ A question that I, as a young aspiring anthropologist, still frequently struggle to answer. I don’t know what to say because so many things come to my mind that I don’t know where to start. I sense a similar feeling when somebody asks me why […]
The Urban Gardens of Havana: Seeking Revolutionary Plants in Ideologized Spaces
This book relates stories of everyday life revolving around small-scale urban gardens in Central Havana and focusing particularly on that of Marcelo, a seventy-four-year-old revolutionary and gardener. The urban gardens are contested spaces: though monitored and controlled by Cuban state institutions, they also offer possibilities of crafting life in resistance. The experiences the authors narrate […]