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Kilometers and Different Cultures: Love in International Relationships

Posted on: February 14, 2026 Posted by: Margalita Pujol Comments: 0

Kilometers and Different Cultures: Love in International Relationships By Margarita Pujol | Culture | February 14, 2026 Cover Illustration: 2021. Juan Goyache / Unsplash International long-distance relationships feel like a limbo between the arrivals’ and departures’ terminals. Logistics, time differences, jet lag, cultural habits, and language gaps can impede but also cultivate deep intimacy and create through intentional communication, mutual learning, and shared plans. In the end, what carries couples across…

Nijntje or Miffy? From Dutch childhood icon to consumerist symbol of ‘cuteness’ culture

Posted on: January 29, 2026 Posted by: Margalita Pujol Comments: 0

Nijntje or Miffy? From Dutch childhood icon to consumerist symbol of ‘cuteness’ culture By Margarita Pujol | News / Culture | January 29, 2026 Cover Illustration: Miffy plushie with Johannes Vermeer’s The Milkmaid, 08/11/2025. Margarita Pujol / The Amsterdammer Author Margarita Pujol dives into the history of the Dutch cartoon rabbit, Nintje (a.k.a. Miffy) and her international success as a ‘kawaii’ symbol.  In awe of the cuteness of a little white…

Beautiful, Busy, Booked: Student Impressions of the New University Library

Posted on: December 10, 2025 Posted by: Margalita Pujol Comments: 0

Beautiful, Busy, Booked: Student Impressions of the New University Library By Margarita Pujol | Culture | December 10, 2025 Cover Illustration: Hall of the UB Library, 15/09/2025. Margarita Pujol / The Amsterdammer The new University Library opened its doors to Amsterdam students on September 1, 2025. Soft news reporter Margarita Pujol Porsell explores the students’ impressions of the first two months in the new library, pointing out the strengths and shortcomings…

Women, Mythmaking and Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum: “Medusa Looks Back” Event with Janina Ramirez and Jacqueline Klooster

Posted on: May 18, 2026 Posted by: Margalita Pujol Comments: 0

Women, Mythmaking and Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum: “Medusa Looks Back”     Event with Janina Ramirez and Jacqueline Klooster By Margalida Pujol | Culture | 18 May, 2026 Cover Illustration: Sappho and Alcaeus, 1881. Lawrence Alma-Tadema, ceded by The Walters Art Museum / Unsplash Soft news reporter Margalida Pujol covers the Rijksmuseum’s “Medusa Looks Back” event, where Jacqueline Klooster and Janina Ramirez unpack how women’s stories are being retold through myth,…