The Mocro-maffia By PIERRE DU PASQUIER | October 12, 2019 Photo by Bill Oxford / Unsplash The Mocro-maffia has stricken the capital city of the Netherlands once again. Derk Wiersum, Nabil B’s lawyer was killed on September 18th, spreading an unprecedented wave of emotion throughout the Netherlands as well as highlighting the malfeasance of a mafia system particularly active in the city of Amsterdam. Nabil B was part of a criminal…
“Power to the People” Dutch citizens join in for global climate strike week By Henrike Freytag | October 11, 2019 Cover photo by Henrike Freytag On September 20, 2019, people from 150 countries came together to protest against the climate crisis, marking the start of the ‘Global Week for Future’. The protests were reverberations of the weekly demonstrations of Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old activist who protested in front of the Swedish…
The Meg review: feminism and a gigantic prehistoric shark By Cora Burridge | October 08, 2019 Three times the size of a great white shark, extinct for millions of years and the subject of numerous conspiracy theories, the Megalodon seems an unlikely partner in the fight against the patriarchy. Yet this dinosaur of the sea has done exactly that in the form of Jason Statham’s action flick, The Meg. Released in 2018, the…
October 06, 2019 Global Climate Strike By Andrea Valdivia and Giedre Sapranauskaite On Friday, September 20, 2019, thousands marched in Dam Square for the Global Climate Strike. Cover photo shows protesters in Amsterdam taking part in the international climate strike. Photos by Andrea Valdivia / The Amsterdammer Protesters reference TV shows and other popular culture to attract attention with their signs at the climate march. Andrea Valdivia / The…
LaBeouf et la Vogue By Sarah M. Iacobacci | October 6, 2019 Illustration by Pruthvi Vellanki? Last Friday night, an undeniable truth was brought to light. Lying in bed, swaddled in my onesie, an overheating Macbook air was vibrating over my duvet – I was watching Youtube’s Hot Ones, hosted by superhuman (Hot wings slayer) Sean Evans. He was interviewing Shia LaBeouf, the ever so polarizing figure, and in doing so,…
Rhinestones on the Daily By Linh Nguyen | October 06, 2019 Illustration by Pruthvi Vellanki Even without seeing the show, you would have probably still heard the buzz surrounding Euphoria. Focusing on its immense impact on the makeup community – from Instagram looks to New York Fashion Week shows such as Anna Sui – Euphoria beauty looks are simply taking the world by storm. Refinery29 defined a Euphoria beauty look as…
