There are pieces on both topics from the title of this text in my book Islamophobiaⁱ, which do not differ much in size, but about female genital mutilation (FGM) I actually wrote calmer than about the beheadings. After I had seen a video clip of the truly Furious Ann Barnhardt (with three capital letters), famous… Continue reading Looking at a beheading or a totally mutilated vagina
Old Dutch Painter’s Blog
Atmosphere
Definitely not art, but this special picture almost made me buy such a huge flower pot. A famous French woman once said that nostalgia is remembering what you never really experienced. For me it certainly was here: reminded me of the Mediterranean and hundreds to thousands of years ago.Just found out that some left wing… Continue reading Atmosphere
Uncle Tom: his backbone of steel
A different review.A conservative atheist praises “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and glorifies that devout christian lady Harriet Beecher-Stowe. That rather long review: Uncle Tom: his backbone of steel Many years ago I read this book on my e-reader. The danger of burning in on the screen of such an older Kindle is exactly zero, so when… Continue reading Uncle Tom: his backbone of steel
Breaking careers -2
Accompanying video of long TEXT: Lies, damned lies, statistics and criminology. Direct Link to that long text.
Lies, damned lies, statistics and criminology
Differences in sentencing in similar cases? This Long TEXT was the second non-peer review of the (now defunct) Dutch website ‘Emperors & Clothes’ (Keizers & Kleren). I discussed the article Differences in sentencing in similar cases that appeared in episode 2012-11 of the Dutch Legal Journal (‘Nederlands Juristenblad’ (NJB)). In publishing this English translation, I… Continue reading Lies, damned lies, statistics and criminology
Surrealism
It is the roof of a train at the station with a cut out of the city office. In itself the office is huge and ugly.