Published inThis Political WomanTowards a post Trump world: Mainstreaming Men’s Rights ActivistsInternational media observes, dissects and discusses every move that Donald Trump makes. His every Tweet, no matter how banal, misinformed…Mar 1, 2018Mar 1, 2018
Published inThis Political WomanThe possibilities of radical consentThis is a slightly edited version of a talk I gave last summer at Progress Bar in Amsterdam.Oct 26, 20171Oct 26, 20171
Published inThis Political WomanThe magnanimous middle ground and maintaining colonial orderMainstream media is currently riding high on the trend of equating anti fascism to neo nazism. There is a plethora of “Both side”…Sep 5, 20171Sep 5, 20171
Published inThis Political WomanReport finds women with disabilities in the European Union face poverty, unemployment, eugenicsThis week the European Parliament released a report about Discrimination and access to employment for female workers with disabilities. The…Aug 11, 20173Aug 11, 20173
Published inThis Political WomanFrom gut feeling to policy: the lifecycle of hateIn the beginning there was hateAug 2, 2017Aug 2, 2017
Published inThis Political WomanSentimentality and the building blocks of bigotryLast week Dutch TV regaled us with a humanising segment about Geert Wilders’ cats. In this segment, journalist Eva Jinek asks pressing…Jul 26, 20173Jul 26, 20173
Published inThis Political WomanOur collective unconscious of violence: on networks and disciplineThis is the text of the talk I gave at the “Public Lives/Private Platform: The Politics of Twitter” Symposium at the University of…May 25, 20171May 25, 20171
Published inThis Political WomanAlt-Feminism and the white nationalist women who love itA gathering and conference of European and American white nationalists took place in Sweden at the end of February. This conference didn’t…Mar 7, 201715Mar 7, 201715
Published inThis Political WomanBig Data and the ethics of community surveillanceIn the previous essay of this ongoing series about Big Data, I discussed how the emotional states of the dominant culture are usually…Feb 3, 20171Feb 3, 20171
Published inThis Political WomanFacts to counteract the normalization of neo-nazisThis past weekend, Richard Spencer was punched while giving an interview to an Australian outlet. Now certain media is wondering whether…Jan 24, 20173Jan 24, 20173
