{"id":245,"date":"2016-12-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/2016-a-year-of-writing-in-review-bc609219104a\/"},"modified":"2021-08-14T17:36:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T15:36:02","slug":"2016-a-year-of-writing-in-review-bc609219104a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/2016-a-year-of-writing-in-review-bc609219104a\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 A Year of Writing in\u00a0Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 name=\"36b0\" id=\"36b0\" class=\"graf graf--h3 graf--leading graf--title\">2016 A Year of Writing in\u00a0Review<\/h3>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1ZUSKzTl-FoQUS7gt13R3yg.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p name=\"7c9c\" id=\"7c9c\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">So, here we are. Another year end and time for a recap of sorts. After two long years completely offline, 2016 is when I finally got back to publishing on the internet. I need to get a couple of things out of the way first:<\/p>\n<p name=\"373a\" id=\"373a\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">I am, as you know, an indie content creator. I publish here, have daily discussions on Twitter and I am constantly engaging people through my work. If you find value in what I do, <a href=\"https:\/\/paypal.me\/politicalwoman\" data-href=\"https:\/\/paypal.me\/politicalwoman\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">please consider making a donation<\/a> to support me. I would like to continue writing as an indie (though I am open to write for publications, of course) and in order to continue doing so, like all indie creators, I need readers\u2019 support. I have plans to expand what I write about and how I publish but I can only do so if I have material resources (and peace of mind). So, going into 2017 if you can, support indies. You read us, <a href=\"https:\/\/paypal.me\/politicalwoman\" data-href=\"https:\/\/paypal.me\/politicalwoman\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fill our tip jars<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p name=\"6b9e\" id=\"6b9e\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Looking back, I see I wrote quite a bit for only five months of production. I published one long essay in June which I had written earlier this year and the rest of my essays went on from August onward. So, without further ado, here\u2019s my year in writing (technically, five months but you get the idea, right?)<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1ZUSKzTl-FoQUS7gt13R3yg.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p name=\"f26d\" id=\"f26d\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/p\/euthanasia-as-a-dutch-neoliberal-success-story-23c0a1e13940\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/p\/euthanasia-as-a-dutch-neoliberal-success-story-23c0a1e13940\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">Euthanasia as a Dutch neoliberal success story.<\/strong><\/a> I took a look at the rhetoric surrounding euthanasia in The Netherlands and how it is used politically to advance certain ideas around individual rights in times of austerity and health care cuts.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1ZUSKzTl-FoQUS7gt13R3yg.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p name=\"4306\" id=\"4306\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/clean-eating-and-dirty-women-9ac223278abd\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/clean-eating-and-dirty-women-9ac223278abd\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">Clean Eating and Dirty Women<\/strong><\/a><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">.<\/strong> Or how food, sexuality and gender are brought together to promote the same old patriarchal control over our bodies.<\/p>\n<p name=\"498d\" id=\"498d\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/athena-talks\/my-feminism-will-be-capitalist-appropriative-and-bullshit-merchandise-d1064490d8fb\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/athena-talks\/my-feminism-will-be-capitalist-appropriative-and-bullshit-merchandise-d1064490d8fb\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">My feminism will be capitalist, appropriative and bullshit merchandise<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>. About appropriation of my work for profits and the commodification of feminism.<\/p>\n<p name=\"4b94\" id=\"4b94\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/p\/to-all-the-responses-regarding-my-last-piece-about-feminism-and-appropriation-f2a679232bbf\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/p\/to-all-the-responses-regarding-my-last-piece-about-feminism-and-appropriation-f2a679232bbf\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">And a follow up post<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p name=\"a72f\" id=\"a72f\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/political-strategy-and-buzzfeeds-analysis-of-the-twitter-problem-4ba310b7805a\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/political-strategy-and-buzzfeeds-analysis-of-the-twitter-problem-4ba310b7805a\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">Political Strategy and Buzzfeed\u2019s analysis of \u201cthe Twitter problem\u201d<\/strong><\/a><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">.<\/strong> About violence as political strategy and how online harassment is used to further advance right wing ideas<\/p>\n<p name=\"00c0\" id=\"00c0\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/p\/be-afraid-geert-wilders-released-his-platform-for-next-years-election-a1ac453a0fff\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/p\/be-afraid-geert-wilders-released-his-platform-for-next-years-election-a1ac453a0fff\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">Be afraid: Geert Wilders released his platform for next year\u2019s election.<\/strong><\/a> I translated Geert Wilders\u2019 platform (now that\u2019s a generous word to use for his one page pamphlet) from Dutch into English on the day it was released. Oh it kinda went viral because mine was, apparently, the first translation into English.<\/p>\n<p name=\"25d7\" id=\"25d7\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/dont-throw-sand-over-my-eyes-on-the-burkini-ban-and-european-cruelty-e57cbde87e50\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/dont-throw-sand-over-my-eyes-on-the-burkini-ban-and-european-cruelty-e57cbde87e50\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">Don\u2019t throw sand over my eyes.<\/strong><\/a> On the burkini ban and European cruelty What the burkini ban means in the context of European racism and Islamophobia<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1ZUSKzTl-FoQUS7gt13R3yg.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p name=\"c935\" id=\"c935\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/europes-racist-far-right-is-not-on-the-rise-its-always-been-there-c5f815099885\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/europes-racist-far-right-is-not-on-the-rise-its-always-been-there-c5f815099885\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">Europe\u2019s racist far right is not on the rise.<\/strong><\/a> It\u2019s always been there. A haphazard archive of 20 years of headlines claiming that the far right is on the rise in Europe.<\/p>\n<p name=\"9299\" id=\"9299\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/tourist-attractions-displacements-and-feminist-resistance-6121b6f326bd\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/tourist-attractions-displacements-and-feminist-resistance-6121b6f326bd\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">Tourist Attractions, Displacements and Feminist Resistance.<\/strong><\/a> This was the text of a talk I gave earlier this year at the Museum Volkenkunde \/ Research Center for Material Culture in Leiden as part of the Sexing the City conference<\/p>\n<p name=\"ec73\" id=\"ec73\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">As a follow up to the essay I presented at the conference in Leiden, I also started having some discussions on privacy and Big Data (that materialized into an ongoing series of essays later in the year)<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1ZUSKzTl-FoQUS7gt13R3yg.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p name=\"c552\" id=\"c552\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redlightvoices\/status\/777838734070910976\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redlightvoices\/status\/777838734070910976\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for the whole thread<\/a>)<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1ZUSKzTl-FoQUS7gt13R3yg.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p name=\"1c1b\" id=\"1c1b\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">I was slightly less \u201cwriterly\u201d in October due to some chronic health issues but I did publish <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/amanda-knox-netflix-and-the-making-of-white-innocence-cffd95e984c5\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/amanda-knox-netflix-and-the-making-of-white-innocence-cffd95e984c5\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">\u201cAmanda Knox, Netflix and the making of white innocence\u201d<\/strong><\/a>\u200a\u2014\u200ajust what the package says<\/p>\n<p name=\"63ef\" id=\"63ef\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Also, this thread with a discussion I had about precarity, a topic I should pick up more into the next year<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1ZUSKzTl-FoQUS7gt13R3yg.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p name=\"d311\" id=\"d311\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redlightvoices\/status\/788297865428885504\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redlightvoices\/status\/788297865428885504\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for the whole thread<\/a>)<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1ZUSKzTl-FoQUS7gt13R3yg.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p name=\"8956\" id=\"8956\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">Right before the US elections I had a long thread on Twitter with plenty of resources and examples of the links between European right wingers and American neo-nazis. I didn\u2019t know back then how insightful this thread would become<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1ZUSKzTl-FoQUS7gt13R3yg.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p name=\"af7e\" id=\"af7e\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redlightvoices\/status\/794824351677751296\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redlightvoices\/status\/794824351677751296\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for the whole thread<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p name=\"1aec\" id=\"1aec\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/introducing-post-trump-europe-4ec343d51b5\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/introducing-post-trump-europe-4ec343d51b5\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">Introducing Post Trump Europe<\/strong><\/a><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">.<\/strong> I wrote about the political alignments that happened in Europe as a result of the US elections<\/p>\n<p name=\"738c\" id=\"738c\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">I followed up <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/dispatches-from-post-trump-europe-dea48b330d7e\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/dispatches-from-post-trump-europe-dea48b330d7e\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with further clips about European \u201ccelebrations\u201d of Trump\u2019s victory<\/a><\/p>\n<p name=\"9333\" id=\"9333\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">and <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/an-introduction-to-italys-forthcoming-constitutional-referendum-7c2eaa96c3cf\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/an-introduction-to-italys-forthcoming-constitutional-referendum-7c2eaa96c3cf\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">An Introduction to Italy\u2019s Constitutional Referendum<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p name=\"1e63\" id=\"1e63\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Also, a bit of feminist history: <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/the-erotizacion-of-abusers-from-jizz-in-the-face-feminism-to-dapper-white-supremacists-fcb35b91a82\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/the-erotizacion-of-abusers-from-jizz-in-the-face-feminism-to-dapper-white-supremacists-fcb35b91a82\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">The eroticization of abusers: from jizz in the face feminism to dapper white supremacists<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p name=\"4671\" id=\"4671\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">This discussion on Twitter about how the biggest media corporation in The Netherlands uses 4chan tactics to influence public opinion<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1ZUSKzTl-FoQUS7gt13R3yg.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p name=\"caea\" id=\"caea\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redlightvoices\/status\/799532452758822916\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redlightvoices\/status\/799532452758822916\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for the whole thread<\/a>)<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1ZUSKzTl-FoQUS7gt13R3yg.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p name=\"4e9d\" id=\"4e9d\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/the-biopolitics-of-desire-and-neo-nazi-fashion-icons-bd391678e2c1\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/the-biopolitics-of-desire-and-neo-nazi-fashion-icons-bd391678e2c1\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">The biopolitics of desire and neo-nazi fashion icons.<\/strong><\/a> About the normalization of neo nazis as \u201cfashion forward\u201d and how this normalization ties to eugenics and sexuality.<\/p>\n<p name=\"9353\" id=\"9353\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">This discussion about leftist critics of \u201cidentity politics\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1ZUSKzTl-FoQUS7gt13R3yg.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p name=\"3f0e\" id=\"3f0e\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redlightvoices\/status\/809702192320049152\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redlightvoices\/status\/809702192320049152\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for the whole thread<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p name=\"ccf8\" id=\"ccf8\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">I started writing a series on Big Data:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p name=\"667c\" id=\"667c\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/a-simplified-political-history-of-data-26935bdc5082\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/a-simplified-political-history-of-data-26935bdc5082\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">A simplified political history of Big Data<\/strong><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/private-internet-and-public-streets-38c1e3f80e0d\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/private-internet-and-public-streets-38c1e3f80e0d\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">Private Internet and Public Streets<\/strong><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/surveys-vigilance-and-the-myth-of-neutral-data-67eddea5e6b7\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/this-political-woman\/surveys-vigilance-and-the-myth-of-neutral-data-67eddea5e6b7\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">Surveys, vigilance and the myth of neutral data<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p name=\"5a33\" id=\"5a33\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">There will be more about this topic in the coming month.<\/p>\n<p name=\"de19\" id=\"de19\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">I participated in a dialogue about \u201cMercy and Other Diseases\u201d in Amsterdam\u2019s Oude Kerk. The audio of these conversations can be listened to here:<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1ZUSKzTl-FoQUS7gt13R3yg.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p name=\"f776\" id=\"f776\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">Curated and organized by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Amalistique\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Amalistique\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the wonderful Amal Alhaag<\/a> and with contributions by<\/p>\n<p name=\"6857\" id=\"6857\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Em\u2019kal Eyongakpa<br \/>Jabu Arnell<br \/>Anna Frei\u00a0<br \/>Romy Ruegger<br \/>Maria Guggenbichler<br \/>Simone Lagrand<\/p>\n<p name=\"e892\" id=\"e892\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">And to close the year on a high note, a rant about whose ideas and intellectual production are considered valid<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1ZUSKzTl-FoQUS7gt13R3yg.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p name=\"79ca\" id=\"79ca\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redlightvoices\/status\/814445023311892480\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redlightvoices\/status\/814445023311892480\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for the whole thread<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p name=\"cb5e\" id=\"cb5e\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Again, if you enjoyed what I wrote or if you learned something, were challenged, found it interesting or worthwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/paypal.me\/politicalwoman\" data-href=\"https:\/\/paypal.me\/politicalwoman\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">consider making a donation<\/a>. I am very grateful for all contributions no matter the amount. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redlightvoices\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redlightvoices\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow me on Twitter<\/a> for more daily discussions and above all, <strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">have a very Happy New Year! May 2017 bring you everything that you wish for and more!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p name=\"82c2\" id=\"82c2\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">With love always,<br \/>Flavia<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1ZUSKzTl-FoQUS7gt13R3yg.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2016 A Year of Writing in\u00a0Review So, here we are. Another year end and time for a recap of sorts. After two long years completely offline, 2016 is when I finally got back to publishing on the internet. 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