Geert Wilders’ anti-immigration PVV party has launched a new website where people can report complaints about central and eastern European immigrants in the Netherlands. ‘Do …
Privileged navel gazing vs. the personal is political
They are not the same. Even though reading some individual bloggers, I might be led to believe otherwise.
Infinitely amused
So, I wrote this defense of Lana Del Rey and at least half a dozen dudes have checked in and complained because I called male …
Tiger Beatdown: I sing Video Games for the fourteen year old girl I once was
Tiger Beatdown: I sing Video Games for the fourteen year old girl I once was And I dreamed. Oh how I dreamed. I would wake …
Open Veins of Latin America
Here is an excellent resource for anyone who wishes to understand colonialism in the region. It is one of the best books on the topic. …
Answering questions and having “opinions”
I love the internet. You won’t find a more staunch enthusiast of online communication than me. Hell, I even have a partner for 15+ years …
I know this might come off looking for a simplistic answer but can you describe the Falkland islands debacle? I know why the war happened but what do the people there think? Do they like being considered “British territory” when half the people on mainland won’t be able to point the islands out. Or Argentina? What about self-determination? How did Britain come to rule it?
Simplistic answer? No, not at all. I would say you are looking for an impossible answer. Or better said, one that can be found in …