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    |  |   Let's say farwell to the rasict character Zwarte Piet (Black Pete). Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   Why is there a continuing lack of diversity in Hollywood? Source: Vers Magazine | 
  
     
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    |  |   Will we eat cultured meat in the future? Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   Will we eat insects in the future? Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   Women's Emancipation Party Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   Are soybeans good meat substitudes? Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   Each populist it's own party Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   A nostalgic scene. Alternatives for Zwarte Piet (Black Pete), the supportive character in the Dutch folklore event of Sinterklaas, not to be confused with Santa Claus. Source: www.pietjeoppietjeaf.nl | 
  
     
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    |  |   The EU makes shady deals with African countries, to stop the migration. Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   Supermarkets sell their meat way too cheap to get customers Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   Burkini, peace, love and understanding Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   Using your imagination helps to cope with traumas. Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from sports at school. Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   About how ISIS interprets the Koran to get to the hereafter.  Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   The British want to go back in time. Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   The smoker and the passive smoker Source: Vrij Nederland  | 
  
     
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    |  |   About structural sexual harassment Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   Time is precious, so carpe diem!  Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   "We find socially desirable behaviour pretentious, but lies that give hope are very suspicious." for the philosophical column by Simone van Saarloos.  Source: Vrij Nederland  | 
  
     
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    |  |   Why is it that mothers who have a job get questions like: "Don't you feel guilty? ""How do you combine work with raising your kids?" And not the fathers?  Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   Dutch football keeper Kenneth Vermeer was attacked as a black man, but stayed focused on the game Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   'Snowmageddon’ was already called historic when the storm was predicted.  Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   How we communicate is often more important than what we talk about.  Source: https://www.vn.nl/eerste-column-simone-saarloos-vrij-nederland/ | 
  
     
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    |  |   How Amsterdam became home to 180 nationalities.  Source: http://www.iamsterdam.com/nl/uit-in-amsterdam/plan-je-verblijf/algemeen/producten/a-mag | 
  
     
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    |  |   For an article about cancer research Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   Illustration for an article about homo emancipation. Are homosexuals 'Born this way'? Or is it nurture? Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   The Dutch governement encourages teachers to get a master's degree. But does this make them better teachers? Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   About the Citotoets and other control checks.  Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   About the introduction of genetically modified chickens in Afrika. Presented to solve the hunger and poverty. Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   Is eating alone a sign of loneliness? Or is that just our perception?  Source: Hard//hoofd | 
  
     
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    |  |   If you want to achieve something, should you follow basic tips or personal advise? Source: Hollands Maandblad | 
  
     
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    |  |   Are news readers allowed to show their personality? Source: www.demorgen.be | 
  
     
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    |  |   For a column from Ernest van der Kwast, about student guild boys terrorizing the decent neighbourhood Kralingen in Rotterdam.  Source: Erasmus Magazine Rotterdam | 
  
     
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    |  |   Illustration for: "We are an American colony." About  Europe being digitaly colonised by America.  Source: NRC Handelsblad | 
  
     
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    |  |   Has Holland become a tax haven? Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   Three international students write about their country.  Source: Erasmus Magazine | 
  
     
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    |  |   The Dutch writer Franca Treur wrote a story about a refugee who hides in an empty bridge keeper's house.  Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   Daddy does it alone. Consciously. Source: De Morgen | 
  
     
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    |  |   For an article about mindfulness in daily life.  Source: www.demorgen.be | 
  
     
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    |  |   About the rise and fall of the creative class. Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   People sleeping less and less is causing them to fantasize about sleep instead of sex. Source: www.demorgen.be | 
  
     
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    |  |   Who will win the International Prize? Nine different nationalities are among the nominees for The Man Booker Prize. Source: www.demorgen.be
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    |  |   Are you suffering from procrastination? Try to handle it by doing something else when you postpone important tasks.  Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   Madness! Stores want costumers this easter weekend! At all costs. Source: NRC Handelsblad | 
  
     
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    |  |   Good news: Class reunions are no longer needed because of Facebook. Bad news: It makes one big reunion of your life! Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   Food blogs are ridiculously growing in number and diversity. What criteria must a good blog meet, to be in the favorite list for amateur chefs? Let's separate the wheat from the chaff!
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    |  |   Contemporary Discomfort 32: "The couch potato". A plea to resist the tempation of staying home to watch TV, and try to actually become the active and evolved human being you always thought you would be. Source: Vrij Nederland | 
  
     
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    |  |   For an article about trendwatching. Some say 2013 will be the year of optimism. Others predict a fin de siècle tendency. Where do these predictions come from? A gut feeling? Or have they been contacted by the divine? Source: www.demorgen.be | 
  
     
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    |  |   A short movie called 'Maankind' (Moonchild), about an albino boy who thinks he is adopted from the moon and longs to 'go home'. Source: www.dutchmountainmovies.com | 
  
     
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    |  |   'When the boss has an affair'. When someone in charge has an affair is it their own business? Hardly ever, as it turns out. Employees can feel cheated too.  Source: NRC Handelsblad | 
  
     
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    |  |   Interview with André Aleman about his book: Het seniorenbrein/The Senior Brain. Source: www.demorgen.be | 
  
     
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    |  |   Contemporary Discomfort 21: The Flex Work Space. Source: Vrij Nederland  | 
  
    
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