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Hummingbirds, history and hot cocoa
Caribbean history is fascinating. From a European perspective, extremely sobering, because of all the brutality, inhumanity, and extraction that Europeans engaged in over centuries, yet in the present, we pretend this has nothing to do… Read more
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Up in the mountains and on violence
First things first: I was overwhelmed in the best of ways by all your responses to my “first” post – it is great to see that my processing of things here means something not only… Read more
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I really am in Trinidad and Tobago! Sharing “my firsts”
In fall 2019, I applied for a Fulbright fellowship to do research in the twin island state of Trinidad and Tobago (topic: “Caribbean engagement with global gender equality frameworks”; more on this in a different… Read more
Enjoy the read!
I write about things that I currently feel inspired by or concerned about. That makes the blog a bit eclectic. You will see some contemporary issues (e.g., politics), but also more general ones (e.g., motherhood), and posts inspired by travel (I started this blog during a marvelous stay in Trinidad and Tobago).
The common sense feminist 