This quote by Meryl Streep spoke to me right now. I learned in gestalt therapy many years ago to stop explaining to people why I made a certain decision or acted in a specific way. I learned that if I do I give others the power to judge if my decision or action was the […]
Jag lyssnade på en verkligt givande söndagsintervju i morse med Emma Holten. Hon är idag en av Danmarks mest kända feminister och är också nu internationellt känd efter att hon trädde fram offentligt som offer för det som kallas hämndporr, efter att nakenbilder på henne publicerades på internet utan samtycke. Hennes berättelse om sina egna […]
The forests of Småland are home to a growing population of wild boar, once on the verge of extinction. They move in packs at night. Gardens are destroyed, farmland churned up. Yet their illusiveness draws in both visitors and inhabitants. Ritve is making a pilgrimage from Finland to track them down. Council worker Glenn finds […]
Vill ni förstå KAJ fenomenet och hur det är att vara finlandssvensk så kom med Eric Stern och SVT till svenskfinland och Österbotten. Jag vet inte hur många gånger jag försökt förklara för svenskar varför jag talar bättre engelska än finska, varför jag inte kallar mig finne men ändå hejar på Finland i ishockey och […]
Today, the 24th of April 2025, is the official release date for my daughter Hannah’s book Wild Boar! And she will have an online launch on April 30th at 19.00 Danish time (CET). Hannah will read a few sections from the book and there will be a Q&A with me & James Trevelyan, director of […]
Fint att kunna dela sådan Mumin relaterad konst som inte stöder företaget Moomin Characters Ltd som på alla sätt försöker göra pengar på Tove Janssons konst. Lyssna på hennes egen uppläsning av romanerna på Yle Arenan som inte de heller (hoppas jag) kan göra pengar på. Vilken lycka för oss alla att hon själv läste […]
Click on the photo to listen to a great presentation of KAJ in English. This is an informative and fun video by Allan Max about the Swedish-Finnish humour group KAJ who is going to represent Sweden (not Finland) in the Eurovision Song Contest in May in Basel. What a relief to watch and listen to […]
Oh wow this past week has been turbulent politically in the US (and the world). I get inspired when people use the frustration so many of us feel to be creative! Allan Ohms has for instance translated Bertel Haarder’s lyrics to a satire version of Bob Dylan’s ’The Times They Are A-Changin’. Bertel Haarder is […]
Click on photo to see Rachel Maddow’s interview with Cory Booker. What a relief to watch and hear when folks in the US are waking up and protest in every possible way. “New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday night, setting a historic […]
So refreshing to see and listen to The Atlantic’s editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg and journalist and writer Anne Applebaum discussing Signalgate and everything that has happened after he was added to a group chat with top administration officials created for the purpose of coordinating high-level national-security conversations about the Houthis in Yemen. How rewarding […]
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
"I am linked therefore I am" 