Anika Korobkov, Author at Spiegeloog

Music without Music? – Finding Beauty in Chaos

Music is an artform that everyone recognizes but would be hard-pressed to define. It is frequently described as a way of communication that is aesthetically…

Anika KorobkovMay 2, 2025

Culture Spiegeloog 435: Fantasy

Fantasy Media: Escape the Bear and Fall to the Trope

The fantasy genre in books, films and games is beloved by both children and adults. Maybe this is because we seek a place where our…

Anika KorobkovNovember 22, 2024

Society Spiegeloog 432: Fragile

Read at Your Own Discretion: Trigger Warnings Make Us Fragile??

Beware of the controversial topics and strong opinions discussed in this article. However, you will likely be entertained by the hot debate between people who…

Anika KorobkovMarch 22, 2024

Society Spiegeloog 429: Explore

Who Seeks Shall Find: How University Education Affects Curiosity

Why does the sun wake us up every morning? Why is this caterpillar green? Why is coffee only for adults? Chances are, you used to…

Anika KorobkovNovember 17, 2023

People Spiegeloog 428: Alive The Corridor

The Corridor: Life Lessons

For a good proportion of this magazine’s editors, the Bachelor years at UvA will come to an end next summer. Amidst all the (optional) nostalgia…

Anika Korobkov and Vadim MartschenkoOctober 18, 2023

Culture Spiegeloog 426: Liberation

Write and Recite: The Freedom of Creative Verbal Expression

It’s the hope of my thoughts that I travel upon Fly like an arrow of God until I’m gone, so I’m Drifting away like a…

Anika KorobkovMay 5, 2023

Science Spiegeloog 424: Irrational

Thinking Outside the Right-Angled Triangle: How Irrational Numbers Changed a Paradigm

In mathematics, the term “irrational” is used to denote a peculiar class of numbers whose mere existence once stirred up an entire scientific worldview. For…

Anika KorobkovMarch 6, 2023

Society Spiegeloog 423: Pride

On Sports Team Pride: Why Do You Feel Proud?

Pride is usually an emotion that arises from our own actions - we feel proud of our own successes and accomplishments. But what about the…

Anika KorobkovJanuary 23, 2023

Society Spiegeloog 421: Reflections

What Your Sense of Fashion Says about You-…r Society?

Mirror mirror on the wall, what should I wear to impress them all? Clothes are often hypothesised to be a form of communication and self-expression,…

Anika KorobkovOctober 28, 2022

Science Spiegeloog 419: Harmony

A Scientific and Buddhistic Take on Dichotomies

When discussions turn into “either/or”-debates, when arguments are oversimplified into dichotomies and when “being in favour” of something equals “being against” another thing – should…

Anika KorobkovJune 3, 2022