Fake History

I can't remain mad at an author who demolishes racist tropes behind a photograph posted on the internet of a ruined bridge in Ethiopia which the 'Portuguese built but locals couldn't repair so used poles to cross the river' and while showing that a particular photo is not of the first female black l......more

Ughh Wish I hadn’t picked it up. The premise of the book was great, no doubt, but the delivery… not so good. My main problem was the writer and her observations/comments on every single page. I think her personality shines through the pages and, well, we wouldn’t be friends in real life. Her characte......more

Op zich een prima boekje voor in de trein of in een pauze, en goed dat er aandacht is voor het ontkrachten van nepgeschiedenis. Ik vond alleen sommige nepfeitjes iets te triviaal en uit hun verband gerukt - goed dat Teeuwisse deze op Twitter (ik weiger X te zeggen) verbetert, maar ze voegen weinig a......more

This gal must be a nightmare to have a drink or conversation with. Why not happily accept fun stuff that people tell you without checking it out? Well her motivation isn't spoiling people's evenings, it's the fact that certain types are seeking likes, retweets, financial rewards on social media - mo......more

This book reads like a series of blog entries. I was under the impression this would be like a brief version of the "Lies" books by James Loewen. But the "you may have heard this" followed by the debunking makes for pretty bland reading when most of the stuff I "may have heard" is stuff I have never......more