Gillian Fletcher

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Though we hope to reapply and remain, our visas are for two years, meaning we don’t have unlimited time to learn about life in The Netherlands. We do our Babbel and we have watched Dutch movies on Disney+, but you can’t learn all about a new culture from an app or television—sorry to say, life in America was nothing like Friends. As William and I adapt to day-to-day living abroad, participating in the local traditions and “doing Dutch things” helps open a window into the soul of our new nation.
A sticker with a phrase in Dutch reading “baas in eigen buik.” Beneath the letters and outline of a uterus where one of the fallopian tubes is giving a middle finger.
A public sign in Dutch that reads "Wildplassen is verboden" which means "peeing outdoors is prohibited."
Street sign in Dutch reading Cantaloupenburg.
A statue of a gnome-like Santa Claus holding a Christmas tree that could easily be a butt plug.
The cover of CALLED shows a shadowy figure running towards the viewer and away from a barn silhouetted in flames
A sign reading Texas Fried Chicken ATM
Bert and Ernie onesies.