Books, tools, and campaigns I founded, co-founded, or set in motion.
I am an Amsterdam-based activist entrepreneur. The Social Code is my experiment in creating and funding public-interest work without venture capital — and in giving the people affected by a technology a say in how it is used.
These projects sit at the intersection of ethical technology, (sexual) education, and feminist and queer organising. Privacy tools, language campaigns, books, and community spaces are how that experiment shows up in public.
Frictionless and secure sharing of passwords, text snippets and files between devices using just a browser.
This private end-to-end encrypted, secure data sharing service is free for all and relies solely on donations by its users.
Point of sale for small bars — tabs, shifts, and fair payouts.
Built for community venues like Café Saarein: ordering, shift registry, team roles, and reports without enterprise POS overhead.
A picture book that helps young children put words to difficult experiences.
Ik wil je iets vertellen, by Lotte Hendriks and RĂ©mi Bouwer, gives children and the adults around them a way to start the conversation.
Get more done by aiming for less.
A calmer daily list: what belongs today, what can wait, and what is already done — without an infinite backlog.
Emancipation through language — shame-free words for sexuality and bodies.
In Dutch, labia are still often called schaamlippen — literally “shame lips”. Schaamteloos invites everyone to say vulvalippen instead: anatomically accurate, stigma-free, and normal to use in conversation.
From childhood we learn a whole family of schaam- words (schaamhaar, schaambeen, schaamstreek, schaamlippen) that tell us not to talk about natural body parts. Sexologist Ellen Laan helped put vulvalippen into public use; a collective of Pleasure Society, The Oh Collective, The Vulva Gallery, and The Social Code Foundation — later joined by Dolle Mina — turned it into a national campaign.
On schaamteloos.org you can pledge “I’m in”, share the action, and help get vulvalippen into everyday speech and writing — including the Dikke Van Dale, where the word is now on its way in.
A frank guide to recognising emotional and physical abuse, narcissistic dynamics and coercive control.
The English edition of Tessel ten Zweege’s Dat Zou Jij Nooit Toelaten — for relationships we still call love.
A queer bar saved by its community.
Together with Talisa Harjono and Sterre Krot, we set out to save the historic lesbian and queer bar from a commercial sale in order to turn it into a foundation.
