Propria Cures is a Dutch

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

 satirical student newspaper, published weekly in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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. Established in 1890, it is one of the oldest student newspapers in the Netherlands

Netherlands

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. Its principal subjects are, or have been, modern literature, media corruption and the euthanasia

Euthanasia

Euthanasia refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering....

 debate in western Europe

Europe

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Since its establishment, Propria Cures (colloquially, "PC") has been a forum for freethinkers, bohemians

Bohemianism

Bohemianism is the practice of an unconventional lifestyle, often in the company of like-minded people, with few permanent ties, involving musical, artistic or literary pursuits...

 and rising talents. PC specialises in printing things that no one else is willing or able to say. As a result, PC is one of the few journals in post-war Dutch publishing history to have been convicted of blasphemy

Blasphemy

Blasphemy is irreverence towards religious or holy persons or things. Some countries have laws to punish blasphemy, while others have laws to give recourse to those who are offended by blasphemy...

. In 1965, a PC article referred to Jesus

Jesus

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 as a "carpenter's son who pulled himself up through self-help

Self-help

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". The newspaper was fined 100 guilder

Guilder

Guilder is the English translation of the Dutch gulden — from Old Dutch for 'golden'. The guilder originated as a gold coin but has been a common name for a silver or base metal coin for some centuries...

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In 1992, Propria Cures published a photo montage of the writer Leon de Winter

Leon de Winter

- Early life :Leon de Winter was born on 24 February 1954 in Den Bosch, in the southern Netherlands. He grew up in an orthodox Jewish family and attended the gymnasium in Den Bosch. After his graduation he attended the academy of Bavaria Film Studios in Munich and the Netherlands Film Academy in...

 lying in a mass grave, expressing the opinion that De Winter was exploiting his Jewish background. PC was convicted in court and had to pay 10,000 guilders in damages as well as publish an apology.

PC employs a large number of guest editors in addition to its regular staff. Its editors have included a number of well-known Dutch writers, media figures and politicians, including the polemicist Menno ter Braak

Menno ter Braak

Menno ter Braak was a Dutch modernist author.-Early career:Ter Braak was born in Eibergen and grew up in the town of Tiel where he proved to be an exemplary student of great intelligence. He went on to the University of Amsterdam where he majored in Dutch and History...

, poet and novelist J. Slauerhoff

J. Slauerhoff

Jan Jacob Slauerhoff, who published as J. Slauerhoff, was a Dutch poet and novelist. He is considered one of the most important Dutch language writers.-Youth:...

 and former EU Commissioner Frits Bolkestein

Frits Bolkestein

Frederik "Frits" Bolkestein is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy . He served as a Member of the House of Representatives from 16 January 1978, until 5 November 1982, when he became State Secretary for Economic Affairs from 5 November 1982, until 14 July...

. The current editors of PC are Johannes Visser, Stephan ter Borg, Jim Glerum and Nina Polak.