My boyfriend and I have been house hunting, so we’ve been going to a lot of open houses. Which means, of course, we’ve been playing voyeur and spying on how other people live their lives. And, a lot of Dutch people have Buddha statues. Specifically Thai Buddha statues. Despite the country’s overall atheism (something like … [Read more…]
Over the weekend, actual Nazis marched on the campus of the University of Virginia. They drove a car into a group of counter protesters, killing at least one person and injuring many more. As disgusted and pained as I am, what I am not is surprised. There is a bright and clear line between Trump … [Read more…]
I was reading a blog post written by a friend this week. She’d recently returned from a trip to what is often called a developing country. While there, she met with a group of people from a minority sect. She expected to share with them feminism and be a shiny example of what an enlightened … [Read more…]
The other day my brother and I got into an argument. This, itself, isn’t surprising. Earlier in the week, we found a way to argue about the price of avocado toast at our hypothetical restaurant. After a week of sitting around my parents’ house with little to do, I ventured into their local Starbucks to … [Read more…]
Beyonce tried to break the internet yesterday by releasing her new song Formation with its accompanying video. The song is a complete earworm, the video is stunning and, what has gotten people talking the most, is the both overt and subtle messaging in the lyrics and the video. Much has been written about it and … [Read more…]
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