Growing up, I was a finicky eater. In trying to get me to finish dinner my mother reminded me nightly that “there are starving children in Ethiopia.” The attention granted…
Religious Feminist in the USA: Mormon Feminism in the Time of Mitt Romney
This article kicks off a new monthly column, Religious Feminist in the USA. Mitt Romney and his faith are all over the news. With many Americans wondering whether voters are…
Laughable Languages: Funny Phonology, Strange Semantics, and Other Adventures in Foreign Language Acquisition
I should start this article by apologizing for the technical terms in the title. Now in my final semester as an undergraduate student, I made the dubious decision to…
Toilet Entrapment
Bathroom etiquette can be one of the most challenging aspects of traveling abroad, yet it seems to be one of the least commonly discussed topics. Maybe writers are just squeamish…
Blondes Have More Fun?
As a young, blonde woman, I get attention from sleazy men everywhere. I’ve been whistled at my whole life, and I’ve tended to take it as a compliment—well, a creepy,…
The Road Less Traveled
Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. -“The Road Not…
Translation Please?
At the start of my time in London, most of my flatmates agreed that a dinner all together was a good plan. The other American in the flat and I…
Street Bike Etiquette around the world
Paige Green shares her cycling experience from around the world: Some of the great things about travelling are, of course, meeting new people, learning about new cultures, trying new food…
Learning to Teach in Ghana, part 2
The Tuskegee International School, where I would be teaching for the duration of my stay, seemed to be barely a school at all. Surrounded by tall walls painted with murals…
Milestones- Breaking Wind and Breaking Through
The most obvious milestone in my life occurred just weeks ago, when I moved to South Korea armed with a Lonely Planet guide, Korean-English dictionary, and no friends within 6,000…
Bridging Worlds
At the hotel, Kevin sits alone at the dinner table for six. He’s from Scotland and he’s never been to São Tomé before. We don’t know this, though, when we…
Escape to the Country
Ah, the countryside! It was a very welcome relief to get away from noisy and dirty city to the wide-open spaces of rural Morocco. However, after spending last week with…
A Crash Course in City Savoir Faire
I’d never lived in a city before moving here to Paris a month ago, eager to take up a kind friend on the offer of a few months in the…
Out of Breath
We arrived five hours later than we thought we would in Agra, the city of the Taj Mahal. Those five hours spent waiting on the train, with no update from…
Delhi Extremes
The New Delhi train station is not exactly the most lively locale at five in the morning. And the journey there from the airport wasn’t exactly what one might consider a…