Traveling helps us learn about ourselves and our home countries, as much as it teaches us about other places and people. Miranda Moure explores racial identity across borders through her…
I Had to Leave Germany to Be Considered German
Being the child of immigrants can complicate your sense of place and identity. Zainab Ali explores her identity in relation to the places she has lived and where her roots…
The Dissonance of Existing as Taiwanese in America and American in Taiwan
He approached me on the MRT, the train system in Taipei. It was my first summer back after a year of college in the U.S., and I was completing an…
When Looks Deceive: Being Biracial in Poland
It was a late December evening and my mom had just arrived in Krakow, where I had been studying for the past three months. We were making our way from…
I Was Shunned in the Country of My Ancestors (or, When Travel Can’t Heal Diaspora)
“Wǒ shì zhōngguó rén,” is what we were taught to recite in costly Saturday Mandarin lessons. But more specifically, “Wǒ shì HǍIWÀI de zhōngguó rén.” This simple phrase was one…
White at Home and Brown Abroad: Navigating Race and Identity as a Latin@ Immigrant and Traveler
I am white. But I am also a person of color. My race and ethnicity seem to be defined more by who I am speaking to when I travel than by me or my heritage.
So…Where Are You From? The Global Identity of a Multicultural Kid
We’re pleased to debut the fresh voices of the third cohort of the Wanderful Blogging Program! Stay tuned for new articles from new contributors. Don’t forget to tell them what…
When Answers Are Hard to Find: Opening My Eyes to Ethics in Travel
We’re pleased to debut the fresh voices of the second cohort of the Go Girl Blogging Program! Stay tuned for new articles from new contributors. Don’t forget to tell them what…
Anthropology Upside-Down: Insights Into Identity on a Cross-Country Road Trip
Lucy ponders her identity as she travels across America to begin a new adventure. Image by Lucy Copp. This week we’re debuting the fresh voices of the Go Girl Blogging Program!…
Heard ‘Round the World
In the Peace Corps, we are not supposed to discuss politics. Not local ones, not ones back home. In the most neutral of times at my site in Barranquilla, Colombia,…
Johannesburg…At Dawn
Is Johannesburg beautiful? At first glance, One may not think it so, but this is one of the most difficult questions to answer. The story of the global metropolis as…
The Plight Of Australia’s Indigenous People
I was handing out flyers in Perth, Western Australia, when an indigenous woman sporting a devilish grin and with her right hand raised and curled into a fist began walking…
135 lbs
Hi. My name is Samantha Wu and I weigh 135 lbs. I’ve got tummy fat and the remnants of sprinter legs (for those who have little experience with track, that…
Traveling Identity
I have a weird relationship with my birthday. It falls right at the end of the school year, so rather than celebrating me, it tends to call attention to goodbyes…
Going Back…Home?
A little over a month ago, my family sat on a plane for hours and landed bright and early in Taipei, Taiwan. The last time I had visited Taiwan…