In an age where diversity is defined as relations between the races and women’s struggles are thought of being long over, I raise a hand in dispute. I constantly have to draw my own boundaries and define myself – not allowing others the permission to apply other words, particularly a word so ineffective as cuteness. [...]
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Still not by the content of character
Yesterday I watched the Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have a Dream" speech on the anniversary of his birthday. Today, three times at the American Embassy I was told to come back at 3:00 pm to pick up my passport because that’s when immigrant visas were issued. Three times I had to reassure them, despite wearing [...]
Don’t leave my daughters
As part of my job, I often design trips for students which require international travel. In the Middle East this is a new counter culture concept for many families who do not let their daughters out their sight. Most of my students have never traveled without their families and in the instances they have, they [...]
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