Archive for the 'Personal Essays' Category
• November 5, 2014 •
3 Comments
Posted in Culture Clash, Personal Essays
Tags: Culture, homogenization, information, jennifer lawrence, pop culture, sharing, social media, viral, Writing
• August 13, 2014 •
10 Comments
Posted in Film, Personal Essays, Pop Culture
Tags: bipolar, celebrity, Death, depression, fathers, Life, Loss, parents, People, Robin Williams
• July 23, 2014 •
7 Comments
Posted in Personal Essays
Tags: attachment, change, Fear, France, Life, Moving, Pau, Personal, thoughts, Writing
• June 2, 2014 •
2 Comments
Posted in Cultural Connection, Personal Essays, Uncategorized
Tags: Brazil, Caetano Veloso, Community, Concert, Culture, Expat, Expatriation, Music, musings, nostalgia, Travel
• February 10, 2014 •
4 Comments
Posted in Cultural Comparisons, Personal Essays
Tags: Body language, Culture, Feminism, Gender, Inequality, Men, Opinion, power, Privacy, Public, Sexism, thoughts, Women
• September 20, 2013 •
7 Comments
Posted in Personal Essays
Tags: Death, depression, France, grief, lies, Life, musings, Opinion, People, superficiality, thoughts, vulnerability, Writing
• January 18, 2013 •
36 Comments
Posted in Cultural Comparisons, Personal Essays
Tags: Algeria, Culture, France, journalism, Mali, media, Military, News, Opinion, Politics, resources, terrorism, thoughts, war
• September 18, 2012 •
1 Comment
Posted in Culture Clash, Personal Essays
Tags: 9/20/12, Articles, beach, Bill Clinton, Childhood, coast, Community, Culture, Democratic National Convention, denial, DNC, election, elections, environment, Europe, France, garbage, Interview, Jon Stewart, Life, Lifestyle, litter, national, News, nostalgia, Obama, Opinion, plastic, Politics, pollution, president, Romney, September 20, Speech, teenager, The Daily Show, Travel, United States
• August 23, 2012 •
11 Comments
Posted in Cultural Comparisons, Cultural Perception, Personal Essays
Tags: Culture, David Jiménez, Economics, Economy, education, employment, Europe, Forges, History, homeless, Indignados, journalist, Life, musings, national, News, Occupy, Occupy Wall Street, Opinion, Photo, Photography, Photos, Politics, poor, poverty, Protest, protesters, San Sebastian, Spain, Travel, unemployment, Writing, young, youth
• March 2, 2012 •
15 Comments
Posted in Here and There, In Search of Lost Time, Personal Essays
Tags: Anxiety, artist, Caracas, change, Chavez, Cities, City, commentary, Crime, Culture, Death, Fear, homicide, Latin America, murder, Music, OneChot, Opinion, People, Personal, Photo, Photography, Photos, Politics, Random, reggae, Social, South America, Statistics, thoughts, Travel, Venezuela, violence, Writing
the annotated zoetrope 
Caracas: Rotten Town
• March 2, 2012 • 15 CommentsPosted in Here and There, In Search of Lost Time, Personal Essays
Tags: Anxiety, artist, Caracas, change, Chavez, Cities, City, commentary, Crime, Culture, Death, Fear, homicide, Latin America, murder, Music, OneChot, Opinion, People, Personal, Photo, Photography, Photos, Politics, Random, reggae, Social, South America, Statistics, thoughts, Travel, Venezuela, violence, Writing