anger — Stories

Keep It Secret

Anger is vicious, and knows not his strength. He wrestles and pulls, until Fear’s out of breath…

Anger, Asia, Black Lives Matter, MovingBy Shannon Irby (From Ramstein, Tucson, Okinawa, Adana, D.C., San Antonio & Houston. Living in Okinawa.)2 January 2021TCK, TCK TOWN, Third Culture Adult, third culture kid, anger, Tck, tck, social, socialize, secret, Korea, South Korea, EnglishComment

Hijab and the Doppelgängers

There shouldn’t be an issue of not accepting another culture or religion just because you don’t like it or because you don’t understand it. Is this lack of tolerance something we might eventually be proud of? I shudder at the thought…

AngerBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)30 March 2019anger, TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, friendship, racism, prejudice, Islam, muslim, hijab, Tokyo, winter, Japanese, Japan, KoreaComment

Swallowing the Shame-Anger Pill

Having edited TCK TOWN for two and a half years now, having dated a very, very troubled TCK who was battling with his cultural identity, and through living TCK experiences myself, I could imagine that his past had made him this odd, awkward and uncomfortable rageaholic…

AngerBy Ava Senaratne (From Sri Lanka, Dubai & Melbourne. Living in Sydney)27 March 2019TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, anger, relationships, relatives, mother, father, sister, Melbourne, Australia, race, culture, conflict, familyComment

Awash With Anger

You pour your heart out. List your every reason, incident and rebuke. And still my little boat has not swamped and floundered. But now my shoes are wet and my socks are falling down in water weight…

By Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)20 March 2019TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, anger, relationships, Japanese, American, Alaska, emotions, fight, growth, cultural, lessonsComment

We Held Our Breath & Grew Up

Our lives were never consistent, but his temper was.

AngerBy Molly Kaitlin (From Peru, Costa Rica, Minnesota & Florida. Living in Tennessee)16 March 2019TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, family, anger, dad, fear, moving, goodbye, pain, new, cityComment

My Anger, My Shame

“He’s English, but we won’t hold that against him.” That’s probably one of the nicer remarks he invariably makes whenever anything touching the subject of England comes up…

Anger, FamilyBy Ashleigh Leyshon (From Melbourne, Tokyo & Nagoya. Living in Kharkiv)13 March 2019TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, anger, parent, Dad, familiy, Mum, English, England, AustraliaComment

No More Walking on Eggshells

My dad’s anger had been a constant in my world of inconsistencies…

Anger, Moving, FamilyBy Molly Kaitlin (From Peru, Costa Rica, Minnesota & Florida. Living in Tennessee)6 March 2019TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, anger, parent, parents, familiy, moving, home, mother, dad, father, sister Comments