When we were politely locked into our hotel in Delhi nine months later due to the street uprisings, the desk manager profusely apologized to us…
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It is so helpful to get out there with an open mind and some level of trust in the people you are going to meet…
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Grief is good because it creates the space for TCKs to acknowledge those losses and to process them…
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I wasn’t keen on my first time being as awkward and fumbling as the house-party sex stories I was hearing about from my peers…
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The bed was a disarray of white sheets and pillows…
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To an outsider, the Arab world may seem like a culture where norms propagate misogyny and inequality, but this quote showed that sex is a two way street, and pleasure is bilateral…
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HALLOWEEN SPECIAL:
I put my gown on and placed my tiara on my curly updo. Finally, I awarded myself the “Miss America” sash that I had marked with a sharpie to say “Miss ATCK,” instead…
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She took the lead and went zip lining first in Costa Rica. Then I had to try it. She was eager to run into the ocean and go past the giant waves that terrified me, yelling at me to come out and join her....
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As much as I vaguely wonder about what a brick-and-mortar home could have been—I am completely free...
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