From the category archives:
What do you do when you’re not allowed to travel with your boyfriend?
Natalie is 24 years old, has graduated from college and lives away from home with her older sister in downtown Toronto. But in her family, there are some activities that are still considered unacceptable. Like going out of town with boyfriends.
“It’s not like [...]
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A look into workers’ lives in Navsari, Gujarat
It was the first time I had been to India since 2001, and with a handful of rupees and my bargaining voice intact, I thought I was going to experience the shopping spree I’ve always wanted. Little did I know I was going to get way [...]
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Down a shady alley on this small Hawaiian island is the sweetest thing you’ve ever put in your mouth
Most people walk down shady alleyways to buy crack. Or to employ a hooker. Or both. But in Molokai, one of the smaller and lesser known Hawaiian islands, you go to buy bread.
Hot bread, to be [...]
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One writer’s experience traversing the line between poverty and luxury in Cozumel
Every now and then we all want to get away, to some tropical country where there is no trouble, no bosses, no homework, and no bills to pay. A place that is not quite reality, where you can get away with tipping one dollar for everything, no matter where you go, and bargain out an item for half the price of the original offer. A place you would come home from and feel like you visited paradise because while you were there you did not have to care.
It might seem like there is nothing wrong with that, but our stress and desire to “get away” has turned many cities and many cultures into tourist resorts.
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It’s been said that moving, starting a new job and losing a loved one are three of the most stressful events in one’s life. In my experience, they go together like three rotten peas in a pod. You get a great new job, in a new city and your relationship falls apart.
Having moved [...]
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