I Learned To Avoid Ticks … After Catching Lyme
Here are some tips I just learned (the hard way!) to help avoid ticks.
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A Christmas Coming Out Story? Not With My Conservative Relatives
Every year around the holidays, we visit my father’s side of the family. I have not come out to any of them.
“You Have To Live Your Life”: Traveling Despite Terrorism
Police are treating the Barcelona attack as an act of terrorism. This sort of violence has plagued Europe for the last few years, including the city from which my family hails, Paris.
Black Girls Travel Too
There has been a large increase in the number of black women that are traveling. Sometimes with agencies that are specifically created for groups of black women to travel, or friends going together some are even going on solo trips.
Privilege in the Philippines
The date is March 10, 2017. The time is 7:38 am, and I am on a plane home from Manila, where I’ve been for the past two weeks.
Flying While Brown: One Teen’s Run-ins with the TSA
TSA is supposed to make you feel safer when you fly. But for an Indian-American like me, it’s quite the opposite.
My Trip To Spain Was Extraordinary
Over the summer I went to Spain on tour for the first time to Barcelona and Valencia. I saw many…
New Perspective On Fashion After Bangladesh
I love fashion. I’ve always loved it. I celebrate fashion week like it’s a holiday. But earlier this year I realized the true cost of my trendy clothes when I met a group of women I’ve been stealing from my whole life.