cross culture

K-pop, or Korean pop, is on plenty of radars today. However, K-pop is not a new fad — the genre has existed for around 30 years, with BTS being the biggest and most recent example. Surprisingly, K-pop spawned from the […]

When thinking of reggae music, a lot of people normally think of Bob Marley. He was born in Jamaica in 1945 and died in 1981 due to cancer. His name still remains relevant, well-known and evergreen, even 40-plus years later. […]

The Beginning Audrey Hepburn is one the Golden Age of Film’s most iconic stars. Even though she was seen as a U.S. actress, Hepburn is a Third Culture Kid (TCK) who began her life in Europe. Edda van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston […]

Third Culture Kids (TCKs) Grace Kim and Susan Mousakhani use their art to highlight their globally mobile lifestyles while growing up. Understanding the world Kim spent more time living nomadically throughout her life than she ever spent in her passport […]

Asian elephants Snow leopards Black-footed ferrets Giant pandas Polar bears Human beings What do all of these have in common? They are all endangered species. Humans, of course, are not on the official endangered species list. And yet, millions of […]

Jane Goodall spent decades researching in Gombe, Tanzania not only leaving her mark in the scientific community, but also raising her son. Goodall is an English scientist whose primary work has been in studying the social structure of primates, specifically […]

Prior to the release of the movie “Mean Girls,” which features a Third Culture Kid (TCK) child of researchers, such characters weren’t represented as ordinary characters in pop culture, and their internal struggles remained unrepresented in coming of age films. […]