Global Culture
International Emmys: Spotlight on two British Nominees
Looking forward to the upcoming International Emmy Awards on November 24th, nominations are being announced, and Britain is taking the lead with six total nominations. Among the nominees are Stephen Dillane and Olivia Colman for best actor and actress in […]
Six Problems American TCKs experience upon returning to the USA
If you’ve lived in another country and returned to your home country of America then you know the difficulties that happen when you moved back. From driving to eating, American culture has to be re-learned again. Reverse Culture Shock Flickr: […]
YOU are “Globally Minded”, and You Don’t Even Realize It
Blonde hair, blue eyes, white skin. That’s what people see when they look at me. Little do they know, I have left my footprint all over this earth and I’ve experienced cultures far different than my own. There is more […]
A VISIT TO BALI, INDONESIA
My vacation to Bali and lack of experiencing the culture As I walked along a beach in Bali, Indonesia, I wondered if I was really seeing it all. The high school I attended was on spring break when I traveled […]
The Large Divide Between the Pay of Men and Women
A recent study by movehub released March of 2014 reports on the gender pay gap that still exists between men and women. The study reported on forty countries where men still received higher pay. South Korea had the highest pay […]
From Wurzburg to Redwood City- Where Do I Belong?
My first big move “Mom, when are we going home?” My older sister asked a few days after our birthday in 2000. I had just turned 7-years-old. My mom had taken us to see a Creed concert in Las Vegas, […]
Neoliberalism Part 2: Causing an Increase in Global Inequality
As we discussed in the first article in this series, Neoliberalism: What Is It?, Neoliberalism is the dominant for of capitalism that our global economy. It began in the 1980s as a way to promote global trade and grow all […]
Cultural differences between Spain and the U.S.
I grew up in a small beach town outside Barcelona, Spain (or Barcelona, Catalonia, now that Catalonia is demanding their right to vote and secede from Spain, becoming their own country). My childhood memories include a lot of hot summer […]
















