Global Culture

Designer Thakoon Panichgul is the head of the fashion brand Thakoon. He is an American fashion designer who was born in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand. Raised in Nebraska, Thakoon is an adult cross cultural kid who has based his brand in […]

Rupi Kaur was born in India and raised in Canada. Her poetry and illustrations have engaged people around the world. With so much Westernization, it’s easy to get sucked into a culture and try to “fit” into a society. But […]

Helen Oyeyemi — “Edgar Allan Poe’s Weirdest Daughter” Helen Oyeyemi’s writing has been called “haunted,” full of magic, horror and mysticism. She was fittingly described as “Edgar Allan Poe’s Weirdest Daughter” in a “France 24” magazine interview. She is a […]

Global Nomad artist Christine Rasmussen’s highly mobile upbringing shows in her paintings. She illustrates scenes that feel familiar but foreign all at the same time. Her focus is on the beauty of “the in-between,” or urban areas that are usually […]

Grief can slap you in the face with shock, jolt you awake with terror, or knock you into an emotional coma. It can also bore you to tears, make you pee your pants laughing and even awaken your sexual desires. […]

As an Iranian-American immigrant, Paria was often ostracized by her peers. At school, taunting children would call her “dark and dirty” and told her to “go back to where you came from.”

The African Perspective: Ras Mutabaruka prefers to tell African stories from the sidelines. However, at Culturs, we’re about uncovering voices hidden in plain sight. So, this extraordinary Rwandan filmmaker, community builder and activist did not miss our radar. Mutabaruka’s story […]

James Tang is an actor and filmmaker who outwardly claims his Third Culture identity in his biography descriptions