Customs
Period Love- Rites of Passage & The Magic of Femininity.
Your period is nature; beautiful, inspiring, natural. Reading this book will help uncover how periods have been kept in the dark, and by the end, you will find yourself closer to feeling The Moon In You.
OF TRADITION, FOOD AND CULTURE. Bridging Cultures with food & customs.
An Adult Third Culture Kid and International Adoptee Shares how her Swedish Family Instilled a Strong Sense of Identity. 6 MINUTE READ by Anna Svedberg Growing up as a Third Culture Kid can be complicated enough, navigating different cultures and […]
WHAT IS BLACK?
IN TERMS OF PEOPLE, BLACKNESS IS NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH HOMOGENEITY. 3 MINUTE READ Around the globe, no matter where you find the shade of skin that ranges from milky to mocha, deep chocolate to charcoal, as varied as the skin […]
Part IV of VI: What Blackness Looks Like- I AM STRUGGLING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BEING BLACK IN MY WHITE RELATIONSHIPS.
This Kenyan Global Nomad wants you to know how dismissal feels. 4 MINUTE READ “I grew up in Kenya, where everybody around me was black, so being black was not an issue. In fact, I did not even recognize my […]
Family Dinner and Customs in Different Countries – PART 2 OF 3: Kaiserslautern, Germany
In this part of my series, we will be exploring the customs that come along with family dinners as well as their importance in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Christmas and its Multicultural Traditions Around the World
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas — and that look differs from one culture to the next. Let’s take a look at how Christmas is celebrated around the world.
How this Chicana Learned to Embrace her Cross-Cultural Life
Ashley Wilson remembers an assembly line in her grandmother’s kitchen days before their Thanksgiving celebrations. In her cross-cultural family, it is traditional to gather together and help prepare an assortment of tamales.
Nandan: The Yin & Yang of Chinese Cross-Gender Performers
For generations, Chinese culture has traditionally enjoyed and celebrated cross-gender artists. Peking opera is the most well-known of all Chinese operas, which finds its home in Beijing. But in Peking opera, men have played the part of women for centuries.
