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The Benefits of Boarding School Abroad: The Road Home
Most would agree that getting to experience life in India while having the Himalayas as your backyard sounds like something off a travelers bucket list. While that might be true, for Pico, the main character in The Road Home, this […]
The Expat Diaries Part II: Feminism in Egypt
In my last article I talked about how my mother adapted to the intricate hierarchy of the Expat life, and her adjustments to becoming an expat wife. It was a struggle for her to adapt to the social hierarchy of […]
Visual Campaigns that Change the World One Country at a Time
PROOF: Media For Social Justice “The real strategy around what we do with them, is really either to get people to have policy change, or attitude change, or education. In the Congo, for example, we sought to give women the […]
The Expat Diaries Part I: Adapting to the Malaysian Hierarchy
Recently, a large compilation of e-mails have found their way into my possession. They are a collection of e-mails which my mother and grandmother exchanged while we lived overseas. I have affectionately come to call them The Expat Diaries. In […]
International Human Trafficking Prevention Taken to a New Level
Each year, 600,000-800,000 men, women and children are trafficked across international borders. Approximately 80 percent are women and girls. Human trafficking is the second largest source of illegal income worldwide, exceeded only by drug trafficking. International organization Stop the Traffik […]
Lesbian North Carolina Couple Goes Viral
Melanie and Vanessa Iris Roy, a beautiful lesbian couple from North Carolina, made news last week when a picture they posted on Melanie’s Instagram account went viral. A sweet picture of the pair, kissing on the beach shows them happily […]
Andreja Pejić – A new role Model for Trans* Youth
Androgynous facial structures and body types have always been desired attributes in the fashion industry, but what happens when your androgynous look is centered in your gender identity, not in your attempt to further your success? You may come across […]
45th Annual New Orleans Jazz Festival April 24-May 3
Jazz may be America’s greatest contribution to music, and New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz, continues to celebrate its rich musical heritage. Jazz, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, blues, R&B, rock, funk, African, Latin, Caribbean, folk, and many other styles of music […]







