Now on Netflix: The White Helmets
As the 40 minute Netflix documentary The White Helmets begins, we hear a plane fly overhead and then the sound of a bomb falling….
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Third Culture Kid: Let’s Talk TCK Relationships
Are you a Third Culture Kid (TCK)? Does your TCK-ness ever get in the way of connecting with people and making friends? Or are…
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Third Culture Kid: Safe in a 9/11 World
15 years ago, on a Tuesday night, I sat down to watch TV. I was a high school sophomore and a third culture kid (TCK)…
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Third Culture Kid: In Remembrance of a Passport
I got married five months ago, and since then I’ve worked on the process of changing my name. Just last week, I received my brand-new passport with…
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Third Culture Kid: Am I Proud to be an American?
During my first week at my international school as a third culture kid (TCK) in Kazakhstan, I was teased for being an American. While…
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Third Culture Kid: Community & Making Friends
There was always plenty of food and laughter when we’d visit Masha’s* apartment. In her tiny kitchen, food would appear as if by magic…
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Carnivals: Diversity in America
I stood under a canopy of strung lights and watched the carnival-goers mill about before me. The air was heavy with thick summer humidity…
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Third Culture Kid: Pleased to Meet You
When I was ten years old my family picked up and moved to Kazakhstan, and I became a third culture kid. In 1996, my…
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Musical Review: Waitress
The Broadway musical Waitress tells the story of Jenna, a woman stuck in a dead-end job as a waitress and in an unhappy marriage with…
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