I have been back and forth between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren throughout this primary, but with Warren dropping out, I am putting all of my support behind Bernie. There are a lot of personal reasons that I dislike Joe Biden, but for the purposes of this argument I will be sticking strictly to policies….
Category: Thoughts and Rants
Elections and Actions
I have never written about politics before because, quite frankly, I feel ignorant on the subject. I embarrassingly haven’t done a lot of research before this election cycle and have been swayed by both sides of the aisle. And without knowing enough about economic policy or foreign trade, it’s hard for me to gauge exactly…
I Am Not Cool Enough
Everyone wants to be “the cool girl,” right? Growing up, that’s all I ever wanted to be. And I don’t mean “cool” as synonymous with “popular.” I didn’t care about that. To me, being the cool girl meant that you were easygoing and just one of the boys. Cool girls liked sports and didn’t bother…
Where I Am
Part 2 of 3 “Attention passengers, do not leave any bags unattended…” This was the first thing I heard on the PA announcement of Chicago O’Hare International Airport. That’s a lie. The first thing I heard was a ground crew member yelling to his friend, “Chicken or beef!?” But the PA announcement was the first…
What I’ve Learned Driving a Motorbike
You know that little voice in your head when you’re at the bar that tells you not to drink that shot of Fireball and then you do it anyway? Well I’ve heard that voice a lot lately, except instead of warning against throwing cinnamon flavored gasoline down my throat, it’s been telling me to write….
Why I Hate #TransformationTuesday
We see it all the time, sometimes not even on the designated day of the week. #TransformationTuesday!! Maybe I’m abnormal and spend too much time browsing Instagram, but day after day I am bombarded with pictures (usually women) with the sluggish, overweight body on the left, and the chiseled abs and biceps on the right….
English, Not America
Well I’m an expat now, so I must hate America, right? Let’s do a little sixth grade science experiment. Question: Is America the biggest cultural and economic superpower in the world? Hypothesis: America is the center of the world. Observations to support the hypothesis: Thai people know a lot of American pop music There are a lot…
Pay Attention
I have a shocking piece of information: no one in their 20’s has anything remotely figured out. After many mental breakdowns and reevaluations of my life and career choices, I realized that writing is the only thing I have ever known that I was good at. And I know that someday I want my sole income to…
Enough is Enough
At this point, I am no longer a tourist. Yet I am very, very far from being a local. A lot of people I have met so far have moved on from Chiang Mai to other destinations. As I am trying on this new hat of being a “learned extrovert,” it’s still a constant struggle…
The Problem of Polarization
Picture this. You wake up in the morning, put on a pot of coffee and turn on the radio while scrolling through Twitter on your phone. “Michael Brown…riots…tear gas…Eric Garner…school shooting…racial profiling…Bill Cosby alleged rapist…” is what you hear in the background while looking at the memes of cats perfectly describing your Monday. There is…
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