All posts tagged safety
Female Solo Travel in Latin America
My parents were, to say the least, shocked when I first told them I was moving to Colombia for my year abroad. If I remember correctly, my dad instantly suggested […]
Colombian Culture Shock
Obviously, moving away from home is a challenge for a number of reasons, especially when you’re moving really far away from home. So, before I moved to Colombia’s capital; Bogotá, […]
Incarceration And Psychosis
‘I can hear the shouting before I’ve even cleared the gate. Disorganized obscenities and threats mix with stern warnings. There’s fear in everyone’s voice. A patient with mental illness, scared […]
An Economic Chasm in Darkest East London.
Tower Hamlets is a microcosm of London. The heart of the East End used to have a distinctive identity. Everyone from Karl Marx, Jack the Ripper, and Picasso walked its […]
Procrastination – why we need to snap out of it!
I have a confession: I’m a procrastinator. I’m hoping that in my area of expertise I’ll be able to save others from the consequences that I’ve come to know very […]
Getting Used To War.
Words by Charlotte Rubin and Tracy Jawad When the electricity in the UK goes off (in the rare moments that this happens in “developed” countries), you point out how unusual […]
Book review: ‘The Mosul Legacy’ by Christopher Lowery
“The topicality of this novel is what makes it so poignant to read.” Mosul, Iraq, 2016 – once the defining moment of ISIL’s rise to power, but quickly becoming a […]
#metoo, again.
On October 17, 2017 I posted # metoo on my Facebook page. On March 16, 2018, I was raped. The now famous online campaign started on October 15, 2017, when […]