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Evil and Perversion, Redemption and Beauty (part 2)
So reading a book written by other women-like-me has had me reflecting on the things I’ve seen and lived in these past years. The way in which it has shaped my outlook on the world. As I read these essays, … Continue reading
Evil and Perversion, Redemption and Beauty (part 1)
I’m working my way through an advance copy of a book entitled Chasing Misery. It’s an anthology of essays written by women aid workers about the humanitarian life. I’m thrilled to be a contributor. The essays are good, really good, … Continue reading
“Voluntourism”…”Poverty Tourism”…”Short-term Missions”
This week, as I started mining the web for come culturtwining goodness, not much caught my eye… except for some blogs and articles published over the course of the last couple of months about this increasingly polemical topic which goes … Continue reading
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Tagged feel-good, missions trips, poverty, travel, voluntourism, wealth
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monday mining culturtwining on the web
This week, much of the web has been pondering the tenth anniversary of 9/11. I have a few interesting 9/11 links below, but first, some other fun and not-so-happy links: Travelling as a woman is great! In a lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Afghan, brazil, Economy, gender, Islam, travel, war
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My 9/11 story
Many people have them; I definitely do. In a strange way, 9/11 has shaped the rest of my life. On roughly 9/1, I flew from Brazil, where I’d spent the last few months, to the U.S. The plan was to … Continue reading