Tag: culture
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Where To Stay, What To Eat, And Things To Do In LA
A 2022 Los Angeles tourism guide Photo by Julian Myles on Unsplash Ahhh, Los Angeles, California. The cinematic capital of the United States. Hollywood glitz and glamour. Bright lights, celebrities, famous Youtubers. The media paints a sensational image of the city that’s hard to shake. It’s impossible not to want to visit, especially if you’re a big…
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Inspiring Asian Voices To Know In 2022
Asian and Asian American leaders who inspire me Google Images/Canva For the whole month of May in honor of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month this year, I felt called to highlight my favorite Asian and Asian American leaders who have influenced me to cultivate my creativity and strengthen my own voice. While I wrote…
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“Sleep Is For The Weak” And “Free Time Is For Losers”
Hustle Harder lies to keep you poor, stressed, and tired Photo by Minnie Zhou on Unsplash Social conditioning can sometimes brainwash you into adopting certain lifestyles that don’t serve you in the long run. A more formal definition of social conditioning says : [the] training [of] individuals in a society to act or respond in a manner generally…
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Why The World Needs You To Write
Does the world really need more writers? Photo by Anete Lusina: https://www.pexels.com/photo/black-woman-with-coffee-and-pen-on-terrace-5240849/ Sometime last year, I attended a writing workshop held by a prominent online platform designed to compensate writers based on reading time by paid members. Eager to learn and listen in, I took notes on little tips and tricks on how to write…
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Things That Surprised Me When I Moved to America
This summer marks 20 years since I moved to the United States permanently Photo by David Emrich on Unsplash I moved to Indiana from France. I guess you could say I had culture shock. Inspired by fellow Medium writers, Melissa Frost and Anastasia Frugaard, who share their reflections on the States from a Scandinavian perspective, I…
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Lies We’ve Been Sold As Millennials
And what we can do about it Photo by Helena Lopes on Unsplash Lie #1 — “Do something that you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” What’s worse: the quote itself or that you fell for it? Your job doesn’t have to fulfill you. Why should it? It’s a job. It’s a list of…
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Why You Can’t Be Afraid Of Being Disliked
Photo by Cyrus Chew on Unsplash Be true to yourself – there will always be haters No matter what you say or do, some people still won’t like you. Ten years ago, someone came up to me out of nowhere (unsolicited) and said: “You know, when we first met, I didn’t like your passion or your positive,…
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Why Celebrating the Fourth of July Feels More Wrong This Year
If I’m being honest Photo by Erica Marsland Huynh on Unsplash I don’t feel safe around anyone who proudly displays the United States flag because of what it’s come to represent. It feels like a threat. It smells like white supremacy. Most times, it looks like hate depending on who’s waving it. Ever since Trump’s presidency, and…
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I Changed My Mind On These 3 Things After I Turned 30
Things I believed at 21 that I no longer do “Working a 9-to-5 is for losers.” If you come from a privileged background that set you up to do whatever you wanted in life and you still chose to spend your time in a drab windowless cubicle farm, I would have absolutely judged you. If you had…
Melissa Chanthalangsy 