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A strange thing happens when you leave "studenthood" and enter adulthood.  Every layer of protection that comes with being on campus is...

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Another phone call, another stream of consciousness. One of my closest friends in the US called to catch up. Back of my head, I knew what...

A friend recently tried to pump me up by saying, “Hey you are a Columbia graduate, you can do anything!” Finding my way back to workforce...

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Kate: "There seems to be no place in society for us (unmarried women) except at the edge of things" Eloise: "That rather seems to be...

I was recently asked, “What does it mean to be a feminist man?”. In an attempt to articulate an answer, I thought of a few men that I...

Over the past few weeks, I learned that any solo traveler is at the mercy of the weather and accommodation situation (myriad things can...

A couple of months into my sabbatical, there were a few times when I missed being employed. Sometimes I missed work, a routine and...

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To My English Teacher, Thank you! This past Teachers Day I wanted to write an appreciation post but couldn’t come up with anything...

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Steve Jobs shared the following wisdom in his famous commencement address: " and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the...