welcome to our new social+ORDER

at the cross+ROADS ... places of hybrid identity + psychic limbo

common interest + experience defines us better than geography, nationality -- or even blood

*this is where we live*

call it neo+CULTURE

American culture (25)
borderlands (6)
career (16)
community (42)
culture (45)
Expat Harem concept (5)
family (16)
friendship (9)
global niche (17)
harem (4)
history (23)
home (23)
identity (72)
memoir (7)
multicultural (14)
origin (27)
psychic limbo (6)
self-image (32)
society (39)
taboo (12)
women (17)

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What kind of global citizen are you?


Born that way, always been


Schooled abroad


Lived abroad


Worked abroad


Traveler


Interested in a wider world


All of the above


Other



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Death at a distance

When you live a global life, how do you cope with death-at-a-distance?
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Scots and risky

Risk-taking is in the blood of this Scot-American woman: bear wrestlers, sword swallowers. What role does risk play in the way you experience the world? [...]

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Finding timelessness

A Californian’s perception of time changed when she changed cultures. [...]

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What's a global niche?

When we discover our psychic peers and global community – fashioning a hybrid identity that honors the many worlds we belong to — we’ve found our global niche. [...]

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Downdrafts and uplifts

An Irishwoman weighs the dream of life versus the reality, versus the dream of making it happen nonetheless. [...]

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Waking up Hausfrau

I moved to Switzerland so my husband could advance his career. Overnight, I went from a 28-year-old American career woman to a Swiss Hausfrau. [...]

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Cultural jet lag

“Iranian by birth, French by citizenship and American by residence” is how my grandfather encapsulated 10-year old me. What does that make my daughter? [...]

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How do you say...me?

A Brit in the Netherlands finds a foreign language is a hurdle to being true to herself in her relationships with locals, family and friends. [...]

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Frozen roots

When a Turk raised in a conservative Brooklyn emigrant community studies in Istanbul she realizes progress comes from a community, not a location. [...]

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Push-me pull-you loyalty

A British-born woman of mixed ethnicity is torn between loyalties to her country of birth and others her family is tied to. [...]

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