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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Great White People Book Club

Global thinkers must navigate and find a way to bridge worlds that might make only a sinister kind of sense. [...]

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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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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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Ring my bell

What comes first, the hybrid self or the hybrid life? Are our most resonant peers made or born? [...]

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Sweet but sticky

By adhering to her own cultural norm, an Irishwoman sets into motion an endless cycle of regifting a dessert dish. [...]

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What expat bloggers are made of

Expat bloggers flourish when we face a fresh appreciation for who we are, where we come from — and what we’re made of. [...]

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Same river, never twice

What do you miss most about your home country? The solid reality of family and places — or an atmosphere long since vanished? [...]

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It takes a virtual village

A virtual network of mothers helps an Irishwoman in Turkey raise her children by the standards she grew up with. [...]

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