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


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Passion plays

Most of us would agree that passion fuels our aims better than discipline or elbow grease alone. Passion’s dark side — anger — may be the best defense of our identity, and a future that looks like us. [...]

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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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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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