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November 28th, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Around Town, Culture, Peru, Uncategorized

Being a Fairy Godmother

When a colleague-turned-friend of mine asked me whether I would like to be the madrina of his one and half year-old daughter, a ball of nerves formed in my stomach.  It is (and was) a true honour to be asked, but I am also aware that many foreigners (who may even only be here in [...][...]

November 4th, 2011 - 8:00 am § in Argentina, Around Town, Culture, Event, In the Field, Uncategorized

Mathapi Apthapi Tinku: Coming Together

The community of sikuris in Buenos Aires is, to say the very least, unique. We are our own little world. Though the community has surely always existed, many consider 1992 (the 500 year anniversary of Columbus) a marking point in its history. Over the past two decades it has been growing stea[...]

October 12th, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Culture, Ecuador, Good Ideas, Uncategorized

Mindo’s Green Revolution

“Han escuchado la historia de tourism en Mindo?” Have you heard the history of tourism in Mindo? “No.” Ok, well….. It’s a story of deforestation and reforestation; of destruction and rejuvenation; of changing perceptions of land use; and of ecology. Last week when I visited Mindo (a smal[...]

September 13th, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Uncategorized

The Case of the Missing Laptop: Part 2

No one is in uniform, there is no computer or office equipment other than a phone and a notebook where cases are recorded in the illegible handwriting of the man working at the desk, and I once was waiting in there when a man walked in and set a large bottle of rum on the desk. I have also been ther[...]

August 26th, 2011 - 11:00 am § in Argentina, Culture, Event, News, Uncategorized, Volunteer

Reinsertón: the Frente de Artistas del Borda Fights for Desmanicomialización and a better Buenos Aires

One of the best things about rehearsing in IMPA is that there are always interesting things going on in other parts of the factory. Be it circus training on the third floor, dance classes in the machine room, or chess in the lobby, my friends often make fun of me for getting caught up in [...][...]

August 19th, 2011 - 10:08 am § in Uncategorized

DH Urbano en Guapulo

Back in Quito and the first thing I do, of course, is go watch a downhill bike race. No sooner had I stopped near one of the smaller jumps to talk to a friend, when one of the racers took a terrible nose dive off the jump, doing a face plant and twisting as his [...][...]

August 16th, 2011 - 11:23 am § in Uncategorized

Machismo Madness: Strong to the Point of Weakness

Machismo really creates a lack of balance where men, in an attempt to be masculine, go overboard to the point that they actually do weak and childish things: abandoning responsibilities, lacking self-control, acting victimized when they themselves are abusive, and more. Women, then, are forced to fi[...]

August 4th, 2011 - 6:12 am § in Argentina, Op Ed, Uncategorized, Volunteer

What’s God got to do with it? Volunteering for Faith Based NGOs

For the past several months I have been volunteering with a non-denominational Christian NGO. If you are like me four months ago, you may be asking yourself, “What the hell does that mean?! …Does that mean I can’t say hell?” What this means is that families do not need to be religious to re[...]

July 18th, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Chile, Uncategorized

Machismo Madness: Piropotos

For the month of July, La Vida Idealist has asked bloggers to write about their experiences with machismo. This is the fifth post in that series. While busy running errands one day, and briskly walking along a footpath towards some government office or other, someone walked up next to me and asked, [...]

July 14th, 2011 - 7:49 am § in Uncategorized

Machismo Madness: Tssssst! Mami! – Catcalls in Caracas

For the month of July, La Vida Idealist has asked bloggers to write about their experiences with machismo. This is the fourth post in that series. My previous experiences in Latin America were confined to rural communities in the more conservative, Catholic countries of Central America.  There were[...]





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