Born Liminal: The Internal and External Displacement of a Third Culture Kid Experience
An essay I wrote in 2016 about not being able to fly after a TCK lifetime of airplane travel.
Tag: Third Culture Kid
Everything I Know About Body Positivity I Learned From Saris and Tattoos
“My tattoos teach me how to own myself, to shape my figure into who I want to be, not the person anyone else expects. My new curves make me feel solid and present in my body like I’ve never felt before, fierce and strong. And now all I need is a sparkling plus-size sari to pour all this fabulousness into.” For Wear Your Voice Mag, August 2016.
Music That Heals: A Love Letter to Pearl Jam on Their 25th Anniversary Tour
“”State of Love and Trust” and “Breath” were the first songs of yours I ever heard, off the soundtrack to Cameron Crowe’s film Singles when I was 13.” My 33rd article for Huffington Post, published in the Entertainment column, May 2016.
How I Finally Developed Some National Pride
I’ve been on this planet for 36 years and never realized what I was missing in not having a sense of attachment with my ancestry. My 7th article for Huffington Post, published in June 2015.
Guest Post — Painting Pictures: Trauma and the Third Culture Kid Experience
How both trauma and Third Culture Kid-ness fragment one’s personality.