This post started out as me announcing some changes — a new look, a new location, a new direction. As I was writing, my preamble turned into a rant. I realized this blog and my social media accounts don’t bring me joy. Now, don’t get me wrong. I love the people I’ve met and become friends with…
Turning the Page on Travel Blogging
Zora’s Daughters Podcast: What in the Misogynoir?! – Transcript
Zora’s Daughters Podcast: Episode OneCo-Hosts: Brendane Tynes and Alyssa A.L. JamesTitle: What in the Misogynoir!?Total Length: 01:22:00 Transcript by Alissa Rae Funderburk, Oral Historian [00:00:00.00] Alyssa: She’s the head of HR [Human Resources] so while he’s sexually harassing these Black women and employees of his, they didn’t feel comfortable going to HR about it because…
Zora’s Daughters Trailer: The World Simultaneously Is and Is Not Ready For Us Transcript
Alyssa: Hi everyone! My name is Alyssa. Brendane: And I’m Brendane. Alyssa: We want to introduce you to our podcast Zora’s Daughters. I’m a rising third year PhD student in cultural anthropology, and you’re probably wondering what’s this all about… Brendane: Girl, the world simultaneously is and is not ready for us. I’m Brendane, currently…
Getting a UK Youth Mobility Visa for Canadians
About This Guide This is a step-by-step guide to applying for a Tier 5 YMS visa for the UK, while located outside the UK. If you’re reading this post, I suspect you’re considering or are in the process of applying for your Tier 5 Youth Mobility Visa for the United Kingdom. Welcome! Before we get started,…
How to Work in France: Get a Working Holiday Visa
So You Want to Work in France? If you want to work in France and you’re between the ages of 18 and 35, you’re in luck! The France working holiday visa is easy as pie to get. Why should you listen to me? Well, it appears that I have come to be known as the ‘youth…
On Finding Serenity in the Chaos, Chefchaouen
Beep! Beep! The sharp honk of a white scooter pulled me out of my trance. Monday in Chefchaouen: it’s a market day. Traders set up stalls or lay their wares on tarps along the sidewalks down Calle Zerktouni, a short street off Avenida Hassan II, and continue into the residential areas. Outside the blue and…
What is “Home” When You’re In Constant Motion?
Home It’s an elusive term, isn’t it? It’s why we have so many aphorisms about it: “Home is where the heart is.” “A man [sic] travels to figure out what he’s looking for and returns home to find it.” “Home is where I can look and feel ugly and enjoy it.” Okay, maybe not…
Toronto, je t’aime
En sortant du métro vers le remue-ménage du centre-ville du samedi soir mon coeur sursaute. Parfois, je marche dans la ville juste pour voir ce qu’elle fait, Toronto. Est-ce qu’elle est bruyante ? Est-ce qu’elle rit ? J’aime ses quartiers, sa diversité, et le fait qu’on puisse sortir chaque soir pendant un an sans…
On Spain: An Unfinished Country
I sat quietly among the flurry of languages on L2 on the Barcelona metro. We were heading west towards La Pau, but few would go that far. At 2:30 in the afternoon, it was unlikely that these were commuters. I looked around and tried to guess who would be getting off at the same stop…
When It’s Not Really Goodbye
“On y va!”, Tommy yelled, the boat starting with a roar. As I sat on this boat filled mostly with Martiniquais, I picked out a young couple sitting in the back. They were British. The woman had her hair cornrowed into a ponytail, a blue printed dress, and was scribbling notes in a maroon leather-bound…
Break-Up Letter # 1
I would really like it if we could stay friends. There are so many things I love about you, parts of you I find charming, and I put so much into our relationship: trying new things, meeting your friends and family, but it didn’t fulfill me. I waded in the deepest rivers of your soul…