Blogs
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Don’t be afraid to play with your food: The case for reading the blurb and a simple black bean recipe
When you sit down to find a recipe, what are you searching for? You may have 10 minutes, an appreciation for authenticity, a peanut...
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This dude I met on the street
I’m wandering through the fog down backstreets, alleyways, and riverside footpaths at around about midday, dead phone, alone, dressed a bit too warm, and...
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Four Days in Jujuy
My world has always been small. I was born in a tiny New England town of 2,000 people. The city I've lived in for...
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A List of Differences Between Here and Home (With a Very British Reference At The End)
1. I’d believe that the Earth was rhomboid and President Donald Trump would lead us into an age of peace and prosperity before I’d...
2014
Exploring a new faith In India (but not the one you’d think)
Author: Ben Poor “See this bindi?" my host sister Hasani asks."Yeah," I say, noting her gold dot between her eyebrows."My mother says, 'If I don't wear...
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‘Kill la Kill’ full series review: sick karate fights
Author: Mike Cosimano When I die in some manner of an action movie-esque fight scene (I’m hoping for a sick karate fight) and the story of...
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Just keep swimming — just not with the orcas: SeaWorld policies changed by a federal lawsuit
Author: Jill Goatcher Public protests and angry media outcries abounded in wake of the documentary "Blackfish," directed by Occidental alumna Gabriela Cowperthwaite '93. Exposing the dark...
2014
Balancing cultural appropriation and assimilation abroad
Author: Sarah Corsa I encountered more foreigners in one weekend at the Taj Mahal than I have in my entire time in Jaipur. The most obvious...
2014
Nice Things Podcast – Episode 7
Author: Mason Atkins|Allan Van Vliet Your valiant hosts have returned from their foray into broadcast television in last week’s Electapalooza! election night webcast.
On the seventh episode...
Blackness: In Bold
Respecting Artistry and Celebrating Black Excellence
Author: Chance Ward It is that time of the year again, the season of cold weather, Valentine's day and the Grammys. As per usual, the media...
2015
Plans for glitzy new capital conceal deep divisions in Egyptian society
Author: Joseph Evans Built as the new capital for the once powerful Muslim empire of the Fatimids, Cairo has provided a potent symbol of Egypt’s rich...
