This kinda reminds me of how in 'Eat, pray, love,' spawned hordes of privileged yoga loving white women going off to "find" themselves.
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I think the idea is especially problematic when you think about it from the tourism aspect. Are they 'finding' themselves by witnessing the desperate living situations of others? (usually made worse by their own countries foreign policies that they themselves are almost wholly ignorant of) Like the tour buses that…
Absolutely! He makes such a good 'grey' character, because his face makes me want to trust him but I don't know if I should. Even when I thought he was a crazy stalker, I really wanted them to work it out which is def a testament to his likeability.
Your comment is spot on—she hasn't really been in anything major since October Road and that didn't do all that well. This show garnered all sorts of praise, for her to just leave right as the show is poised to really blow up is very odd indeed.
I think the author struggled with the Naamah trilogy—the great love story to me was between the Queen and Morgan (was that her name?) and it seemed like she had to really twist certain characters to get a HEA. That being said, I enjoyed the first book. Read enough bad reviews of book 2 that I didn't pick it up, but…
A close friend of mine from high school is married to a gentleman of mixed heritage, and they now have 4 (!!!) beautiful children—all under the age of 6 btw. The thing that gets her, is not the comments about race because really only one her children looks more like her, is that no one believes she's old enough to…
Fellow DC-er here, they were actually discussing that on NPR last night, it was fascinating for a city with such a vibrant African American community to have the history associated with it.
I heard on a news program or maybe read an article about how people perceive happiness, and it definitely said in there that our perceived happiness is greater when we think others are unhappier. So, basically we're completely normal.
I'm legit ok with seeing my ex on FB. He looks like he swallowed a hippo, and I'm no skinny-minnie by any means so I'm a bit embarrassed to admit how gleeful I am about this but at the same time, in a small, very petty part of my heart... I win the game of life?! Sigh—I'm going to go rescue a kitten or something to…
I totally support and respect your in your opinion, but I'm sorry to say that I had completely the opposite reaction. To the point where I'm on the fence about whether to actually see the movie, and I love him!
Well, I was thinking about this and if this story had happened in the US, I would not want people to think it indicative of everyone in my country. I don't mean to compare one act as more heinous or another, but the young Australian baseball player who was recently murdered here highlights what I'm trying to get at. I…
Yes—I thought the response from her classmate was very insightful. Especially her comments about not generalizing all the men in India, and paraphrasing here, that this one person's experience does not mean we judge all the men or country to be that way.
I'm glad to hear your experiences in Southern India were better. And I totally agree about making sure not to generalize a population. Do you think that with more media attention help help eventually change the culture?
Have you read this i-report on CNN? It's about a girl's study abroad trip in India and what she experienced there was very similar to yours. There are also a couple of additional i-reports from other women responding to the original that are good reads.
You're right, it takes the whole episode to another level. The picture that forms of her is not a good one, and it definitely turned me off to her works. Also—I tried reading some of her prequels before I read The city of bones, and I could not make it through. I think if you write a prequel series you really need to…
That makes a bit mores sense—my version would have had a lot of awkwardness.