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Much about Mannheim

Sara Crompton Meade wrote 3 weeks ago: Last weekend, I went to Mannheim, Germany, and it was curious. That is to say, I saw the place from … more →

Tags: Toulouse, France, Germany, New Zealand, Culture Shock, Ramonville st Agne, Holidays, Food and Drink, Baroque Music

"Get Lost" Already -- With Intention & Wonder1 comment

sociologification wrote 1 month ago: Okay, for all my left-brain reasoning and list-making and bullet points and binder festishes, I will … more →

Tags: Jobs, Los Angeles, Teaching, At-Risk Youth, Intentions, jobs, los angeles, Lost, Nonprofit

Hi-So + Q&A, Curzon Renoir 1st March 2013

HS wrote 2 months ago: As the film begins, a bewildered young woman is being shown to her room by a strangely attentive hot … more →

Tags: Aditya Assarat, Ananda Everingham, Culture Clash, Curzon, curzon renoir, Ennui, event, London Event, Melancholy

A rugby picnic, the French way4 comments

Sara Crompton Meade wrote 2 months ago: “Un pique-nique, à la française” (I’m not sure I’ve got my genders correct … more →

Tags: New Zealand and France, French Culture, Food, picnic, differences between France and New Zealand, french meals

Some things I've noticed about France

Sara Crompton Meade wrote 3 months ago: This was originally posted on http://www.nzfrance.blogspot.com 11/17/11 8:20 PM This post is written … more →

Tags: New Zealand and France, french cars, French Culture, Culture Shock, French food and drink, family in France, French history

The two meanings of 'tea'

Sara Crompton Meade wrote 3 months ago: Originally published on http://www.nzfrance.blogspot.com 11/13/11 10:43 PM Example number [too many] … more →

Tags: cultural misunderstanding

A Messy Message For The Reeking Masses1 comment

sociologification wrote 4 months ago: Oh, big dreamer. Oh, big talker. Oh, you big drinker big thinker big balker. You guzzle-hungry cloud … more →

Tags: Failed Life Experiences, Jobs, writing, Poetry, Poetry, greatness, Inspiration, Zany, Zest

Mad Woman In A Surreal World3 comments

sociologification wrote 4 months ago: I feel asleep last night thinking I’ve gone mad. I’ve gone mad. It’s finally happe … more →

Tags: Failed Life Experiences, writing, Madness, Hunger, Knut Hamsen, Writing #2, Insanity, schizophrenia, Multiple Personality Disorder

When The Old Things Start To Nibble And You’ve Got A Class To Teach5 comments

sociologification wrote 4 months ago: You used to rock. Back and forth and burn yourself with cigarettes to stop the ebb, your feet have c … more →

Tags: Poetry, Shootings, Newtown Connecticut, Sandy Hook, Emotional Pain, Isolation, Troubled, teacher, Teaching

On Reclaiming Desire, On Rebuilding The House, On Refuting Beauty & Turning Ugly Things Into Gold3 comments

sociologification wrote 4 months ago: When will I stop being lazy stop yearning for the easy squeeze, stop waiting for magic and just sit … more →

Tags: Poetry, women's rights, Consciousness, Feminine, Feminism, Love, Poetry, Progress, Relationships

Straight Girl Blues3 comments

sociologification wrote 4 months ago: Straight Girl Blues For I.C. and S.F., also T.W. and J.H. and everyone in Q.P. Where’s my girlfriend … more →

Tags: women's rights, Poetry, Women's rights, gender issues, Women, Social commentary, Love, Poem, Gay Rights

Writing Like A Woman7 comments

sociologification wrote 4 months ago: You tell me to write more like a man. More direct, you say. Just say what you mean. Right, because J … more →

Tags: women's rights, writing, Women's rights, gender issues, Women, Men, Female Empowerment, Feminism, Politics

Hail to Hegel’s Dialectical Explosive Synthesis40 comments

sociologification wrote 5 months ago: Let me name for you some of my contradictions. It’ll be fun. And then it will be your turn. I’m a la … more →

Tags: General, women's rights, Hegel, Dialectic, dialectical theory of history, contradictions, Poem, performance poem

cultural confusion holiday love7 comments

leifsturmanisnordholm wrote 6 months ago: I am the mad story-stealer! I was given this tale by a coworker who began taking English classes las … more →

Tags: Stories, the-way-people-behave, Cakes, Christmas, Culture, german, holiday season, jeollabukdo, Korean

Confession Friday: I Don't Finish Reading Everything I Start32 comments

Words for Worms wrote 7 months ago: Welcome to the Confessional, Bookworms! Let’s talk about my secret shames, shall we? Ordinarily, I a … more →

Tags: Book Club, Classics, Dystopian, E-Readers, Books, books i never finished, dystopian

59: The Perils of Politeness or When a Walker Attracts a Stalker5 comments

qojj wrote 1 year ago: Someone watching the woman closely could see that she favored her left leg as she sauntered along th … more →

Tags: switzerland, African, con artists, Crime, Etiquette, Fleeing, Friendly, Ghana, Man

Beauty Standards Cost More Than Just A Wad Of Dough1 comment

sociologification wrote 1 year ago: All my life, I have rejected the idea of paying loads of cash to sit in a comfy chair and have some … more →

Tags: Secrets Behind Beauty Secrets, Beauty, Women, beauty standards, nail salon, Social commentary, Immigration, White Guilt, immigrant guilt

Fear and Loathing in Vérargues (SL)

redpriest69 wrote 1 year ago: Fabi, our neighbour, needed cheering up, so the Dr. invited her and the couple diagonally across fro … more →

Tags: Racism in France, Vegetarianism, racism, foreign food, insularity, pastis, xenophobia

Wednesday February 11 comment

Don Schmidt wrote 1 year ago: Isaiah 7:15 He (Jesus) will eat curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose … more →

Tags: right and wrong, discerning


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