I am a feminist. I have always identified as a feminist, and I always will. I am not going to change that because some people associate the word with a certain radical “man-hating” attitude. I do regret that the word has this connotation, but the only way to change the meaning of a word is to reclaim it as your… Read more →
Month: June 2015
Study Abroad: And So It Ends
And so it ended where it started…at my kitchen table. I wrote the very first Pre-Departure blog post at my kitchen table, and now 6 months later I’m hovered over it again attempting to put into words everything that I’ve gone through in this time. Surely, I would have had a life changing experience regardless, but my father passing away… Read more →
Madrid VS Barcelona
Before I came to Spain, whenever I told people I was studying abroad in Madrid, they’d say, Oh, you’ll love Barcelona. This was mildly annoying, because I wanted people to tell me that about Madrid, but the fact is that less people visit Madrid since it’s isolated in the middle of the country and is located in what is effectively… Read more →
Edinburgh & Glasgow: J.K. Rowling Wrote Harry Potter Here!
Since I knew I was going abroad, I knew I wanted to visit Edinburgh. It’s where J.K. Rowling wrote Harry Potter, and I’d just heard so many good things, namely that it was like a more quaint, less crowded London. I know some people may scoff at that comparison, but that was what I had heard. One of my friends… Read more →