The southeast Asian country, formally known as Burma, is now officially open to tourists and ready to welcome the world. However, as visitors, we must keep in mind that the years the country spent being ruled by a very tough…
PBS IS RUNNING A VIDEO series called ‘Brief but Spectacular,’ in which interviewees offer a little bit of insight into the issues that affect us all, like creativity, work, aging and technology. This week, they interviewed 91-year-old Flossie Lewis. Flossie…
Banksy is a British street artist, that you’ve probably heard of. His artwork can be found all over the world including NYC. To make it simpler to find his art in the Big Apple, CheapFlights has put together this infographic,…
1. We do a lot of emotional labour.Part of the reason this doesn’t get talked about that much is because many women don’t identify what they do as “emotional labour”. Read through this now iconic Metafilter th “every single party…
AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS WILL TURN 100 years old this August. The parks, famously called by author Wallace Stegner “America’s best idea,” have been one of the nation’s most important tools for preserving its stunning wilderness, and for providing a place…
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE of Statistics and Geography estimated that 63% of Mexican women over 15 have experience gendered violence. A 2010 United Nations report named Mexico one of the most dangerous countries to live in as a woman. Gender-based killing…
ONE OF THE MORE IRRITATING PHRASES THAT pops up every time there’s a US Presidential election is, “I’m going to move to Canada if (insert candidate name here) wins.” There are a lot of reasons its annoying: when conservatives say…
The 2016 Rio Olympic park photographed on April 25.GlobalPost / Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters Several people plunged onto the rocks and waves below. At least two men died in the accident, their bodies placed on a nearby beach and draped with colorful…
If you own an Amazon Echo, Tap or Echo Dot (pictured above), there’s a fairly good chance you have a love/hate relationship with Alexa, the platform’s voice-controlled “personal assistant.” Personally, I don’t find much use for her beyond asking for…
STAYING AT AN AIRBNB IS A PRETTY COOL way to see a new city. It allows you to stay in a local’s home rather than a character-less hotel or a loud, cut-rate hostel, and it’s often as affordable as both…
