There’s a building across the street from our house on Calle 13, and from the roof you can see everything. Sometimes my friends and I, on temperate afternoons or after rainstorms, sneak up in the elevator. We climb a rusty old latter to the very top of the building where the lightning rod is, silently […]
Teeth
Teeth are a manifestation and signifier of class: the ability to which you are able to care for and maintain your chompers. Physically, one of the most interesting differences I have seen between Cubans and Americans is their teeth. When I was two I fell in the tub and took a big chip out of […]
Australia’s Sporting Identity
I was fortunate enough to attend two different Rugby matches at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. At each of these matches, I was able to experience completely different economical lifestyles. While attending these games, I learned a lot more about the Australian culture and their national identity. On the 21st of February, my host-father and […]
The Life of a Surf Bum
One backpack, one T-shirt, one swimsuit, two bro-tanks, a couple pieces of underwear, a wallet, a tube of sunscreen, a broken phone and a determined and adventurous attitude are essentially the components that have driven my Australian semester abroad thus far. The concept of being a ‘light-packer’ has truly been employed in many excursions throughout […]
little idea
I have an idea. But first, a little backstory: Since the ‘60s, Cuba had been supported materially by the Soviet Union. The USSR acted as a surrogate mother for Cuba, subsidising things, buying exclusively Cuban sugar and tobacco, and importing things at a dramatically lower cost to Cuba. So essentially, Cuba’s relationship with the USSR […]