“You say I shouldn’t do a voluntourism trip. What should I do then?” I get that question a lot. At just about every presentation I…
NAME: Pippa AGE: 22 LOCATION: New York, New York SCHOOL: Columbia University ABOUT ME: Writer. That’s my online dating profile. It is everything that, according…
The man was partially covered with a yellow plastic sheet. Policemen stood in a ring around his prostrate form, partially obstructing the view of craning necks and…
Last week a young man in my Nonfiction Writing Workshop at Columbia pulled me aside after class. “Hey, so did you write something that everyone…
Last week CBC Doc Zone released Volunteers Unleashed, a documentary that challenges the efficacy of international volunteer work and voluntourism, on national television in Canada….
I’ve never been arrested. But if I was a child today there is a good chance that my parents would be arrested, or at least…
A lot of people are watched Empire‘s first season, and I get it. There are many good reasons to tune in. It’s a drama centered on…
It started with dinners. Ten to twenty people, a few pizzas, and a topic – the state of politics in America. Every month or so,…
One year ago, I wrote a piece that completely altered my life. From pressing publish, to seeing it go viral, the journey always seemed to…