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You Are Imperfect and That is Okay
Everyone can feel inadequate, incompetent or not enough from time to time. Accepting this side of our humanity can be quite painful and distressing. We can embrace these features through self-compassion, however, this journey can be intimate yet terrifying. To understand self-compassion better, we can try to understand what compassion is generally. Compassion We can…
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Me Generation
Once upon a time, a group of animals met in the forest to discuss their importance. The lion bragged about its strength, the peacock showed off its feathers, and the fox boasted about its knowledge. But the mosquito interrupted, “You all may be great, but I am the most important. I can make a mighty…
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Pop feminism takes the world by storm
Barbie, Beyoncé, Netflix, what do they all have in common? Pop feminism. But what is this new trend? In fact, is it a trend or a movement at all? Let’s delve into pop feminism, which is gaining momentum thanks to new media: social networks. Feminism is a militant movement that defends equality between men and…
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TV Autism vs. Real Life Autism – a Comparison
What is autism? And what exactly does it look like? A lot of pieces of media portray autism in a very consistent fashion: think movies like Rain Man or shows like The Good Doctor. Both have autistic protagonists who possess Einstein-like skills and intelligence, yet struggle with eye contact, have monotone speech patterns, and are…
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Far away from home
9,200 kilometers away from the place I have called home my whole life. The parks, the beaches, my family, and my pets that once seemed so close and now so far. This is my story, a young girl who decided to leave for one month her small island in the Caribbean called Aruba to explore…
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How We Should Live Our Lives
Life is the greatest gift to be given to human beings. However, many individuals can drift away from truly living while spending their lives merely surviving and coping with current challenges. Yet, genuine living is about discovering inner happiness and self-awareness. So, how should we live our lives? Here are some ideas that might help…
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Kaleidoscope of slavic languages
In a world filled with diverse languages and their fascinating similarities, one particular group stands out in Europe, coming from countries with Slavic origins. Let’s explore together this captivating linguistic realm. The Slavic languages trace their roots back to the disintegration of the original Proto-Slavic language. To begin our exploration, let’s focus on the first…
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Leaving and saying goodbye: the inevitable step in volunteering
Saying goodbye, that inevitable step that we all have to take at various times in our lives, yet some of us avoid it like a virus.. We all say it every day: when we walk into a shop and then leave, we say “bye”; when we’re with friends and at the end we go our…
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Concentrate on the music!
The Eurovision Song Contest finally ended, the discussion on social media has been quite emotional, and now it’s time to look back and sort out what has happened to Eurovision and why it’s not the same as it was back in time. After Sweden won jury votes and reached a big gap compared to the…
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Cancel Culture: A Necessary Tool for Accountability or a Threat to open Discourse?
The term “Cancel Culture” has been around for several years but became particularly popular in the United States in 2019 and 2020. The phrase was used to describe a growing trend of individuals and groups calling for boycotts or other forms of punishment against public figures who have said or done something controversial or offensive.…
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Future of our earth
What’s happening to our planet? Every day, each person consumes natural resources and impacts what will happen to our earth. It affects people already. This year alone, there have been considerable floods in Pakistan, killing over a thousand people, and colossal heat waves in China and Europe, killing people. Some islands, even countries like Kiribati…
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