The 80s Fashion Revival Can’t Buy Me Love

A guest post by Kellie Fitzgerald. Does the recent 80’s fashion revival scare the hell out of anyone else? Anyone, Anyone, Bueller? It seems to me that the recent passing of 80’s movie master and narrator of my youth, John Hughes, coincides with fashion designers getting all nostalgic about the decade that I deem a [...]

September 17, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

Lessons From Miraval: Create Your Own Cultural Classroom

Post written by Laura Cococcia. You can follow Laura on Twitter. I recently decided to become a self-proclaimed cultural anthropologist. The desire to absorb everything I can about the people, places and things that are transforming our world makes me happy. So, rather than spend exorbitant amounts on a Ph.D., I’m teaching myself. Basically, I’m [...]

September 15, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

Interview With Kristin Bair O’Keeffe, Author of Thirsty

Post written by Christa Avampato. You can follow Christa on Twitter. ** We’re thrilled to feature an interview with Kristin Bair O’Keeffe, one of our fabulous TJCC contributors, whose novel Thirsty, will be released on October 1, 2009. Tuesday, September 15, is Kristin’s Amazon Spike Day! If your curiosity is peeked, you can buy Thirsty [...]

September 13, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

Book Review: A New Earth

A guest post by Kate Walser. You can follow Kate on Twitter. This was one of the best books I almost never finished. And that’s saying something. I’m a book finisher – unless the book is just awful and making me bleed, I finish it. I choose carefully mind you, but I finish that book. [...]

September 12, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

Nurture Born Killer: Book Review of Native Son

A guest post by Frank Mundo. You can follow Frank on Twitter. Bigger Thomas is guilty. I’m not spoiling the story of Richard Wright’s Native Son by saying so. It’s a fact. Even Bigger Thomas, a number of times throughout the text, will tell you that himself. He is guilty. Of course he is. He [...]

September 8, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

A Holy Moment

A guest post by Linda Naugle. I love the Latin culture. I lived in Costa Rica for a few years and while there, I had the good fortune of making side trips to many other Latin American countries – both in Central and South America. While each had its own individual character, all of them [...]

September 7, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

Global Samba: Interview with Elisa Phillips

Post written by Laura Cococcia. You can follow Laura on Twitter. For 13 years, I was a ballet dancer. It was many moons ago and I eventually joined a ballet company. Those were some of the most amazing years of my life, despite the tutus. Since then, I’ve danced a lot in my lifetime – [...]

September 5, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

Sexism and The Soda

A guest post by Josh Grau. You can follow Josh on Twitter. I would never call myself a history buff, but I’m certainly a sucker for the origins of iconic events. I’m Wikipedia’s best customer, starting in one curious place and 300 links later ending up somewhere even more random, a journey with more pop [...]

September 2, 2009 CONTINUE READING →
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