Medical News Today
Endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) is a rare, malignant tumor that forms in the uterine lining. Doctors most commonly diagnose it in people in the perimenopause stage.
DoubleBlind
Experts answer questions about functional mushrooms (ones you can take without tripping).
Your Next Hobby Should Be DIY Journals & Book Covers
DIY hobbies are keeping me in check as quarantine rolls by and another mind-numbing Netflix binge leaves me wondering what day it is.
Fluent in 3 Months
Guest blogger for a widely recognized tool for language learners called Fluent at 3 Months.
This 26-Year-Old French Writer Slammed Multiple Presidents With Class Ignorance
I joined forces with another book blogger for a discussion about Who Killed My Father in the style of a written podcast.
Book Review: La vie secrète des écrivains
Critique littéraire du livre de Guillaume Musso Salut mes ami.e.s ! Je reviens sur la chronique de fiction aujourd’hui à l’occasion d’une nouvelle collaboration qui sera dévoilée dans les semaines à venir ! Vous allez jouir d’un échange entre moi et un autre blogueur suisse. Tous nos deux, certes, qui ont un goût exceptionnel pour…
How to Steal from French Magazines for Writing Inspiration
Writing poetry in the style of a ransom note Olivia Walters This week I wrote French poetry by snipping words from travel magazines I stole at the Charles de Gaulle airport. The exercise got me thinking about fresh ideas for my creative work, but as I began stringing words together, making word associations, and elaborating…
Thoughts on Ending Books, Leaving Fiction World
Olivia Walters Yesterday evening I powered through the last 50 pages of Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. It’s been some time since completing a book, start to finish. I felt accomplished, well-read, and introspective as I entered the post-operative reading phase in which readers bemoan the return to reality. Reaching the last page, we…
Book Review: Hemingway, Frustrating Heroines
Critique littéraire / Book review Olivia Walters La saison des cafards est arrivée. J’étais en train de ranger ma chambre et oups, j’en vois un au tapis, à peine en vie mais suffisamment d’énergie pour courir frénétiquement dès que j’essaie de l’écraser. La chair de poule traverse mon corps. Cockroach season is in full effect.…
Summer Obsessions: Notes on Mabanckou et Rilke
Olivia Walters Je m’arrêterai jamais quand il s’agit de Mabanckou. Il m’obsède. « S’il y a un secret que je pourrais livrer ici c’est que, pour faire parler les gens, il faut jouer la distance, l’indifférence, en un mot le désintérêt, y a pas mieux que ce stratagème vieux comme le monde pour déclencher les…
Spooky Danish Sculptor’s Slice of Life
Olivia Walters Olafur Eliasson, the contemporary Danish-Icelandic artist invited to expose in 2016 at the Château de Versailles, renovated Louis XIV’s former stomping ground by hanging a giant, pre-Christmas ornament from the ceiling. Or so the eye believed. Entering the Salle des Gardes du Roi, the room is stripped of furniture, save for two convex…
French Siboy Artistically Rebrands Hardcore Rap, He Hopes
Olivia Walters The first distinguishing traits about Siboy are his ski mask and shiny grill flashing between two fingers doing the cunnilingus sign. If there was a puzzle called “Match the Accessory to the Rapper,” Biggie’s lopsided crown and Kanye’s runway ready parachute pants would make up the most iconic pieces. But Siboy is Siboy…
The Widow on the Train
Olivia Walters I was traveling on the famous SNCF train in a compartment for four, but on that day, it was occupied by two. Lucille gave me her address and made me promise I would come visit her in Paris for tea. In a matter of an hour, a widow opened up to me, told…
After School Special: Bus #10
Olivia Walters Look at me, impatiently waiting at the bus stop, one hand over my eyes, the other waving for the driver’s attention to take me home. Look at me, mounting the bus, scanning my pass, then doing the once-around to decide where I’ll sit. What an absolute joy it is to finally be out…
Dysfunctional Spaces: Parisian Art Without Grace
by Olivia Walters In December 2016, Lab 14 showcased a dystopian maze of graffiti, movable installations, and sculptures in the Montpartnasse district of Paris. Formerly a post office, close to fifty artists participated in a project well aware of its three month expiration date. To some, an ephemeral concept that sought to push urban art…
Winter Sea Towns in Brittany, France
Olivia Walters After the fall months pass, the wind sloshes the harbor water near Pordic, France with an eerie silence. A quiet reserve takes over what seems to be a bustling area for visitors during the warmer part of the year. But now summer vacation is on pause, returning many communes in the northwestern region of Brittany to the…
Sighting: Food Truck Takeover
Olivia Walters We always hear that French people have an unfavorable impression about American cuisine. It’s greasy, it’s quick, and it’s too salty. However, in the past four years France has witnessed an American culinary invasion with the arrival of food trucks in Paris. Opinions about American dishes are changing as the trend explodes all over the city.…
Lyon on Wheels
Olivia Walters Public transportation is something that French citizens are accustomed to. As an American, it was difficult to transition from having a car to suddenly relying on the métro, buses, and trains. Lyon is situated southeast to Paris, a gem notoriously known for its gastronomy and walls adorned with Italian-inspired fresques [murals]. Although skateboard…
New Impressionism: Spray Paint
Olivia Walters The City of Light is divided into 20 arrondissements and dotted with expensive boutiques, while the left and right bank are separated by the Seine river. Looming over it all, the Eiffel Tower twinkles at night and makes for a classic selfie during the day. This is the image of Paris that never fails to touch…
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