I am the backbone of my oppressor. I am the rib that made him and the him that made her, I am all of it. I am the Susan and the bee and...

People around the world travel here for 1 thing: the smoke behind the red light. They are absorbed by the spectrum of activity seen on...

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Growing up: (Marseille, France) A constant déjà vu. The Thought Catalog had a pretty good idea about the woes of getting old: From bills...

I see why so much independence has cultivated in you once you’re 30: people really give you s__t once you’ve turned 18. Friends become...

If you showed any 5-year-old around the western and developing world a 12-inch photo of a young adult woman staring blankly ahead with a...

I can’t help but think I might be only worth my body. My body attracted a lot of people. They called me beautiful. Sexy. Cute. Gorgeous....

The only difference between me in Paris and Beyonce in Paris is where she stays. She might stay in a 5-star hotel and have a chef that...

Nice doesn’t get much credit when compared to its lovable siblings, Cannes and Monaco. International film has placed these destinations...

Don’t be a tourist, be an explorer. Sure, you can visit the Louvre and the Sacre Coeur, stroll along the Champs Elysees, and I recommend...

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants did us all a disservice when it romanticized the elation and euphoria that is the typical...

Being yourself is hard, if you truly understand what it means to be yourself. In accepting your flaws, demanding respect, and being okay...

I never thought in my wildest dreams that I’d be soaring atop the Tour Eiffel, or venturing to the heights of the Roma Coliseum. C’est...

It is somewhat of a French pastime to drink wine. The patrons of passion are connoisseurs of a sort. And amongst them, you can live as...