LIFE AS A MILLENNIAL

Born in 1987, 90's happiness was  climbing trees and enough batteries for my Walkman. Playtime is over and life has gotten a bit more complicated. Are first world problems really blocking my happiness?

LIFE AS A 21ST CENTURY WOMAN

Brothers, classmates, teammates, colleagues, it seemed like all my life I have been surrounded by men. Even my last name is masculine!  Surviving among them, I have mastered. Now, expressing my womanhood without committing a social suicide is still a lesson to learn.

LIFE AS AN ASIAN MINORITY

Not fitting in, who doesn't know that feeling? Maybe you snort while you laugh, have a resting b*tch face or had your mother put on a homemade cat sweater every day. I am, according to the cartoons, the yellow kind with striped eyes. As world's majority, I grew up as a minority in the Netherlands experiencing some weird things.

LIFE AS A CITIZEN OF EARTH

Eating junk food, buying every collection of Forever 21, cutting lines: We all know this is not OK, but why don't we stop doing it? If I ruled the world, our environment would stimulate good behavior. But what is good? Here are some philosophies.