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Used to Be


The topic of discussion during a recent conversation was an old photo of a famous person, someone I knew years ago. More specifically, the main theme was this person’s physical change. I won’t question this undeserved right we posses in regards to judging people who devamını oku...

Modern, Cultures, and Democratic Violence


My friend had an invitation and so we attended the Istanbul Music Festival’s opening concert together. Plaques were handed out to this year’s festival sponsors at the pre-concert awards ceremony, and like a coincidence, the first person to be called on stage was a headscarf-clad devamını oku...

Cheers to Good Health!


The other day a person I really like said, “I’m not going to swim this year cause my cellulite is really bad.” And she was serious! And she was 65 years old! I want to put aside the apprehension over the age and beauty equation devamını oku...

Fight


I witnessed a fight on the Metrobus. Two stops before the last one, a man over 60 and another in his twenties started antagonizing one another in a whirlwind of expletives. We couldn’t understand the reason. I only heard the sentence that triggered the consequent devamını oku...