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How to travel when you have anxiety

by Andrea Crowley-Hughes One “cannot discover new oceans unless [they] have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide (modified to be friendlier to other genders than “he”) When you’re traveling with anxiety, sometimes this quote makes a ton of sense, and other times it just sounds impossible. It can feel delightful to arrive at your destination, greeted by place names and accents the mind can curl around and explore until the words become familiar. In my…

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Barcelona, Spain

by Andrea Crowley-Hughes Barcelona is a city that has called out to me several times, first during college, where I studied the language and culture through cinema, and most recently on vacation. Taking a second look at the city only deepened my love for this cosmopolitan and artistic center. It is still a place where old traditions and new trends of thought meet and dialogue with each other, where nature is reflected in architecture and where one can enjoy mid-day…

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The Ideal Conditions under which to see ‘Get Out,’ as a White Person

by Andrea Crowley-Hughes Take all of a Saturday to decide whether you’re going to see Jordan Peele’s lauded horror comedy, “Get Out.” You generally can’t make it through horror movies without hyperventilating, but Jesse David Fox says you’ll be okay, and most everyone you’ve heard from agrees that the quality of this work is worth the discomfort. After the apprehensive part of your brain puts forth its losing arguments, head into the night. Hold your partner’s hand extra tight as…

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We Came Late: Thoughts After the NYC Women’s March

by Andrea Crowley-Hughes The night before the New York City Women’s March, I was stowing Lara bars and neatly organized baggies filled with bandages, gauze and butterfly closures into our backpacks. I had read all the pre-march checklists I could fit into a browser window crammed with open tabs. Still, I was too late in learning that Maalox is a more effective treatment for tear gas irritated eyes than Pepto Bismol. My mind has the tendency of jumping to –…

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5 Tech Innovations to Help us Survive the Age of Trump

By Andrea Crowley-Hughes We expected to launch The Refresh during interesting times, but our second week was “interesting” in a way we never would have wanted. We had planned to run reaction pieces on the election of the Hillary Clinton as the United States’ first female president, but after November 8 found ourselves re-sharing Tana’s article on pre-election self care as it took on a whole new light. To say the shock of Donald Trump’s election has fully subsided would…

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