Another terrible reporting job by CNN, where a privileged American with undergrad and grad degrees in Spanish and French, moved to Paris, where life is wonderful.
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Can U.S. citizens participate in political protests in other countries?
Can Americans participate in protests in other countries and wave U.S. flags? It depends on the country.
Continue readingMedia: Be wary of content mill travel stories
A look at the content mill, click-bait Travel Writing world, and the extraordinary bias of travel writing by and for women, with almost none by or for men travelers. With input from Grok AI.
Continue readingEducation: About 50% of US college students are likely to have international experience
About 27% of all grad students in the U.S. were foreign born. The importance of international experience cannot be over stated.
Continue readingWhy travel, not tourism, is important
Actually experiencing another culture leads to insight and personal growth – versus tourism that is often a brief visit.
Continue readingPrivileged Yale Professors flee US for Canada
And bash the country that gave them their extreme privilege on the way out:.
Continue readingIs travel writing narcissistic? Some think so
Some think most travel, and most travel writing, has become narcissistic behavior. This seems true for a lot of travel writing.
Continue readingNews story about unrealistic “retire abroad” stories – reality check
Finally – an actual news report noting bogus “retire abroad here” nonsense.
Continue readingMedia: Travel stories packaged as romance novels
The endless romance novel travel stories of mostly young women who move abroad, fall in love and live happily ever after are escapaism – and often as fake as the “cottage core” esthetic stories on social medial. These stories warp our world view to believe things that are not true. Most people can not just pack up and move abroad; these stories leave out enough details as to be fake news or disinformation.
Continue readingSolo travel: Almost no male solo travelers
Yet another media story about solo women travelers. Men do not exist. In fact, it appears the travel media industry truly hates men – this is bizarre. It gets worse …
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