originally published at https://borgenproject.org/hope-for-stopping-period-poverty-in-bhutan/ Surrounded by soaring Himalayan peaks in South Asia, Bhutan has been cited as a “development success story” by the World Bank. The country offers its people the option to reflect on whether or not they receive happiness in nine key areas. From psychological well-being to health, good governance, and culture, leaders of the “Land of the Thunder […]
The last thing I pack before a trip is my soul. I stick my tongue out, peel it off my taste buds, and pull it out from my throat. It burns as snow does, a chain of handkerchiefs with my every memory embroidered all over, with threads pulled from the inside my cheeks. I place it in my jewelry box […]
In a desert of ash, I left my body behind. I climb out of my skeleton from my skull, my bones break in half and fall at my sides, and my skin pools around them, cushioning my fall. I know it is still there, waiting for me to come back, but it will never happen. It awaits, blank still blinking […]