Tearing yourself away from the magnificence of Marrakesh feels almost impossible, but visiting Tangier is the only salve you need.
Known for its entrenched cafe culture, where locals and visitors alike spend hours or days relaxing in various cafes, this eclectic city is perfect for travelers seeking an entryway to Moroccan culture.
Tangier sits at Cap Spartel, where the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea meet, on Morocco’s northwestern coast.
Going by bus or train to get from Ho Chi Minh to Nha Trang are affordable ways of travel but very time consuming. You may be able to save time and find affordable flights by going the plane route. Nha Trang provides something for everyone, including great landmarks to visit and some beautiful beaches to take advantage of. If you want to take advantage of the drier weather, try and book a trip between November and March.
Leaving Bangkok feels like leaving a piece of your heart behind because it’s so easy to fall in love with this incredible, chaotic city. But never fear; visiting Koh Phangan is the perfect cure for this heartache.
Koh Phangan is a picturesque destination with a global reputation for being one of the best party hotspots ever created.
Watching Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s explanation of how the Capitol riots impacted her mental well-being and compounded the trauma of a previous sexual assault felt like watching my own life on replay. Not because the Capitol riots personally affected me, but because I am a survivor of multiple traumas and I understand exactly how it feels to have PTSD retriggered.
In response to her raw testimony, many have cast doubts on the validity of Ocasio-Cortez’s retriggered trauma, some even disbelieving her experience of sexual assault outright. Despite what some people may think, retriggered complex post-traumatic stress disorder is very real and sadly not uncommon.
Filmmakers often attempt to tell disabled stories, but few cast disabled actors in disabled roles.
Thankfully, Netflix’s adaptation of the globally renowned novel All the Light We Cannot See rejected that tired option by conducting a worldwide search to find visually impaired actors for the lead role of Marie-Laure Leblanc – and it paid off, big time.
From teenage sex to unhealthy parent-child dynamics, Ginny & Georgia is a smorgasbord of challenging topics that are seldom depicted sympathetically on-screen.
The Netflix series centres the mother-daughter dynamic between the titular Ginny (Antonia Gentry) and Georgia (Brianne Howey), depicting its high points and moments of great emotional upheaval, one of which is Ginny’s self-harming.
Representations of disability in the film industry have a long and storied history of being wrong.
It’s undeniable that improving disability inclusion within the industry, including hiring more disabled writers and producers, would enhance the accuracy of portrayals of disability on screen.
Good Omens’ second season nailed disability representation without tokenising a community that rarely gets depicted on screen.
Too many representations of disabled people stray into the objectively bad or dangerously prejudiced categories of filmmaking. Narratives position disabled people as burdens, inspirations, or mistakes of biology that must be fixed. Visual storytelling relies too much on tropes and neglects to explore the full spectrum of disabled lives.
Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world, formed out of over 18,000 stunning islands and islets.
With a diverse climate and welcoming people, Indonesia is the perfect destination for under-the-sea and overland adventures.
Visitors will fall in love with its panoramic views from the peaks of vast volcanoes and struggle to come up for air after being entranced by underwater seascapes.
Visitors to Vietnam will fall in love with its natural beauty, which is best showcased in its 30 national parks. The authorities have invested time and money into regenerating forests and safeguarding their flourishing biodiversity, particularly after so much was destroyed in the 1960s and 1970s.
Now, community-run initiatives prioritize ecotourism and showcase the unique culture of ethnic minority communities who’ve lived off the land in Vietnam’s most remote corners for centuries.
