Hank Azaria won’t play Apu on ‘The Simpsons’ anymore. Surely you have heard all the fuss about it, as the veteran of the show...
Daniela Kaňková
Daniela is a realistic dreamer and discoverer with Czech artistic roots. As for a Creative Writing graduate, there are no limits in her texts, neither in her imagination. However, she always likes to have someone around to keep her feet on the ground. She likes morning coffees and evening wines and, meanwhile, she likes to write.
We live in a globalized and consumer society. When I was a child, I remember that my family would get apples from a nearby...
Why Do We Go Back to Toxic People?
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Have you ever wondered why Carrie Bradshaw keeps coming back to Mr. Big? This popular late 90’s TV series has probably helped shape unrealistic...
Successful people don’t work 8 hours a day. They work more. And they don’t sleep 8 hours a night. They sleep much less. Is...
Hundreds of years of fighting for equality, and we’re not quite there yet. The world has been tossed with race, ethnicity, gender, sexual, and...
Why pronouns are important? I’m from a country where there isn’t much variety, so London, where I studied, was a whole different thing for...
I have never considered myself a good driver. Right the opposite. I would always be afraid of high-speed, busy roads, and most of all,...
Imagine you have just landed your dream job. After years of effort and struggle, you are finally there. All you ever did was for...
Not long ago, a friend of mine asked me if I was a feminist. And I said no, no, I’m not, but I believe in gender...
‘Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world....
My partner is a passionate cyclist. I remember him asking me if I liked his bike and cycling the first time we met. Of...
Mata Hari — The Woman of Two Faces
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Probably the grandest woman spy of the 20th century, Mata Hari wasn’t just an espionage agent. She was also a daughter, wife, mother, but...
Each day, new ideas and trends are brought up on the Internet, and users are encouraged to try or even implement them in their...
On how a strike of tens of thousands of women led to the First Russian Revolution. It is March 8, 1917, and people around...
As I was getting ready for an interview for a language teacher’s position the other day, I could not decide whether to wear glasses...
How to Boost Creativity During the Pandemic?
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As for a creative person, the first months of the pandemic were quite challenging. During the hard lockdown, I would spend my days in...
Do you know why International Women’s Day is celebrated? What is the reason behind this? In 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York City, demanding...
It has been nearly a year since the world closed up. There were some bright moments last summer when countries started to ease down...
There is no morning without a good cup of coffee. When I was practicing my breakfast ritual today, I realized my French press was...
A couple of weeks ago, I went ice-skating with my family. While dad and I were waiting in the car for my partner to...
You have surely heard of information overload and difficulty understanding an issue, which can result in unhappy decisions. With the rise of social media and platforms, it became...
Before March 13, 2020, which was a Friday, I did not believe there was such a thing as Coronavirus. I thought it was a...