July-December 2021

missing my Siberian friends so much already. i now have many brothers and sisters in Irkutsk, Ulan Ude, Lake Baikal. Buryatis look so Korean. we are all a big Mongolian…

Based in Baghdad, Qusay is a photographer and designer who also works as a barber. ​He documents everyday life in Baghdad and combines old photographs with modern-day images. ​​He is…

mission accomplished, we are no longer standup pedal virgins. we all got initiated this am here at freezing cold water Lake Baikal. discovered SUP is great workout and perfect way…

Slow Food Heroes: The premise of Florent Piard and his restaurants, Les Resistants and l’Avant-Poste, is a righteous one, down to the name. It aims to strengthen links with rural…

And we discussed how ecology prods religion to re-address traditions. i guess when we had few people here and there knotting ribbons around tree branches it was ok, but with…

[Featured image courtesy of iara lee.]

my Buryat girlfriends here explained to me that in the past, speaking Buryat was linked to the connotation of being countryside people from small villages, while speaking Russian was linked…

the designers made me a dress that i wear proudly! thank you for allowing me to fully immerse into your culture body and soul. photo: the traditional costume designers @…

Our @culturesofresistance friends at Animal Equality have been working to protect animal rights and create a more compassionate world for animals since 2006. Check out some of their important victories here…

Students include refugees and internally displaced people fleeing the criminal actions of the Assad regime. A grant from our Cultures of Resistance Network is supporting the creation of a dental…