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Are you a woman who speaks her mind, stands her ground, and says “stop” to inequality, objectification, and injustice? In this mixed-up world, you might be called “bitchy.” The noun “bitch” simply means a female dog. But “bitch” and the adjective...

I am you, always after you, chasing. I am your reflection, trapped in your behaviors, Living in this jail, looking at you: always. I have no choice but to witness: envy. Only if I could feel, if I could only touch: but I’m nothing. Only a reflection am. An image you seldom look at. Are...

As the year 2024 unfolds, it’s the perfect time to explore fresh income opportunities through side hustles. The evolving landscape of work and technology continues to create innovative avenues for earning extra money. In this article, we present five emerging side hustles that are poised to ga...

Back in ye older days of child Golden Cartage, I would at times go to a relative’s house to visit. In their basement was a Pool/Billiards table. In my very young eyes, owning a pool table was something the cool kids always had. The idea of Pool/Billiards always fascinated me as a kid as any ga...

Nightlife in Greece is its own animal. One may think, “Oh, it’s probably just like any other place in Europe.” Well, think again. In Athens, there is an entire neighborhood designated for clubs and bars, called the Gazi District. Once an industrial area where no one would dare v...

Dubbed as the “Land of Smiles”, Thailand is filled with resources, delicious food, and a proud culture, but behind the exquisite facade Thailand shows the world, there is a dark underground that many people don’t know about. These dark and distasteful secrets range from ongoing cor...

Everyone dreams of finding a better life filled with opportunity, and Dubai seems like the perfect place to make those dreams come true. From breathtaking skyscrapers, golden hallways, extravagant parks, and an apparent high supply of work available, Dubai isn’t just a place for foreigners wit...

In 1947, locals in the town of Mira de Aire discovered the caves which were found to be over 11 kilometers (almost 7 miles). When news of the newly discovered caves reached Lisbon, speleologists (scientists who study caves), descended on the town and began their research of the natural formation. ...

Rising rents across major cities in Spain continue to devour a greater chunk of stagnated salaries while temporary contracts —almost 90% of new contracts in 2021 were non-permanent — are the antithesis of stability. The spin-off effects are evident: more people live with their paren...

You might think that climate change is causing temperatures to rise. However, a recent study has shown this isn’t the case. You see, the increased levels of carbon dioxide generated by humanity's rampant use of fossil fuels, is causing the upper layers of our atmosphere to r...

I did it, and I started with nothing. No rich parents. No shortcuts. No get-rich-quick schemes. Just a desperate 20-year-old trying to figure out life. What I did have: a skill I learned in college and an itch to build something of my own. So I scratched that itch. Worked for 3+ years st...

It almost seems wasteful not to take advantage of potential side gigs in a world full of opportunities. This thorough guide explores five profitable side gigs that could bring in $500 or more a day for you. Not only are these side gigs accessible, but they also need little to no startup capital. The...

If you are a freelancer, a design business owner, or someone that relies on getting paid on design projects to survive, everything in this article would not apply to you. Because the first insight I can give you is that I am always paid way below market rate for my work. It is not sustainable to ...

Welcome Welcome to issue -8, which is the 137th edition of this newsletter. That is 137 weeks (2 years and 33 weeks) of newsletters — some 62,000 words, which an average person would take 4 hours and 20 minutes to read. Around 20 of the newsletters have been about side-hustles. So, why d...

The human body has trillions of cells, each vibrating with Energy. Beyond the physical, beyond the mental, we have an energetic side to ourselves. Certain locations and certain situations are designed precisely to explore our energetic bodies. The best places and rituals in fact to activate our Ener...

Ifyou live in a mid-sized city in the United States, chances are there is a Black side of town. Of course, there may be exceptions, such as West Virginia, Wyoming, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, and Iowa, which the census says are the areas with the largest share of white residents in America. But e...

The dominant modernist view on religion juxtaposes ‘religion’ and ‘mysticism’ as two opposing ways of dealing with spiritual realities. The former is seen as linked with dogma and moral regulations of external behavior, while the latter is seen as linked with a free and perso...

For this week’s episode of The Side Woo, I talk with Bay Area artist Rachelle Reichert. We originally recorded this episode for Art Date, but I thought this was such a great conversation that I wanted to share it with The Side Woo audience as well. In this episode we jump around a lot &mdas...

The biggest worldwide vaccine safety research to date found a slight correlation between vaccines that guard against serious disease, death, and protracted Covid-19 symptoms and minor increases in neurological, blood, and heart-related disorders. Rare events were discovered early in the pandemic ...

Do you have a knack for storytelling? Or, perhaps a trove of valuable knowledge to share? Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) is your gateway to becoming a published author without the traditional publishing gatekeepers. KDP allows you to release eBooks, paperbacks, and even audiobooks on the Amazon plat...

On a recent picture postcard Southern California day in March 2024, I entered a Sears full-line store in Whittier, California. It was sunny and bright blue outside, with fluffy white clouds above the 4 story former Broadway location that has been operating as Sears since 1996. I’m not totally ...