Empathy is a personal trait that is inert to all humans, yet taking a look at two modern European democracies we can see that empathy is also a societal norm that manifests itself in very different ways between cultures.
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A Small, Vibrant Sphere: Mental Illness in Finnish Independent Comics
Representations of mental illness open a window into a different world view. A person’s mental illness becomes a sort of shadow life only made public in the “right” spheres.. Mental illness is a topic richly covered in Finnish independent comics.
8 Hygge Tips for Autumn and Winter
Hygge is a Danish cultural concept that cannot be fully translated to other languages, but it largely consists of certain feelings of coziness, contentment and togetherness. Anything simple, natural, down to earth and homemade is considered hygge...
The Myers Briggs Type Indicator – What Is It and Is It Any Good?
The Myers Briggs Type Indicator, commonly referred to as the MBTI, is a personality test and theory that has both achieved enormous success as a way to test people’s personalities and sparked a huge number of varied stances and opinions... ruminating on these kinds of tests may often bring new viewpoints and depth into the way you think about yourself.
Why can we still not bring up a mental illness in a discussion without most participants of the conversation being uncomfortable with the topic? Why can we not tell our bosses that the reason we cannot do more than two shifts a week is that our depression takes up all our energy? Why is it acceptable to talk to anyone about injured legs and heart surgeries but not about our bipolar minds?
Inevitably the time comes when we have to say goodbye, so let's do it in style.
Autumn leaves waltz on the melancholic floor while I straighten Veronique’s hat. I give her a kiss on the forehead and tighten my grip on her tiny fingers that always radiate intense heat for the whole world to feel.
Yes, my fellow Americans, I have attended the sauna nude, with strangers, many, many times now. So, as I sweated my way through my Wednesday sauna session I inadvertently stumbled upon the things I wanted to talk about: nudity, shame, and politics.
Worst Episode Ever is a podcast “for people who love The Simpsons, by people who love The Simpsons, about how much [the hosts] hate The Simpsons.” The idea behind the podcast is to watch a “post-classic” episode and then have an in-depth discussion about it before running it through their HIPPO grading system to place it in their list, the list being the ultimate goal of the podcast: to find the worst episode of The Simpsons ever.