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Andrea in A-Culturated

Why Do People From High-Income Countries Call Themselves “Expats”?

Even when they are immigrants

Matthew Clapham in A-Culturated

A person with long brown hair holds a cup of tea up to the camera, their face mysteriously obscured by the cup itself and the steam rising from it. The background is an out-of-focus rural scene.

LANGUAGE

The Hardest Phrase in the World to Translate: ‘A Nice Cup of Tea’

Maria Garcia in A-Culturated

THE MANY COLORS OF MY HOMELAND

The Infinite Shades of Saudade Blue

Saudade isn’t just a…

Lucinda Munro Cook in A-Culturated

The Sultan of Brunei’s Wife Stopped in My Shop

And changed the course of my life

Beautiful woman being made up by her ‘servant’

Shawn B. Swinger in A-Culturated

Mount Fuji in the background, red Japanese shrine in the foreground.

CONSCIOUS TOURISM

Japan is Not Your Candyland

Over-tourism and its fallout

Shawn B. Swinger in A-Culturated

A man stands like an action hero in front of a fire that has broken out in the bar while his date screams

DATING MISADVENTURES

My Disastrous Dating Life in Japan

Episode one: A crash course in…

LaDonna Witmer in A-Culturated

The image of a page from the A section of a thesaurus, focused on “arrogance.” Synonyms include: haughtiness, loftiness, self-importance, presumption, overconfidence, pride, vanity, vainglory, conceit, snobbishness, etc.

The Arrogance of the English Language

When the world has always been your oyster

Maria Garcia in A-Culturated

10 Ways You Know That You’re A Third Culture Kid

Are you one?

Maria Garcia in A-Culturated

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I Never Thought People Could Experience Culture Shock in an Uber Car

Liz H in A-Culturated

A photo of the Forbidden City in Beijing, an orange traditional pagoda style building surrounded by green tree’s.

“Anywhere but China”- Famous Last Words

Nine years, two kids, and a lifetime of experience later…

These were the top 10 stories published by A-Culturated; you can also dive into yearly archives: 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

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Lucinda Munro Cook

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Livvy Skelton-Price

The Incandescent Writer

Melissa Alvarado Sierra

Michelle Lawson

Lucinda Munro Cook

Rebelle Summers

Matthew Clapham

Tina Evangelista

Kristen Sterbenz

Mohamed Aboelez

Shawn B. Swinger

Lisa Cunningham DeLauney

Carlos Garbiras

Janice Macdonald

Paul S. Marshall

Cassidy McDonnell

Yana Bostongirl

Vietta Aydın 🥑

Natalie Hanemann