Between the Lines

In episode six of Between the Lines, Bethan and I draw from my creative piece The Man in White—a descriptive text on the figure of Christ—to discuss some of the biggest misconceptions about Christianity: the existence of suffering despite a good God, the false notion of a confused religion due to there being several denominations, and more…

In this episode, Alicia and I go between the lines of thoughts we’ve journaled throughout the years as Third Culture Kids—any individual who spends a significant part of their formative years in a culture other than their parents’ homeland.

We speak of what it can look like to exist between competing cultural systems, and how these natural tensions can lead to unstable identities but also privileged experiences (and cognitive advantages).

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Episode Four is a little different… the first in video format!!! (and perhaps not the last). In this episode my friend Tiggy and I speak openly about our faith: how Jesus met us at our lowest and transformed the darkness into joy. Trusting Him transformed our lives, and we couldn't stay quiet about the love that He has for us all.

We hope you enjoy this very special episode.

Listen to my friend Lina and I, both of us volunteers at a homeless shelter in London, draw from this experience to discuss what is currently a national crisis in the UK. We delve into the causes and traumas of rough sleeping, the misconceptions of the public, and the support that each one of us can offer to make a difference.

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In Episode Two, you can listen to my friend Julia and I talk between the lines of my piece On Eating Disorders – The Ogres of Our Mind. As young adults who wrestled with restrictive disorders but recovered, we draw from our experience to discuss the dangers of obsessively pursuing thinness, and the importance of choosing recovery. Because with recovery, comes life.

Please know that you are not alone. If you are struggling, here are just a few support services that are here to help you:

* FREED

* Beat helplines

* PEACE Pathway

Works cited:

* Schopenhauer, Arthur. “On the Vanity and Suffering of Life” in The World as Will and Representation, vol. 2 (Dover Publications: New York, 1969), p573.

* Statistics on eating disorders taken from the UK’s Eating Disorder Charity, Beat https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/get-information-and-support/about-eating-disorders/how-many-people-eating-disorder-uk/

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In Episode One, I speak with my grandmother about the themes that underpin my article “We’re Living in the Age of Performative Authenticity”. In today’s hypercritical world, we’ve much to learn from her character.

Declaration: AI was used to dub my grandmother’s voice from Italian to English

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