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- Do You Feel Ashamed of Putting Your Charities on Your CV? I Don’t — and This Is Why… | Avez-vous honte de mentionner vos engagements associatifs sur votre CV ? Moi non — et voici pourquoi…Continue reading in English… Continuez la lecture en français…. —- Do You Feel Ashamed of Putting Your Charities on Your CV? I Don’t — and This Is Why… Every soContinue reading “Do You Feel Ashamed of Putting Your Charities on Your CV? I Don’t — and This Is Why… | Avez-vous honte de mentionner vos engagements associatifs sur votre CV ? Moi non — et voici pourquoi…”
- Calm and Refined GestesRead in English Lire en français Instagram page available here Calm & Refined Gestes – L’Atelier Introducing my Atelier — a concept and practice that I am now shaping intoContinue reading “Calm and Refined Gestes”
- 2025 TakeawaysRead in full here… Continuez la lecture pour en savoir plus… ______ 2025 Takeaways My way of looking at society and contemporary history is deeply shaped by my first academicContinue reading “2025 Takeaways”
- Heritage🇬🇧 Read in English 🇫🇷 Ici en Français 🇬🇧 Calm and Refined Gestes did not begin as a project. It began as a habit — and as an inheritance…and heritageContinue reading “Heritage”
- When Inspiration Crosses the Line | Quand l’inspiration dépasse la limite🇬🇧 Read the full post clicking here 🇫🇷 Ici pour lire en français 🇬🇧 When Inspiration Crosses the Line: Reflections on Intellectual Respect There is something I want to clarifyContinue reading “When Inspiration Crosses the Line | Quand l’inspiration dépasse la limite”
- 🇬🇧 Breaking the Silence: From Toxic Cultures and Normalised Suffering to Support and Hope | 🇫🇷 Briser le silence : des cultures toxiques et de la souffrance banalisée vers le soutien et l’espoir 🇬🇧 Continue to read in English 🇫🇷 Continuez votre lecture en français 🇬🇧 Breaking the Silence: From Toxic Cultures and Normalised Suffering to Support and Hope Coming back to school,Continue reading “🇬🇧 Breaking the Silence: From Toxic Cultures and Normalised Suffering to Support and Hope | 🇫🇷 Briser le silence : des cultures toxiques et de la souffrance banalisée vers le soutien et l’espoir “
- “Be yourself; everybody else is already taken.” | “Soyez vous-même; tous les autres sont déjà pris.”Discover the full story 👇 Découvrez l’histoire complète 👇 Pretty Hurts: On Society, Obsession, and Being Seen — What Many Don’t Get About Beauty When I was waiting at the AppleContinue reading ““Be yourself; everybody else is already taken.” | “Soyez vous-même; tous les autres sont déjà pris.””
- 🌿 Living for the Friday Night — or Learning to Live Every Day? | 🌿 Vivre pour le vendredi soir — ou apprendre à vivre chaque jour?Keep reading to find out more… Continuez la lecture pour en savoir plus… 🌿 Living for the Friday Night — or Learning to Live Every Day? When a few daysContinue reading “🌿 Living for the Friday Night — or Learning to Live Every Day? | 🌿 Vivre pour le vendredi soir — ou apprendre à vivre chaque jour?”
- 🇬🇧 Top 10 Factors to Consider When Choosing an English Teacher | 🇫🇷 Les 10 critères essentiels pour choisir un professeur d’anglaisContinue reading in English here Continuez la lecture pour en savoir plus… 🇬🇧 Top 11 Factors to Consider When Choosing an English Teacher Choosing the right English teacher is neverContinue reading “🇬🇧 Top 10 Factors to Consider When Choosing an English Teacher | 🇫🇷 Les 10 critères essentiels pour choisir un professeur d’anglais”
- 🇬🇧 Old Cafés, New Cafés: Not a Battle, But an Adjustment / 🇫🇷 Anciens cafés, nouveaux cafés : non pas une bataille, mais un ajustement🇫🇷 Continuez votre lecture en français ⬇️ 🇬🇧 Read in English here ⬇️ 🇬🇧 Old Cafés, New Cafés: Not a Battle, But an Adjustment When we speak about cafés, there’sContinue reading “🇬🇧 Old Cafés, New Cafés: Not a Battle, But an Adjustment / 🇫🇷 Anciens cafés, nouveaux cafés : non pas une bataille, mais un ajustement”
- Independent But Not Alone: Making Your First Solo Research Project Work(about 40% of the full text you will find here on Ko-fi) Choosing your first independent project can feel like standing at a crossroads with no signs. After university, manyContinue reading “Independent But Not Alone: Making Your First Solo Research Project Work”
- 🖋️ The Inkwell by Cynthia C. — Now Live on Ko-fiSupport My Work & Read the Full Articles on Ko-fi Hello dear readers, Over the years, I’ve poured heart, time, and deep reflection into the articles and essays you’ve foundContinue reading “🖋️ The Inkwell by Cynthia C. — Now Live on Ko-fi”
- Ink between the daysIt’s a rainy evening here in the South Pacific. The kind of rain that doesn’t storm its way through the landscape, but folds itself into the darkness —thickening it, perfumingContinue reading “Ink between the days”
- My latest independent project in New Caledonia (FR)It all started with this photo I took while travelling South towards Ile des Pins, in 2014. I was with a colleague from Finland, and we had decided to headContinue reading “My latest independent project in New Caledonia (FR)”
- New projects (Feb2024)
Omikuji from a Shinto shrine in Japan I visited in 2012 for my first thesis in Religious Studies. When I started this blog, as a little something more to addContinue reading “New projects (Feb2024)”
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