Archive - Millennial Monica

The Migrant Questionnaire #4 | Paul

"I went on a gap year, and life happened!"

May 9 •

and

April 2025

The Migrant Gaze

About the perspective we get when we are never fully inside a culture, but also no longer entirely outside of it either.

Apr 27 •

Love in Translation: A Review of 'A Lover’s Discourse'

A book review of Xiaolu Guo’s 'A Lover’s Discourse': what it means to love across cultures.

Apr 1 •

March 2025

The Famous Expats Who Shaped 20th-Century Culture

Writers, artists and thinkers who established new creative lives in Paris, New York and California.

Mar 22 •

The Migrant Questionnaire #3 | Catriona

"All that propaganda about things like: if you step out of your comfort zone, the world will meet you and it will be amazing. It doesn’t work like…

Mar 7 •

and

Catriona Knapman

February 2025

The Power of Family Photos to Keep Us Rooted

How old family photos connect us to our roots, no matter where we are in the world.

Feb 13 •

January 2025

The Elusive Meaning of Home

11 definitions of home from you, fellow Substackers - plus my own take in the form of an essay.

Jan 29 •

November 2024

A Coconut Among Peaches: Crossing Cultures

Is there such a thing as an extrovert culture and an introverted one? And how are they like these two fruits?

Nov 1, 2024 •

October 2024

Why Are We Patriotic?

And what does it say about us if we are not patriotic (anymore)?

Oct 8, 2024 •

The Migrant Questionnaire #2 | Edward

“When you find yourself at a ‘home’ which doesn’t feel like home, it brings into question your whole sense of identity.”

Oct 1, 2024 •

and

September 2024

What Makes Paris Unforgettable

Paris is just as fabulous as when I saw it last time. Let me tell you why.

Sep 23, 2024 •

August 2024

The Migrant Questionnaire #1 | Barbs

"Some people track their age in years but I like to track mine in places visited. I would be 10 countries old."

Aug 31, 2024 •

and

Barbs Honeycutt

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