MY NAME IS ANDREEA AND I AM AN INTROVERT
i have always seen myself reflected in the eyes of people as being weird. i didn’t understand it at first, but i was fine with it. so i had known for years that i was different, but it was only recently that i found out that i was actually just an introvert.
CROWDFUNDING – A GROWING TREND
crowdfunding is a collective effort of individuals who pool their resources, usually online, to support projects initiated by other people or organizations.
WE ARE NOT THE THINGS WE OWN
it scares me to see people fetishizing material things in an escapist craze while barely ever thinking about actual life. i see thousands of blogs and wall posts depicting lifeless perfect-for-the-camera pictures of girls wearing cute cookie cutter outfits and pictures of their lives defined by perfect arrangements of objects. it’s as if they’re hoping that...
ACTA OR HOW THE FUTURE MAY END UP LOOKING WORSE THAN OUR COMMUNIST PAST
while romanians were focusing on the street protests, a very tight and secretive vote in tokyo put romania on the list of acta countries. acta, the bigger and meaner sister of pipa and sopa, is supposedly creating an international legal framework for targeting counterfeit goods, generic medicines and copyright infringement on the internet, and would also create a new governing body outside existing forums....
I AM A LIGHT PACKER AND I’M WORKING ON IT
…working on it to make my packing even lighter, that is! below, there’s a selection of my most important light packing tips
WHY TRAVELING ALONE CAN BE A GOOD THING
imperator travel, the romanian travel blog, had a recent post on traveling by yourself. the many comments made me realize, once again, how unprepared most people are to face themselves, but also that hope is not lost as quite many people praised lone traveling. i traveled by myself and loved it. it is certainly no...
PRINT OR ONLINE FASHION MAGAZINES?
amazon announced earlier this year that their sales are better for kindle books compared to regular print books. it’s no surprise, right? paper is losing ground: books are becoming obsolete while glossies are fighting lack of ads and the natural communication delay that comes with the monthly issue. i see print fashion magazines dying to...
I CALL BULLSHIT ON EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
was exit through the gift shop for real? i think it was total bullshit. i noticed none of banksy’s subtlety and genius in there. there was this guy with a distorted voice, in the shadow. that could’ve been me, right? also, how could he have possibly complained about the unlawful use of his “name”? file a complaint signed banksy…?...
YOU DON’T GET WOMEN? READ ON
i spent my entire life witnessing people embracing an age-old stereotype regarding women: how they are beyond comprehension. people love this stuff. man and women alike, they live their lives relying on the good ol’ double standard. as a woman, i have this little theory. feel free to infirm it if you think otherwise. women...
THEY SAY JUMP, YOU SAY HOW HIGH
i watch a sea of girls putting most of their efforts into becoming lame copies of freakish women. women who are too skinny, too tall and too long-legged to be considered the norm. not to mention the amount of effort those women put into becoming the pre-photoshop version of themselves… what percentage of that effort...
WHY I GAVE UP ON BUYING ROMANIAN MAGAZINES
so, goodbye translated, irrelevant articles and too many pages full of ads (which I totally forgive if you’re citizen k and you only cost me 1 euro). I admit there are some good, promising things going on in romanian glossies but unfortunately not enough of them… the current issue of the one magazine opens with...
