Hyphenated Lives

1. Episode 6, Part 1: Weekly Discussion (Teaching English abroad) In this week’s discussion, we discuss the imperialistic machine that is teaching English abroad. What do we mean by cultural imperialism? Is there a way to teach English abroad in a socially conscious manner? What are some of the common things that Chuks and Kari have seen, given that they both have or currently are teaching English abroad? We have input from kenyabenyagurl, salviprince, thenaughtyscholar, and feministdonut. 2. Episode 6, Part 2: News Stories In this week’s news stories, Rihanna fronts Balmain’s SS2014 campaign and converts the bedrooms of her New York apartment into a giant walk-in closet; Michelle Howard is nominated to become admiral and vice chief of naval operations; the Renisha McBride story gets dirtier; Yayaoi Kusama’s I Who Have Arrived in Heaven is so popular to the point that people are waiting hours to see it; Amazon and Target have gone to war against Beyonce. We also discuss asks from ithinkhernamewaskaylyn wit