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Denizen is an online magazine that publishes essays from Third Culture Kids around the world. I launched it in the fall of 2008. I’ve made so many, many mistakes working on Denizen over the years. Here’s the advice I would give to myself if I were starting it today.

For the last two years, I’ve had two extra roommates in the roof. I don’t know their names, but I usually call them Mr. and Mrs. Squirrel. They’re the worst kind of roommate: they don’t pay rent, they’re terribly noisy, and they eat the walls.

I first stumbled upon Julia Easterlin’s music at a Berklee outdoor music festival in 2010, when I was visiting Boston for the weekend.

I got a really lovely email in my inbox the other day.

It blows me away to see women who are successful but who are also unafraid to show vulnerability at the same time. Typically people see vulnerability as weakness, but it takes incredible strength to be vulnerable in a public space.

There is no puppet master behind the career of Taylor Swift, inventing and plotting her marketing campaign. She makes decisions based on what is best for her career and her fans. Watching a female pop superstar take complete ownership over her career is amazing.

I have absolutely no doubts that acquiring an American accent is probably the most important trait I got from going to an international school.

A crowdsourced blog post for our dear friend Stéphane.

Is it weird to call “walking” a hobby?

Several times a week, Evelyn posts the most interesting things on Facebook, paired with witty (and brutally honest) commentary. She’s like my personal version of Dave Pell. She’s an insanely smart person who voraciously consumes news and decides what her friends need to read.