If Danielle Anderson‘s discography was a movie, it would probably be The Lives of Others. In what’s almost a decade of songwriting, in fact, the YouTube sensation from Colorado sang about broken human connections, gender stereotypes, vending machine repairmen, the inability to find God, reincarnation,… Read more
Dear skinny boy, Remember when your mom used to promise you amazing presents if you managed to put on weight while my mother had to desperately hide food from me? Remember your effortless high school success at gymnastics, floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault,… Read more
You guys, isn’t Netflix’s Stranger Things the most amazing tv series you’ve seen this year? It has EVERYTHING: 80s nostalgia, Matrix-like scenes, children riding their bikes, an amazing soundtrack, breathtaking cinematography and FREAKING WINONA RYDER! Everything. I started watching it without having seen the trailer… Read more
Unless “mystery shopper” and “cat sitter” really count as grownup jobs, it is fair to admit that I never had a job before moving to Germany. I had a family, though, and that family was led by two proud members of your average Italian working… Read more
I don’t know how this happened, but my boyfriend and I watched three episodes of ABC’s dating show The Bachelorette. The current season is about single lady JoJo Fletcher looking for her soul mate among a group of men who secretly aim at becoming underwear… Read more
I took a short trip to Sardinia and a bunch of photos came out of it
I was 8 years old when my mother barged in with shocking news. “We’re moving!” The only person I knew who had moved was former elementary school classmate Anna. She vanished without saying goodbye on a Summer morning as if she was in some witness … Read more
Is it weird to constantly, obsessively wonder about what makes us, us? Why are some people atheist and other stainless-ly faithful? Stoners or clean? Why do some people go to bed early and others only feel like they exist in the quiet of the night?… Read more
Months ago I was in Switzerland with my boyfriend. We couldn’t afford anything so we mostly walked around the city with our guide book and took naps in our Ibis-budget hotel room. Right after one of those naps an idea hit me: – “I feel… Read more
My friend Maria has two university degrees: one in communication and one in something that has to do with sport (I DON’T HAVE A FACT CHECKER OK?!). This makes me think that she must know the human body very well and must also be extremely… Read more
The only times I hear stories about Wedding is when people swear they found dead bodies in it. Ok, maybe it was only one body and only one story. But still, it’s not like Wedding ranks incredibly high on the list of Berlin’s most loved… Read more
One day I got home and my boyfriend looked excited. I immediately compiled a mental list of possible reasons and realized that the most likely ones wouldn’t really be relevant to me. “I found an amazing tv show!”, he exclaimed, and my mind flashed back… Read more