Apr 4, 2021
11 min read
The Dumpster-Fire Politics of Living Abroad
The inevitability (and responsibility) of getting swept up in another country’s politics.
Two years ago, I stood on my apartment balcony in Barcelona, Spain, and watched a group of 40–50 young people with dark clothes and bandanas tied around their faces as they dragged every nearby dumpster from the sidewalks to the middle of the…
