Category Stories: Gender
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What Life is Like as an LGBTQ+ Student at the University of Sussex
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Views on the LGBTQ+ community differ greatly depending on what country you are in. This can make studying abroad as an LGBTQ+ student a bit scary. I am demisexual, meaning that I can only be sexually attracted to somebody if we have a strong emotional connection, but beyond that I am a cisgender heterosexual female.…
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Women Traveling Abroad
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Many students who study abroad try to make the most of their experience by traveling to different places throughout the course of the semester. In fact, as the end of our time abroad draws closer and closer, I cannot name a single exchange student I met who hasn’t traveled at least once throughout the past…
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3 Things I’ve Learned About Engineering in Scotland
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1. Picking Your Courses When I initially planned my course schedule for my semester abroad, the options for engineering classes seemed endless. Because of the strict engineering major track outlined by my home university, I knew I needed to take specific courses to fulfill my major while abroad, two of which were engineering electives. Upon…
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Misinterpreting “Know the Climate of Your Host Country”
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How I Misinterpreted the Phrase “Know the Climate of Your Host Country” What I did (or didn’t do) before I went abroad I thought I was ready to go abroad. I had done my research on the climate there. I knew what to pack in order to be prepared for the weather differences, and I…
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From Part-Time Student to Full-Time Study Abroad
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Studying abroad makes you feel out of place. That is the whole point, right? When I arrived in Edinburgh, Scotland I was not only experiencing a new country and a new culture. For the first time in five years I was living with other college students, taking a full course load, and committing myself full-time…
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5 Advantages of Studying Abroad as a Woman of Color
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Before I went to Australia, I assumed that being a woman of color in a predominantly white country would be difficult and that my identity might negatively impact my study abroad experience. However, something I never thought about was how my identity would positively impact my time abroad in terms of the conversations I would…
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Revolution Meets Machismo: Gender in Cuba
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On March 8, I woke up and had breakfast before going to my 9:45 a.m. class just like any other Friday in the past month, but this was no ordinary Friday; it was international women’s day and while it may have slipped my mind, Cuba did not forget. At the entrance of the facultad de artes…
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Navigating Race, Gender, Class, and Nationality in Buenos Aires
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Navigating Race, Gender, Class, and Nationality in Buenos Aires Intersectionality and Study Abroad During my time abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina, I became very aware of the importance of the intersectionalities of our identities. My identity as a black woman and an American from a low-income neighborhood really made my experience much different from my…
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Somewhere In the Rainbow: Celebrating Pride in Wellington
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It’s my first year of college, and I’m sitting on the floor in my room making friendship bracelets, because I never grew out of making friendship bracelets (and honestly, I probably never will). I can’t do anything too fancy, three colors being the maximum number of colors I can work with, but that’s perfect for…
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Does Toxic Masculinity Exist in London?
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Recently, I spoke with several male friends studying in London, either full-time or with IFSA, to discuss if toxic masculinity exists in London, and how it differs from where they’re from. I was surprised to find so much overlap in their responses! Alex, who attends Pomona College in California but is studying at University College London with IFSA…
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