Emily Hirsch

feminist. scholar. activist. traveler.

Representing America When America Just Made a Huge Mistake

The role of a Peace Corps volunteer has become a lot more complicated this week. We are representatives of the American federal...

When we think about Europe, it’s easy to discern that France is different from Ireland, which is different from Romania. Europe is...

Dear Emily, Go to Whole Foods or Trader Joes right now. Eat everything. You really don’t understand how spoiled you are. Soon you’ll...

Peace Corps is not me coming to save a village. Peace Corps is me learning more from them than they ever will from me. Peace Corps is an...

Wind Up Bird Chronicle- Haruki Marukami Let the Great World Spin- Colum McCann Brooklyn- Colm Toibin The Thing Around Your Neck-...

When I decided to join the Peace Corps in Zambia, there were of course a lot of questions. The most common ones had to do with geography:...