Emily MantheiMacao: a feast for the eyes (and stomach)Recently, I traveled to Macao, a tiny peninsula and island where three estuaries meet the South China Sea. An hour by ferry from Hong Kong…Oct 11Oct 11
Emily Manthei5 Lessons Learned from My Experiment #JustReadingWomenShortly after the Black Lives Matter protests started at the end of May, I picked up Why I am No Longer Talking to White People About Race…Nov 24, 2020Nov 24, 2020
Emily MantheiDon’t think you’ve benefitted from white privilege?First, I want to say: I am a white person and I’m not writing this for the benefit of informing anyone with lived experience as a person…Jun 16, 2020Jun 16, 2020
Emily MantheiMore Art, Less Money?The advertisers are gone. The sponsored-content-influencers are gone. The money is gone. All gone.May 21, 2020May 21, 2020
Emily MantheiRe-evaluating travel, as an industry and a lifestyle.I love airports. The familiarity of strangeness. The soothing call of a flight attendant. The secret peek into the weird habits of…May 13, 2020May 13, 2020
Emily MantheiI’m Mad as Hell and I’m Not Going to Take it AnymoreAnger is not one of my primary responses to tragedy, loss, and injustice. In the current pandemic, I’ve cycled through my normal states of…Apr 6, 2020Apr 6, 2020
Emily MantheiOn Communion“Let’s spend a few minutes in silence to set an intention.” A prayer, sent out in faith, a spiritual communique.Jun 10, 2018Jun 10, 2018
Emily MantheiHouse Sharing is the New Normal: Addressing the Skyrocketing Cost of Renting in American CitiesIn 2006, I moved to a property with two large houses, built in the 1930s and last renovated in the 70s, at the bottom of a hillside in East…May 14, 2018May 14, 2018
Emily MantheiApocalypse LaterMy latest piece to be rejected from a literary journal, so I’ll publish it here.Feb 14, 2018Feb 14, 2018