Even as a child, I could feel that each place had its own rhythm. In Karachi, the social world felt close-knit and rooted in family. In Lusaka, youth culture and public life felt more open to the wider world. That contrast taught me early that culture is not a single thing; it is a collection of habits, accents, expectations, and unspoken rules.

“As federal relief funds gradually ended, assuming business was back as usual, many arts organizations found that those assumptions needed to be revised. As a director at one Philadelphia theater noted in the Philadelphia Inquirer, “People are really happy with their yoga pants and Netflix.””

Facebook and social media are not all-or-nothing scenarios. We have choices, and we can choose how we approach them.