Taru Anniina Liikanen
Bio
Finnish by birth, porteña at heart. Recovering political ghostwriter. Fiction, relationships, politics, bad puns, popular and unpopular opinions. Occasional dinosaurs, because dinosaurs are the best.
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Stories (49/0)
- Top Story - November 2021
To the Men Giving Me Fitness and Health AdviceTop Story - November 2021
First, let me just start by saying thank you to all the men who give me unsolicited help on health and fitness. You know who you are. You’re always present, at every gym. Sometimes, at workplaces. You may be a personal trainer, or a random gym goer.
By Taru Anniina Liikanen2 years ago in Viva
The Only Diet You Need Is From Diet Culture
I'm seeing a lot of terrible fitness advice online. Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are filled with food and training journals with instructions on how to finally reach your dream body in a #healthy and #balanced way. They're all accompanied with a photo or video of a person with visible abs, living their best life. And of course, a link to buy their meal or exercise plan, or some supplements.
By Taru Anniina Liikanen2 years ago in Longevity
A Historic Defeat for Populism, but With A Warning
A major economic crisis. Rising prices, in everything from food to housing. A disappointing response to the pandemic, with shows of clear disregard of the COVID-19 guidelines (such as the first lady’s birthday party in the middle of a nationwide lockdown)
By Taru Anniina Liikanen2 years ago in The Swamp
The Adventures of Mr. Celery
It flows from the source, yellow and hot, like a geyser. Against the dark behind it, it looks like fireworks. You can distinguish everything, every drop, the smoke rising from the molten rock as it falls down the side of the mountain.
By Taru Anniina Liikanen2 years ago in Fiction
The Day I Learned Fluent Spanish
I moved to Barcelona in 2006, after an entire year of studying Spanish. I had taken my studies very seriously. For the last couple of months, I’d been listening to music, watching movies in Spanish with subtitles, reading magazines and books in my target language. I was also chatting with my to-be Spanish boyfriend on MSN Messenger (like an old-school Whatsapp but on your computer, for all you youngsters out there), ever since I’d met him on vacation.
By Taru Anniina Liikanen2 years ago in Education
Don’t Let Anybody Bully You Into Dating
I spent a bigger part of the past 5 years completely alone. I needed to heal from a really bad relationship followed by a hard breakup, and I wanted to take my time. I didn’t want to dive into a relationship when I wasn’t sure if my criteria could be trusted.
By Taru Anniina Liikanen2 years ago in Humans
- Top Story - November 2021
Living With 50% InflationTop Story - November 2021
I moved to Argentina in October 2009, when the country’s inflation rate had just started to rise. Through the following decade, the inflation has usually hovered between 25% and 30%, rising to around 50% in the past couple of years. Just this September, the inflation rate was 3.5%. In one month.
By Taru Anniina Liikanen2 years ago in The Swamp
- Top Story - November 2021