It's rare for me to ever cry when watching movies or television shows. It's not that I don't care. It's just that things seen on the screen try so hard to pull at heartstrings, they come off as over produced. I discovered "American Crime" a few months ago and there...
Tina Takhmazyan
The Armenian genocide and what it means to me
Genocide - the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. April 24 is always the most difficult day of the year for me. April 24 is the day recognized by Armenians as Armenian genocide remembrance day. It’s...
Commentary: Wellness in L.A.
Los Angeles, land of the green juices and free-trial yoga classes. Walking on a busy street in Los Feliz with friends, I noticed a common word scattered throughout the city. Wellness shots, wellness yoga, wellness supplements and a book of wellness mantras. What...
I want to be happy when I grow up
“I’m literally so depressed.” I was probably the single most user of that phrase in middle school. My definition of depression consisted of a big scary, gray cloud monster that follows around the moody woman during a three-minute long antidepressant commercial....