Jessie Wanders: Itinerant Grad Student

Doctoral candidate in medical anthropology, working in Morocco. I tricked them to pay me to talk to people about sex.

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Homecoming part 2: in which Jessie says screw it and makes her own ending. #fieldwork #fail #home

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Homecoming part 1: in which Jessie learns not every experience has to end with a big meaningful finish. #fieldwork #fail #home

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Sneaky shot of me reuniting with my fur baby. #catfamily #catsofinstagram #blackcatclub #moving #fieldwork #reunited

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Shitty airport wine is clutch for any major relocation. Oh, and watching effing horse racing at a Paul in the airport. What is happening here? #moving #fieldwork #travel

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In which I discuss packing up all of your things while you are watching you.

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On the bright side, having a thrice-busted fridge during a transcontinental move seriously helps with cleaning this pretty but useless appliance. Plus I can see the food I need to eat before my departure. #fieldwork #packing #moving

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Does a body really need all of this stuff? In my case definitely not. Operation Streamline has moved into the body care arena. #packing #moving #fieldwork

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Now soliciting reasonable explanations for how this was of used toilet paper ended up in one of the palm trees outside of my (not ground level) window. #morocco #plants #dissertating

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I have a thing about orphaned books. This is the top of the sorting piles before they collapsed into each other. #books #gradlife #gradschoolproblems #fieldwork #moving

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For all of my fellow imposters, this is absolutely required listening (especially for the ladies). Great Imposter by Heather Maloney #impostersyndrome

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Probably one of my favorite local businesses to contemplate. "Le Chill: Restaurant and Afterwork" is only as big as a single car garage, has no windows, and I've never seen anything new but young men go in and out, sometimes consulting with a total boss in an immaculate white djellaba. We thinks it's a front for the mob. #lechill #wtf #Maghreb #rabat #morocco

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Hey bou. #Bougainville #flowers #rabat #Maghreb

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A father and son team climbed up the wall separating my street from the train tracks and picked figs from the tree growing over the side. I have fruit foraging envy. #Maghreb #maroc #fieldwork #citylife #fruit

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Finally wrote some words about some things that have been rattling around my head.

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My old friend Sidi Fikroun (Mr. Turtle) pays me a visit while I'm on a solo lunch date. Either he thinks I need some company or he's helping me shake off any whiffs of the #evileye hanging around me. #العين #الفكرون

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Woah. There is so much happening with this branding... #race in #advertising in #morocco