This paper stems from my talk at last year's conference organized by the @parasiticplants.bsky.social in collaboration with @iufro.bsky.social Huge thanks also to the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the @hanse-ias.bsky.social for having funded parts of this ongoing research!

Oh, they look lovely! Funny how a hairless breed still has such a sweet appearance and so much character.
And, hey, you've already guaranteed your safe passage into the beyond hahaha.

She looks like a Xolo, the Mexican breed that guides the souls the underworld

It looks like a flower, possibly a type of lily, like the one on a spike seen in the top left corner behind Peitho.

It's the same old idea that having or doing an academic degree makes a person into something more worthy of being treated with decency and respect... when the truth is that both me/us and the guy who owns the kebab shop nearby probably migrated for similar economic reasons.

Needless to say, other immigrants might disagree (especially with the last take)

And for f*ck's sake, don't use "expatriate", which carries a very gentrified and sanitized-for-your-protection sort of connotation.

As someone who has migrated several times, I can tell you that the answer is very simple: the nice word for immigrant is... immigrant. It's not a slur, it's not offensive, it only has the connotation YOU bring to it.