straddling

A jagged behemoth straddling the China-Pakistan border, it is a mountain with a fearsome reputation.

And in that lies another interesting tension: the idea of self-sustaining pop celebrity, straddling these two worlds of DIY inventiveness and image-heavy exposure.

To her, the way you “stand out as any performer is straddling that line of allowing the collective experience to inhabit you while bringing your voice forward enough to bring that own specificity,” Rao said.

For Boneta, who grew up bilingual — the son of a Mexican father and an American-born mother — straddling the nuances of both cultures and languages came naturally.

This is what we’re capable of thinking when straddling two worlds: the one we exist in now as adults and the one we grew up in.