{"id":1196,"date":"2019-10-17T07:58:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T07:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/culturechats.org\/writings\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2019-10-18T19:15:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T19:15:09","slug":"tanya-kan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturechats.org\/writings\/tanya-kan\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanya Kan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.29.3&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;rgba(196,19,33,0.5)&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;rgba(224,153,0,0.5)&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;on&#8221; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/culturechats.org\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bg-img.jpg&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;100px||100px||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.29.3&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.29.3&#8243; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.0&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/box5765.temp.domains\/~cultusq5\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Tanyanew-1.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.29.3&#8243; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.0.0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.29.3&#8243; _i=&#8221;1&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;By Author Name&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.29.3&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;content&#8221; text_font=&#8221;PT Sans Narrow|700||on|||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;28px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;38px&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;PT Sans Narrow|700||on|||||&#8221; header_3_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_3_line_height=&#8221;32px&#8221; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.1.0&#8243;]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9jYXRlZ29yaWVzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiQnkgIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6ImNhdGVnb3J5In19@[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.29.3&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; _i=&#8221;1&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0.1.1&#8243;]I am Tanya Kan. 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