Through different combinations of social media, in-person connections, and good ol’ Googling, I’ve found a variety of different Asian American organizations. I’m not familiar or involved with all of them, but I wanted to post some of the list to share solidarity in community.
A while ago I signed up for an online essay class where we learned and wrote in different styles. Our first one was list, and one of the prompts was to write about someone we knew really well. …
I’ve had a lot of mixed feelings about coming out, especially as a cis-gendered straight person. Even though I’ve known and identified as asexual for a few years, in my mind I still saw it as “I’m still attracted to men, thus socially acceptable, so what’s the point?” …
I’ve seen too many lists of “top recommended songs for new K-Pop fans,” and each one that’s written by a major, non-music related outlet gets very predictable. However, it’s never a complete list without SHINee.
Pick any song or music video to start: “Replay,” “Lucifer,” “1 of 1,” “Good Evening,”…
Don’t do it y’all, just don’t do it.
In about two weeks it’s Anime Boston, one of my favorite things ever in the city. Anime fans from all over are spotted across the city in different styles of cosplay, earning weird (almost scared) looks from normal people everywhere. I love cosplay, both wearing it and photographing it. But…
By now, you may have heard of the massively popular subtle asian traits, the Facebook group full of memes and inside jokes started by a group of high school kids in Australia.
From that sprang dozens of other Facebook communities like subtle curry traits, subtle asian dating, and even subtle…
In the vast canon of Sherlock Holmes, only one woman stands out: Irene Adler. Introduced in the short story, “A Scandal in Bohemia,” Adler receives the dubious introduction as “ the woman.” She’s an object of affection or desire, because the great detective Sherlock Holmes could never feel something so…
As a film crew sets up shop in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, a little girl watches with rapt attention. Pestering the crew with questions about the movies and hoping to end up in one, she earned herself the nickname C.C.C., Curious Chinese Child. …
This morning, I woke up to 3 news alerts from the AP, Guardian, and Reuters saying that China had ended its one child policy. I read it, and got quiet. I didn’t really know what to think, but I knew that it had a tremendous affect on me. …
