Columns
“Are You Really Sisters?”
The only means for talking about our mixed heritage was the ‘adorable’ contrast between ‘the girls,’ as we were called: one light, one dark; same parents, different skin.
‘The Wizard of Oz’ Is a Story About Grief
We’re told the Wicked Witch wants the ruby slippers because they have magic powers—but so does any material object once possessed and cherished by a deceased loved one.
My Father and the Dragon King
Myths were—are—created to explain the unknown, like natural disasters, like death, like the unknowable bodies of water.
The Smell of Notre Dame Burning
This smell of Notre Dame burning was the smell of books older than all our lives—on fire.
No, I Don’t Want Your Advice on How My Kids or I Can Be “Cured”
I’m not looking for a cure—not for my kids, and not for me. Any treatment we choose is merely a tool to help us enjoy our lives.
Is “Paris Syndrome” a Real Thing?
When you don’t have sky-high expectations for Paris to begin with, the disillusionment you find in the City of Light is much more nuanced.
Finding Eden and Myself in a Vietnamese Shopping Center
There, as I walk in a sea of Vietnamese people, I know I stand out.
Sans Surname
Linguistic diversity is under threat around the world. Each challenge to a patriarchal binary system marks a step away from extinction of this richness.
Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs Taught Me to Break Free from the Model Minority Myth
Being good at working hard felt like a tired routine. Being polite was starting to grate.
“Just a Waitress”: On Abuse Faced by Women of Color in the Restaurant Industry
Abuse and harassment within the restaurant industry is very much intertwined with other forms of racial and economic oppression and violence.
