Columns

Columns | Sepia Tone
‘The Namesake’ and The Stories We Tell About Our Parents

There is something resplendent in the stories of our parents.

Jan 27, 2022
Columns | Everyone Is Gay
“The Queerest of the Queer”: Listening to Garbage in the Nineties

I listened to the lead singer, Shirley Manson, play what I understood as masculine and feminine in the same hand.

Jan 24, 2022
Columns | From a K-pop Fan, With Love
Dear Tiffany, What Does It Mean to be ‘Korean Enough’?

In pretty much every K-pop group, there is the designated One From America.

Jan 20, 2022
Columns | Hemlines
Becoming an “It Girl” in the Las Vegas Body-con Dress

The back was nothing but a web of elastic straps, and the front wasn’t low-cut as much as it was nonexistent.

Jan 19, 2022
Columns | San Fernando Valley
Becoming No One and Everyone at the Burbank Mall

I was just another teen with a hot dog pretzel.

Jan 12, 2022
Columns | Through the Grapevine
Who Can Afford to Make and Drink Wine?

If someone paid half a million for a single bottle of wine, how much did the grape harvesters earn making it?

Jan 12, 2022
Columns | Memory Book
Horror Films in the 1980s Erased Black Lives. Why Did I Still Watch Them?

The unearthing of Black-led horror films captivated me.

Jan 6, 2022
Columns | Objects of Affection
How to Ground Your Body With a Combination Square

I couldn’t deny my aches and pains and eating disorder; after a while, it became too exhausting.

Dec 21, 2021
Columns | Family | What Doesn't Translate
The Pain of Losing Your First Language

What else did I lose to assimilate?

Dec 21, 2021
Columns | Muscle Memories
If Only Breakups Were As Clean As the ‘Fast Five’ Heist

The 2011 film is the start of what the ‘Fast & Furious’ franchise became. I wanted my breakup to mirror its action, all movement and easy motives.

Dec 20, 2021