Columns
‘The Namesake’ and The Stories We Tell About Our Parents
There is something resplendent in the stories of our parents.
“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.
Dear Tiffany, What Does It Mean to be ‘Korean Enough’?
In pretty much every K-pop group, there is the designated One From America.
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.
Becoming No One and Everyone at the Burbank Mall
I was just another teen with a hot dog pretzel.
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?
Horror Films in the 1980s Erased Black Lives. Why Did I Still Watch Them?
The unearthing of Black-led horror films captivated me.
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.
The Pain of Losing Your First Language
What else did I lose to assimilate?
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.