You’re Really Pretty, for An Asian Girl
I’m in the sixth grade when a boy tells me “You would be really pretty if you weren’t Asian.” At twelve years old, he says this with no ill intent,…
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The Girls of Montreal
This series is a testimony to all the cool things that can happen when you meet two badass chicks abroad. I’m a firm believer in what Missy Elliott so eloquently…
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Unpacking My Celebrity Crush: Adam Driver
Adam Driver has been on my mind for a while. Beyond his dashing charm (I’ll spare the discourse on that—there’s plenty already), he’s strikingly talented and has flourished on screen…
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It’s Harry Styles’ World and We’re Just Living in It
Stan culture: a frantic, borderline manic celebration of the internet’s favorite artists. There is perhaps no one more celebrated in this invisible awards party than Harry Styles. The boy-band-singer-turned-solo-artist-turned-icon has…
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“Birds of Prey”: The Fantabulous Emancipation of Women in Film
Before February 7th, you’d be hard-pressed to find an honest-to-God all-female action movie. Once every few years, a Charlie’s Angels or an Ocean’s 8 would come along, but none of…
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Am I Dreaming?
There have been nights when I felt like I was constantly on the verge of sleep but could never quite reach the tilting point. The whole time my mind kept…
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Deconstructing My Dream of the “Elite” University
I go to my dream school. And I did what I had to do in order to get here. By that, I mean I did everything that an applicant vying…
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Gazing at Myself
In the Notes app on my phone, there is a list entitled “books of high school.” I made it at the end of my freshman year with the intention of…
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Let’s Not Have the Talk
Growing up in Hong Kong and in a Chinese household, the topic of sex remains very taboo. It took a long time for me and my friends to be open…
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