Happy Lunar New Year ft. Semantics :)
It’s February! And you know what that means—it’s time for Chinese New Year! Or wait… is it?
How to Read Now: What Do Authors Owe Their Readers?
discussing Elaine Castillo’s essay “Reading Teaches Us Empathy, and Other Fictions” from How to Read Now, the expectations for minority authors, and what we learn from books.
To Hyphenate Or Not to Hyphenate?
discussing the hyphen in “Asian-American” and other copy rules
A Rose By Any Other Name: pt. 2 “Oriental”
discussing the word “Oriental” and “Oriental medicine”
A Rose By Any Other Name: pt. 1 “Asian American”
discussing the term “Asian American,” Yuji Ichioka, and generalizations
Poetry Is What Gets Lost in Translation
discussing poetry and bilingualism, inspired by a Robert Frost quote
Peaky Blinders more like “Peek-y” (The White Gaze)
discussing the “White gaze” and media literacy in Peaky Blinders and Raise the Red Lantern
Peaky Blinders and Orientalism
discussing Orientalist movie/film tropes in the TV show, Peaky Blinders
Show Review: The Summer I Turned Pretty + Thoughts on Casual Representation
Review on The Summer I Turned Pretty
BTS at the White House: Let’s talk about it
breaking down the forever foreigner myth with BTS
Orientalism in Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
on Orientalism, romanticism, and Frankenstein
Gender Apparently: A Book Review on Heiress Apparently
on writing China, sexuality, and gender.
2021 Global Expression and Thought Essay, Honorable Mention
a personal reflection on an experience of intercultural resonance