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August 2, 2021• by

Fleeting Senses of Culture as a Third Generation Filipina American

It’s Saturday morning on move-in day for my first year of college. All my things are crammed into the trunk, under the seats, and in front of my siblings’...

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Activism • Our Voices • Summer 2021

July 5, 2021• by

Growing into my Transracial Adoptee Identity

Lost in a sea of wavy blonde locks and blue irises, my straight black hair and brown eyes set me apart from classmates, teachers and family alike. For as long...

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October 29, 2020• by

Not Good Enough: Examining the Model Minority Ideal in a Time of Racial Reckoning

Am I like the overseer of a plantation? The question comes to mind during a masked walk in Golden Gate Park, out of the drumbeat of Ahmaud Arbery … George...

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July 13, 2020• by

Rediscovering my Asian American Heritage

Even without the coronavirus taking 2020 hostage, this year had already been anything but normal for me. In late February, my grandmother, Misao...

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Entertainment • Our Voices

February 21, 2020• by

How K-pop Band BTS Gave Me Permission to Be a Woman Who Wants

The following article is an op-ed that expresses the writer’s personal opinions.  It is transgressive for a woman to want. We are told by society that...

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December 30, 2019• by

I’m Chinese and I’m Tan, and That’s Okay

“Wow, Amy, you got really tan.”   Two people I love told me this recently. They implied very different things.   For my white fiancé,...

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November 29, 2019• by

Foreigner Here, Foreigner There: A Free Verse Poem

They call us the model minority… and I get it. I get that when my parents arrived, they did so silently. They cleaned toilets and mopped floors without...

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Relationships • Our Voices

November 1, 2019• by

Auntie Mochi’s Sad But True Guide to Friendship in Your 30s and 40s

Excuse me while I show my age, but whenever I think of friendship, I cannot help but think of Zack Attack from the show “Saved by the Bell” and their song...

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College • Our Voices

September 30, 2019• by

The Social Education of College

My entire life has been about college—and not because I had overbearing parents or overwhelming school pressure, but because I set my own ambitions to a...

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September 23, 2019• by

Love in the Time of Representation

On a recent flight to London, I was tapping through the movie list and there it was under the newly added section: “Crazy Rich Asians.” Though I had seen...

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