No More Miss Saigon: A Fil-Am Artist’s Work
Filipinos and karaoke have always gone together like spam and rice. There’s a rich,...
Read MoreDec 18, 2019 | As I Am, RepresentAsian |
Filipinos and karaoke have always gone together like spam and rice. There’s a rich,...
Read MoreNov 5, 2019 | As I Am, RepresentAsian |
I say to you; put on yourself in the morning.The day will ask otherwise, that your skin be a...
Read MoreOct 8, 2019 | As I Am, Unconventional Work |
The precariousness of my career building made finding paid writing work a challenge. It felt like another anchor got broken off from the ship. The whole journey hit my self-esteem and sense of self really hard.
Read MoreAug 13, 2019 | As I Am, Gender and Class |
This outfit is the victory in a long war I’ve been waging with my Mom about church clothes. We’ve negotiated a tenuous compromise where I don’t have to wear a dress anymore, but I have to wear something that we both agree is “nice”.
Read MoreMay 21, 2019 | As I Am, Parental/Familial Boundaries |
As we knelt and as the orchestral recording blasted on, I thought of my parents; I thought of how they had spontaneously dropped off a beautiful bouquet of flowers before this game, before they knew what we were planning to do,
Read MoreMay 7, 2019 | As I Am, Parental/Familial Boundaries |
I’ve made peace with the tenuous understanding that we have. I’m scared of imagining a relationship with my family that’s not fraught with shame and misunderstandings.
Read MoreApr 28, 2019 | Liturgy |
When the ordinary is too much to bear and the days have bled one into another, when the to-do list is too long and everywhere we look seems to demand more than we can give,
Read MoreApr 23, 2019 | As I Am |
“Tribalism” has taken a beating in the lexicological landscape these days, and for good reason. To...
Read MoreWherever I sit, whatever I eat, whatever I do with my hands this day, may I become more aware of my own limitations and the expansiveness of God’s power.
Read MoreFeb 19, 2019 | As I Am, First Date |
TW: Mental Health, References to Self Harm I went to a therapist one time who told me that I...
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