Out & About: Amazing Ankles on the Ferry
I ended up walking behind you as we stepped off the ferry. You with your pink knit cap and hair tucked underneath and cute jeans…but what really caught my eye? Your amazing calves. These weren’t just “Cardio 3x...
The Heineken “Worlds Apart” Ad Raised Flags, Not the Bar
From Fast Company: “Heineken Just Put Out the Antidote to That Pepsi Kendall Jenner Ad” This commercial has been getting a ton of love but honestly I found it problematic. The premise of two people with...
How to Take All My Money
Be an adorable barista who remembers my name. HELLO KITTY HELLO KITTY HELLO KITTY Be a fundraising event or non-profit with a cute queer organizer. Be a POC-owned business in a gentrifying neighborhood. Call me “Miss...
Things I Do At Asian Restaurants That Make My Parents Cringe and Question How I’m Related
Ask for no bean sprouts, eat everything but the bean sprouts and/or pick out every bean sprout and anything resembling a bean sprout. “Mild please.” “No spice.” “Zero stars.” Add the smallest...
The Asian Model Minority Myth and Anti-Blackness
NPR’S CodeSwitch posted an article titled “‘Model Minority’ Myth Again Used As A Racial Wedge Between Asians And Blacks.” The Asian “model minority” myth is harmful in so many ways, and...
Dishes on the Down Low
I’m going to start a service called Dishes on the Down Low. It’ll let you secretly stash your stuff without a trace… You know, for those times when you move in with your girlfriend and you have two of everything...
The Marcher Beside Me
Protests are necessary and important. As I looked at the crowd today, however, I wondered: how many of these white folks choose to have ongoing difficult and uncomfortable conversations with their friends, family and even...
Save Lesbian Bars By Paying Women More
From The New York Times: “I Want My Lesbian Bars Back” Interesting read. The author doesn’t really touch on why lesbian bars are closing though, and not gay bars. Sure, some of it may be cultural but…...
Things You Can Buy For the Same Price As a Sandwich and Latte at Cone & Steiner
A small used car. Dinner for two at Canlis. One year of funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. A 103-square-foot three bedroom condo in South Lake Union. Betsy DeVos’ conscience. Sean Spicer’s credibility....