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...
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...
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…...
Women’s History Month: Senator Kamala Harris
Senator Kamala Harris could leave me on read at 1:30 and text at 9:46 and I would reply at 9:45. “Harris was the first woman, the first Jamaican American, the first Asian American and the first Indian American attorney...
When You Have an Asian Eye Doctor
Doctor: “Any changes to your close vision?” Me: “Do you mean, do I have to bring things closer to see?” Doctor: (laughs) “Nah, I mean do you have to hold it far away…like can you still see the...
The Next Person to Assume I Don’t Speak English…
The next person to assume a) I don’t speak English or b) I’m automatically related to/associated with any other Asians within a 50 foot radius gets a roundhouse to the face…Mortal Kombat style.