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...
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.
Anthem of Aging Asian Lesbians
Of my mortifying revelations in 2016, this might be the winner.
Coming Out Week: Hiccup’s Story
For Coming Out week, I wanted to share not just my own coming out story but a video (see below) about love and acceptance, especially with the cultural challenges Asian LGBTQ individuals face in coming out to their families. I am...
I, Queer: 8 Things I’ve Actually Said on Dates
Sometimes to move forward you have to look back. Here are words that actually came out of my mouth as a woman-dating woman. 1. “I did not dress up on a Saturday night just to eat at The Pita Pit.” I stubbornly waited outside in...