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Love Yourself
Mon Liew
Do you take my work, patience, and kindness for granted because I’m Asian?
There are names for the struggles Asian Americans share: the perpetual foreigner syndrome, the model minority myth, and for Asian American women, oriental fetishism and white sexual imperialism. As a Thai woman in the...
Guest Writer
How I found my inner peace – step by step
Many years ago, a friend of mine asked me if I had ever considered doing yoga or looking at meditation while discussing my constantly buzzing mind that led to insomnia and panic attacks. Shortly after, I found that my...
Tara Footner
Nobody can call ‘dibs’ on beauty standards
Re-discovery of Korean Beauty Brands On a blazing hot day in Southern California, my friends and I strolled down a pathway surrounded by stores such as the pink-decorated Victoria’s Secret and See’s Candies, where...
Vi Nguyen
Dear Asian women, you’re not bad if you don’t get married.
[agg-ad id=”14519″ align=”left”] South China Morning Post (“SCMP”) recently discussed the declining marriage rate in Hong Kong in an article called, “This is Hong Kong: no time for...
Youjin Lee
Letter to a girl who was me
Ever wish you could’ve told your younger self a few things to spare the headaches and heart breaks? If you’re young and bright-eyed, here are a few key things an older you might want to advise you on. Dear Me, If...
Shakila Rajendra
Mother and child, can they really be separated?
Most of the mothers I meet at our counseling center are plagued with concerns, just as any ordinary Korean mother would be. They are stressed about their husbands, kids or in-laws. Sometimes their own mothers are the...