At The Table
Our dining room table is falling apart. That may come as a surprise, as no one would expect anything wrong with it.
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our literature
Vien Santiago
Nov 235 min read
filling out the UC application during karaoke night
Over the last couple of days, I had to learn how to sound like myself in an application without sounding too much like myself.
Vien Santiago
Nov 236 min read
I Am Not Your Perfect Filipino Son
Filipino American History Month means a lot more than just reflecting on our collective past.
Vien Santiago
Nov 235 min read
"i wanna watch Past Lives again"
Vien’s dive into his past lives during June and July
Vien Santiago
May 73 min read
but will mine?
starring Vien Santiago in a conversation with himself (and incidentally, the rest of the young world).
Hannah Govan
Jan 272 min read
Gold Mango
Illuminated by this golden haze, the highest peaks of my scarred face meet the syrupy light first like honey dripping over pancakes...
Aubrey Meiling
Nov 3, 20233 min read
Ripe
I always loved being a girl, but I think I’ll always feel reluctant to be a woman.
Anuva Chowdhury
Nov 3, 20233 min read
5 reasons i hated therapy
When my therapist diagnosed me with depression, it surprised everyone but me.
Aileen Pradhan
Nov 3, 20233 min read
The Recipe for Connection
Cooking with family as the most tangible connection to Aileen's Newar heritage.
Aubrey Meiling
Oct 7, 20232 min read
Losing Her
This entire summer I’ve woken up in my childhood bed, rummaging through my mind for a piece of the person I used to be.
Anuva Chowdhury
Jul 27, 20234 min read
Understanding language (and language barriers) in relation to the LGBTQ+ Community
A look at how mainstream LGBTQ+ activism often caters to "first world" English-speaking audiences and the pitfalls of language in allyship.
Hannah Govan
Jul 13, 20236 min read
When I met you in the Summer
2022, a summer of meeting an online friend for the first time
Chloe Mau
Jul 12, 20232 min read
Plants of Retaliation and Serenity
"'Because no one else does what I do,' answered my grandpa in Cantonese when I asked him why, out of all hobbies, he chose horticulture."
Angel Liang
Jul 9, 20233 min read
The Summer Before Freshman Year
Most of all, I want to be with you, if this is truly the last summer we will have together.
Li Yin
Jun 27, 20232 min read
Transitions
God’s hands on the clock hold onto the past like an elegy and reach into the future like a battle cry.
Isabelle “Billy” Agustin
Jun 27, 20233 min read
Why do we Romanticize Resilience?
This is a practical ideology for those in power, weaponized against the helpless.
Chloe Mau
Jun 25, 20231 min read
Sweet and Simple
I was 10 years old when I first visited Japan. As I rode a local train passing by the meager, quiet off-roads of suburban Japan, I felt a...
Chris Fong Chew
Jun 23, 20231 min read
Love Letter to Boston
To the strange and funny places I end up calling home... You were the city I didn’t know I wanted, the city I didn't know I needed.
Jennifer Vu
Jun 19, 20232 min read
The Black Box
"Our parents came to America with a black box over their heads," my sister told me.
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