Ripe
I always loved being a girl, but I think I’ll always feel reluctant to be a woman.
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our literature
Anuva Chowdhury
- Nov 3
- 3 min
5 reasons i hated therapy
When my therapist diagnosed me with depression, it surprised everyone but me.
Aileen Pradhan
- Nov 3
- 3 min
The Recipe for Connection
Cooking with family as the most tangible connection to Aileen's Newar heritage.
Aubrey Meiling
- Oct 7
- 2 min
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
- 4 min
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
- 6 min
When I met you in the Summer
2022, a summer of meeting an online friend for the first time
Chloe Mau
- Jul 12
- 2 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 3 min
Why do we Romanticize Resilience?
This is a practical ideology for those in power, weaponized against the helpless.
Chloe Mau
- Jun 25
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 2 min
The Black Box
"Our parents came to America with a black box over their heads," my sister told me.
Angel Anjie Liang
- Jun 19
- 2 min
Endless Possibilities
Standing on the cusp of a vital transition, you're sometimes so swamped with possibilities that you forget what is real.
Aubrey Meiling
- Jun 10
- 4 min
A Strong Woman
A personal narrative about what it means to be called a 'strong woman', particularly in China.
Aubrey Meiling
- May 14
- 4 min
Perpetual Foreigner
We often focus on the white man's assumption of being a foreigner in America, but never on the perpetual foreigner's search for each other.
Aubrey Meiling
- Apr 23
- 3 min
Lucky Baby
Who knew that the gift of luck would be accompanied by so many unknowns—definitely not the elderly church ladies.
Hannah Govan
- Mar 28
- 6 min
Dear Mr. Elephant
"My Dad’s experiences as a migrant father were not taken seriously unless his criticisms were proofread by his pre-adult daughter"
Autumn McIntyre
- Mar 27
- 2 min
To My Grandfather
You lived through the Japanese Imperial Rule and the Chinese Civil War. But a heart attack was enough to take you down.
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