Gender Theory and the Life of a Trans Girl
Warning, this post contains themes of Mental Health. Going to the Partial Hospitalization Program has really got me looking into myself a lot and addressing a lot of the trauma that I have had in my life. It had lead me to express my trauma in many different ways. These three poems were written when …
I grew up being horrible at languages. English classes in the US and Korean classes in Korea both have been very difficult to me. Writing was especially difficult. I would stay up late multiple nights to be able to write very basic essays. Throughout my adult years, I have been doing a lot of growing. …
Warning, this post contains themes of Mental Health. Today is the last day of my medical leave, and it has been a long journey. For the longest time I have had passive suicidal thoughts. Passive suicidal thoughts as in feeling like if something were to happen to me, it would be okay. During the pandemic …
Warning, this post contains themes of Mental Health. This particular day in Art Therapy, the prompt was to express one of the Personal Bill of Rights. I chose to draw a snowflake to express number 12. “I have the right to be uniquely myself.” I think that one right stood out to me because of …
Warning, this post contains themes of Mental Health. One of the things that we have been doing in the Partial Hospitalization Program was Art Therapy. I found art therapy to be very soothing and healing. It helped me escape all my stress, anxiety and depression. I took the art prompts and attempted to put my …
I cringe every time someone asks me this question. And it happens a lot on a regular basis. How am I supposed to answer this question? I have now lived in Seattle for 7 years. Does that give me permission to say that I am from Seattle? Seattle is a city filled with people from …
I was talking to a friend of mine who is a white passing person of color and we got into the topic of if white passing people of color are also people of color? First of all, yes. All white passing people of color are still people of color. So what then does it mean …
I hate the word perfectionist. When people use the term it is almost always some sort of humble brag about themselves being too perfect. “I have to make sure all the items are aligned down to the pixel” or “I haven to double check to make sure all the spelling and grammar is always correct.” …
Trigger Warning: Depression, Anxiety COVID-19 and quarantine has been very difficult for a lot of people, me included. I have been having a difficult time with the lack of structure in my life. The lack of structure has been making it difficult to take my meds regularly, and at one point I have been taking …
Happy Lunar New Year! And it is Lunar New Year and not Chinese New Year. This is one of those things that bother me a lot. These days Korean culture has spread far and wide. There is Gangnam Style, BTS, other K-pop groups, and Korea Dramas. Kia and Hyundai are both no longer produce cheap …