This post contains themes of abuse and racism. The other day, I commented on a Twitter mutual’s picture of a bunch of cute brightly colored pens in the stationary section of a store. I commented that I didn’t think that White people understand Asian people’s obsession with cute pens. Then someone replied that my statement …
Tag: Racism
Asian in America
I am so tired of all the anti Asian racism that has been escalating in the last year, and now six Asian women have been shot and killed. With all of the anti Asian racism that has been culminating, this has really been inevitable. The last year Trump and the GOP has been repeating racist …
And they look at me different
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 …
Where are you from?
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 …