Or at least stop looking at me like I am a great disappointment — It is official: Asian grandmas hate me. Actually, my grandma thankfully loves me. Have you heard of the common stereotype that Asian families are exceptionally hard on their children? I’m lucky enough to say that my parents and my grandma were always very accepting of my decisions, and very supportive of my successes and failures. But I…

My Goal of Breaking Away From Stereotypes Lead to Subconscious Thoughts I Never Wanted — We live in a world where judgments happen in a split second. People watch me — a twenty-something Chinese female — walk down the street, and they’ll immediately make assumptions about what I like, how I speak, my upbringing, and why I’ve made my decisions in life. Everyone seems to…

What I learned from traveling alone in Europe for 3 months — Traveling is great. However, when on longer vacations, traveling can be extremely exhausting — especially if you are trying to optimize your time by packing in as many activities as possible. Being a tourist isn’t easy. You struggle through language barriers, constantly pack and unpack, and you just always seem…

Please explain why can I refuse to donate my organs but cannot stop an unwanted pregancy? — Welcome to the world we live in. The gavel has banged, the dust has settled and now in America, I have more rights over my body as a corpse than I do as a pregnant woman. I wish I could be shocked, but I’m not. I’m appalled, upset, terrified and…

When you aren’t there to defend your words, it becomes someone else’s twisted version — Welcome to the age of the internet. Where your greatest moments and accomplishments can live on forever. Where your mistakes can be deleted but never truly erased. Where nothing is ever dead and gone and buried, because it can always be dug up and then shoved back in your face. …

What is the point of chasing your dreams if you are destroyed in the process? — The bells aren’t only ringing in the new year. They are also ringing in the hustle culture propaganda that will be bursting from professional social media. …

Even for those of us who get tired from running to the bus stop — It’s the time of year we turn on our TVs to see 13-years-olds win Olympic golds, sprints that are over before we finish our two-bite brownies, and triple backflips followed by splits that make it look like they have elastic-band bones. Even for us mere mortals who get tired from…

Putting into perspective extreme wealth inequalities, and Amazon’s economic impact — Most of us are not strangers to the affronted Mid-life crisis. The stereotypes of middle-aged men buying fast cars they cannot afford and pursuing young pretty women they don’t even want, don’t stray too far from reality. And now it appears that there is a new midlife crisis trend for…

Biles’ candid talk about mental health is the inspiration we needed during these Olympic games — It is no surprise that Simone Biles is stealing headlines at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Arguably the Greatest of All Time, the four-time Olympic goal medallist and defending all-around gymnast was one of the faces of this year's Olympics game. By Day 2 of the games, she rewrote the record…