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Skipping the Nasty Parts

I grew up learning how to skip over the nasty parts. My friends didn’t need to know that Mom was doing her absolute best, sharing paychecks between Walmart and Dollar Tree to feed us both something tasty and inventive each night. It wasn’t that I was hiding a part of myself…

When it comes to gender identity, going beyond he/him and she/her pronouns is not something new to our generation, nor is it original to the eurocentric population. There have been…

The first settlers of the U.S.

If I were to ask who discovered America, the common answer people would say is Christopher Columbus. The truth, which is commonly absent in textbooks, is the original settlers are Native Americans. Columbus didn’t discover America as history claims he did, Native Americans…

The Powerful Ideologies from Chinese Kung Fu

Bruce Lee, the Chinese who brought the word “Kung Fu” to the Oxford English Dictionary and the world, and the person who broke the stereotype from western people to Chinese. He had a lot of different titles, including, martial artist, martial art…

Bonfire by Bonfire: Unpacking Dark Souls’ Redemptive Nature

Eliminating the Prejudice against Chinese International Students is Critical

The community I personally perceive myself most clearly at this stage of my life is as a Chinese international student, who has been living in the United States for over 6 years. People from China…

Chinese Females in US Fashion industry: discrimination or “redemption” in the future?

When Angel Chen, a Chinese designer, firstly mentioned the idea of “wear art” and set up her brand ANGEL CHEN in 2014, the whole fashion industry was shocked about the combination of…

Starting Anew as Writers, Artists, and Intellectuals in 1990s China

In the eyes of an outsider who did not live in the mid-late 1990s in China, this period was chaotic, corrupted, and filled with trite ideals. People usually see this era as heavily armored combat vehicles moving…

The Impact of the Outside World on Business Executives

Suster argues that despite the need to listen to your clientele base (which is important), focusing too much on pleasing the outsiders will diminish your company’s progress in reaching a successful plateau. I agree with the author…