WRIT340_Summer2020

Jim Jones, “Never Did 3 Quarters”

Let’s Talk About The Female MCs Who Shaped Hip-Hop

Don’t Drink and Drive

We say it all the time, don’t drink and drive but we tend to do it anyway. I’m guilty of it and plenty of my peers are…

A Stereotype That’s Ok With Me!!

So one of the major stereotypes about black people is that we love chicken. Well guess what? We do…

“The Wrong Body”

“The Wrong Body” presents a beautiful account of being transgender as a lot of different lessons learned through different forms…

Plights of Funny Female

“Plight of the Funny Female” is a relatable blend of personal anecdotes and research that reveals problematic…

Street Smart

The fear of being perceived as ignorant has been a concern of mine since I was little. My father was born and raised in Compton, California and my mother was born in Los Cerritos, Mexico before she immigrated to the United States at the age of four. Both of my parents grew up relatively poor, so when my…

Love Language

When I was about 8 years old, my mom, dad, sister and I traveled from Texas to California to attend a family reunion. We hadn’t seen our family in a very long time, so we were all super excited as we pulled up to my Uncle’s house. My Uncle Lonnell opens the door for us and upon being reunited, he…

Counting Calories

My tummy is bloated. The hard abs that used to live on its surface have disappeared and been replaced by smooshy flesh that…

#foxeye trend

Over recent weeks, a trend has blown up on social media platforms such as Instagram and Tiktok called the “fox eye trend.” Here’s why it’s problematic.

The trend, where its offenders apply makeup and pull the outer edges of their eyes up to create an illusion of slanted…

Let’s talk about the #foxeye challenge

I have my grandmother’s eyes––phoenix eyes.

A New Era for Duplicatures

Where in the world do you think this is?

A Great Reform For Years to Come

On May 25, 2020, a 46-year-old black male named Geroge Floyd was killed by a police officer by suffocation because his knee was pressed on his neck for 7 minutes. The death was viewed by 3 other police officers who watched this tragedy first hand and did nothing to stop…

First, Do No Harm

Doctors take an oath to treat all patients equally, but until we are willing to…

The Importance of Leisure

This essay is more like a personal reflection than a social comment.

I never really treasure my leisure time.

When I am not working or studying, I also feel I am not doing anything productive or important. In one of the calls with…

To Lead or To Create

A Personal Dilemma

Eastern Influences in the West

Avatar the Last Airbender and Dragon Ball Z

Americana is real. Speaking with people from other countries, I’ve always been greeted with their views on Americans based on our popular culture. I hear consistent questions…

Woman and Age

女性的年龄 （Women’s Age）

“我从男人眼睛里 (From men’s eyes)

发现了 (I discovered)

一个万劫不复的数字 (A number that’s doomed eternally)

充满死亡欲的数学” (Dreadful math)

— — 伊蕾 (Yi Lei)

Reflecting on 2020 so FAR

The Good and The Bad

We don’t get to define them as wrong.

“But she cannot hear my guilt, so she cleans just one small patch of me before preparing my blood for needle puncture, before she prepares my blood for analysis, before she prepares my blood to know what letters I am.”

“Ghost Girl”

The door to my grandma’s apartment in Hong Kong opens wide. I haven’t visited in years, and amongst a flurry of greetings from my…

The Specter of DPS

I attended the on-campus protests this past week, with the intention of expressing my support for the Black Lives Matter…

Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” and happiness

Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” presents an intellectual dialogue between Plato and his student, Glaucon, when Glaucon questions his mentor’s teaching methods. The purpose of the allegory was to compare the “effect of education and the lack of it on our…