WP3: The Untold Story of Restaurant Kids

WP3: Growing Up With Studio Ghibli

Having lived in Japan for my whole life, I grew up watching the renowned Studio Ghibli films. Ever since I was in elementary school, I was mesmerized by the films’ attention to detail through hand-drawn animations, which in effect makes everything more relatable and…

WP3: Hollywood’s Asian Girl

INTRODUCTION

Getting into USC’s film school brought with it equal parts excitement and dread. As a long-time enthusiast of all things movies and television, I fell hopelessly in love with Hollywood at a young age. But as I grew up, I was forced to…

WP3: Insert Username Here: Presentation, Identity, and Expression Online

If you could be someone different, who would you be? No matter who you are, you’ve probably had an impulse to experiment with your identity. The easiest way to do this, in my opinion, is by lying online.

Diving into the Riptide

Before we start, a general content warning and preamble: Firstly, this essay is about sex, intimacy, body image and…

WP3: What’s Yours is Mine, What’s Mine is Yours

WP3: A Critique Of The Gender Binary

Divergence from the gender binary has long been a taboo within mainstream Western culture, but…

WP 3 On personal writing: “Don’t you know that you’re toxic?”

Habitus, “trick mirrors,” and toxic practices in reflective writing — fostering and stunting enriching experiences

WP2: Bi Wife Energy IRL

Tiktok has seemed to pervade the general consciousness. Sounds, dances, and even words from tiktok are ingrained into…

WP3: The Impossible Beauty Standard

TW: Eating Disorders