trying to be someone i’m not. Another version of myself lives in a series of pink journals. She never existed in the flesh, and I spent years of my life torturing myself for not embodying her and living her fate. I unwrapped my pastel pink Moleskin journal, reunited with the familiar scent of untouched paper…

“You’re pretty for an Asian.”  At a point in my life, this was the highest praise I thought I could receive. Growing up Asian was something I hated, only because everyone seemed to hate me, too. It was the barricade that hindered me from perpetuating an ultimate beauty, from experiencing ultimate love. All I could…

We’re having an identity crisis. Do you know who pays for it? know thyself: microtrends and media Know thyself— inscribed upon the Temple of Apollo and preached by Socrates, this philosophical maxim has long been upheld by humanity. Even today, self-understanding seems to be the ultimate pursuit, the key to living a meaningful life. Finding…