5 Advantages Of Developing A More Assertive Communication Style
It’s okay to be an assertive woman. Growing up, I was told that women should be quiet, kind, and feminine. I was raised in an Asian-American household that can sometimes […]
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I Got Off The Pill After Taking It For Over A Decade—Here’s What Happened
When I first got on birth control, I didn’t even have my driver’s license yet. I was a 15-year-old who suffered from severe cramps—so bad that I once ended up […]
5 Heartwarming Movies That Depict Female Friendships
Leading Ladies Front And Center Back in the day, women in movies were typically The Love Interest or The Side Character. Fast forward to today, and we—thankfully—have wonderfully complex women […]
Why Social Awareness And Empathy Take Constant Work
Empathy is a lifelong process. Anyone who knows me knows I’m an outspoken feminist. But once upon a time, I scratched my head and questioned why we needed feminism. “Shouldn’t […]
An Exploration on Softness and Femininity: The paintings of Margaret Zox Brown [Bellus Magazine]
Margaret Zox Brown’s oil paintings are reminiscent of the lushness and grandeur of spring. Think large canvases adorned with soft, sweeping colors and rounded edges. The Manhattan-based, born and raised […]
Chapbook: Existing In Between (very very small press, March 2018)
Existing In Between: Essays on Love, Trauma, Identity, Race and Intersectional Feminism CHAPTERS (1) Stranger Danger (Prologue) (2) My Life Is A Sitcom (3) One Love: Liberation Co-opted (4) […]
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