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Category: Identity

Were you raised by a Narcissist? I was : Part One

Some clues that you were raised by a narcissist: you have low self-esteem, you blame yourself for everything, you feel … More

Healing, Identity, Memoir, Mother, Trauma

Memoir Prose Poem: Runaway Princess

Chocolate milk and cheesecake only for me/pink walls my mother painted all by herself/with a paint roller on a ladder … More

Identity, Memoir, Mother, Poetry

Colorism: Beauty is not what they sold you (haiku)

The propaganda says beauty is white, light skin’s fake barometer. When I was growing up on the East Coast in … More

Colorism, haiku, media, Poetry, programming, Racism, self esteem

Seoul Sister Films: Where are the Asians? Episode Three: Top (Caucasian) Gun 2 (Mandatory Whiteness)

Yes, I’m going to watch Top Gun 2 next summer out of nostalgia (I’m guilty of liking the original film, … More

Identity, media, politics, programming

Poem: “Seoul Sister” Translated (part three)

I’m a Seoul Sister because Koreans see all people as extended family. In Korea elderly people are addressed as Grandmother … More

Identity, Korean American, Poetry, South Korea

Poem: “Seoul Sister” Translated (part two)

I am a Seoul Sister literally born in Seoul, South Korea. If I was born in the North I couldn’t … More

Identity, Poetry, politics, rape culture, South Korea

Poem: Authenticity: If you don’t know what you’re talking about, don’t pretend that you do

1) If you don’t know What you’re talking about Stop pretending you do. You don’t have the authority To speak … More

Entitlement, Identity, own voices, Poetry, politics, programming, Racism

Protected: Poem: Authenticity Rare

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Conspiracy, Identity, Poetry, self esteem

The Irony of Sagging Pants

On my walk to work this morning I saw a man waiting at the pedestrian curb next to me. He … More

Identity, politics, Racism

Protected: Poem: None of your business

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Identity, Poetry, politics, privacy, programming

Poem: Everyday Q & A for Asian American Citizens: Where are you from? Part Two

1)Where are you from? Why do you want to know? 2)Where are you from? I grew up on the East … More

Asian American, Identity, Immigration, Poetry

Poem: Where are you from?: Part One

What does it feel like to belong? Part of the clan Part of the colony. What would it be like … More

Identity, Poetry

Poem: In Lak Ech, Ala Kin (I am another yourself)

Give the world yourself by actually showing up. Show your daring. Share your life evolved stories of live burial survival. … More

Identity, Poetry, Spirituality

Poem: Revolutionaries

I felt I walked out of slavery Brainwash programming abuse Limitations fear of life I felt I walked returning home … More

Poetry

Poem: Yellow Face Rant

(I’ll preface to say this poem is an angry rant against racists not against “white people”. I also advocate for … More

Cloud Atlas, Poetry, Racism, Yellow Face

Protected: Memoir Poem: Literary

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Identity, Poetry

Memoir: The Mystery of Language

In Korea I would blend in physically until I’d have to speak, my accent instantly exposes me as a foreigner. … More

Grandmothers, Identity, Immigration, Korean American, Languages, Memoir, South Korea, Survivor, Trauma

Protected: Memoir : My Scarlet Letter (asian eyelid circumcision)

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Asian American, Creative Nonfiction, Feminism, Identity, Plastic surgery

Recent Posts

  • Poem: They Call It Luciferase March 8, 2021
  • Differentiating what’s real March 7, 2021
  • Poem: All Asians Look Alike to Racists (haiku in 8 stanzas) March 3, 2021
  • Poem: Time is happening (haiku & tanka) + Dissonance short film February 25, 2021
  • Poem: Witch Doctors February 20, 2021
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