Risk Being Seen
I’ve been scared to wear this shirt lately. When I first bought this Phenomenally Asian shirt, I was proud. I wanted to stand in solidarity with a community that I had felt distanced and sometimes excluded from. But now that I’m being heard when there are those who would do a Filipino harm for being Asian.
Creativity and Motherhood My Way
I’ve been thinking a lot about motherhood, mental health, and being Asian-American and how those things affect my creativity. What started out with wondering if I could be a mom and an artist turned into a decade long journey of discovering what my creative blocks are and finding ways to overcome them.
Immigrants, Ancestors, and Bullies
I laughed at Tatay’s seeming attack, but with my Filipino-immigrant-father-trying-to-connect-with-his-daughter ears turned on I responded, “I never told you I was bullied because it wasn’t until I was this age that I finally understood that I was bullied as a kid.”
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