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  • Adult Story Hour: Growing Pains

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    I began to notice it when I would walk home from school. It was springtime and afternoons would always get a light afternoon shower and leave sidewalks with puddles of rainwater. I would walk the 13 minutes from North Middle School to my house and it was largely uneventful until I started to notice I’d…

  • Loneliness

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    I’ve mentioned in my past posts about how I don’t have many friends here in Austin yet and how I’m still searching for my friend group. It’s pretty safe to say that I’ve been lonely here in Austin. It’s not just Austin through, I’ve experienced loneliness for the majority of my life. In second grade,…

  • Mobility Justice

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    I’ve been using biking as a method of commuting and transportation for nearly 5 years now. I started in college when I didn’t have a car and, to be honest, I really only brought my bike to campus because it seemed like that’s just what you do. I didn’t think I’d really end up using…

  • When do you feel home?

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    Bottom of Form When do you feel home? Posted on September 29, 2019 by Laura Morrison Pibel I’ve been in Austin for nearly two months and I can say I think I’ve gotten into a rhythm. A Regular Day I wake up usually around 5:30 and go for a run. I want to actually train…

  • Why It Matters That ‘Emily Doe’ in the Brock Turner Case Is Asian-American

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    I want to share some articles about Chanel Miller who was ‘Emily Doe’ from the Brock Turner, Stanford rapist case, as they really have impacted me. One of my Electronic Art projects from college was about the hypersexualization of Asian women that results in sexual violence.  – ‘It Will Always Be a Part of My…

  • “We can’t take it anymore” – On Hong Kong

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    Featured image by: user/AznSW/ Literally it translates to “Hong Kong Add Oil!” Add oil is a Hong Kong English expression used as encouragement and support. It can be roughly translated as “Go for it”.Lawrence and Season Lee were marching on a highway with their 3-year-old daughter, who tottered along in pink galoshes. Mr. Lee said…

  • Settling In

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    I have been in Austin for one week and one day and I have a lot of thoughts so far. First, it’s hot. I came during the record hot week with every day being over 100 degrees. But it’s not like hell or anything. It’s humid but absolutely fine. I guess it’s to be expected…

  • Part V – No one can be authentically human while they prevents others from being so

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    This is Part V of a series. Read Intro | Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV I don’t really know how to end this because it’s far from over. This series has energized me but also exhausted me. In some ways, it has proved an educational distraction because I can…

  • PART IV: The cycle of racism throughout history often repeats itself

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    Sinophobia, Orientalism, and the “perpetual foreigners” Before I jump into all the historical atrocities the US has done to my people, I need to define some key concepts about the racism that Chinese people experience. These concepts are Orientalism, Sinophobia, and the “perpetual foreigner.” Orientalism Edward Said wrote a book called Orientalism in 1978. If…

  • PART III: Our acts are justified because we say they are evil

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    This is Part III of a series. Read Intro | Part I | Part II | Part IV | Part V The White/Western Hegemony Philosopher John Locke and a wood graving of white trader inspecting an African slave during a sale circa 1850 “White supremacy is not merely the work of hotheaded demagogues, or a…