by Jenn | Dec 30, 2019 | Asian American Identity, Podcast
Episode Recap: Aunties JDF and Virginia sound off about the important things to do before you turn 25. How to step outside of your comfort zoneThe surprising benefits of living aloneHow to keep money out of the hands of old white menWhy I still can’t watch The...
by Jenn | Dec 26, 2019 | Asian American Identity
A couple months ago, one of the Mochi staff members posted in our team Slack:’ “I’m turning 22 next week. Aunties, any advice for me?” Whoooooof. That’s a full decade younger than me. It took me a minute to even remember being 22. But once I thought about it, I...
by Jenn | Aug 12, 2019 | Asian American Identity
I’ve always had a beef with Remy from Ratatouille. His mantra, “Anyone can cook,” is meant to be empowering, but I find it a bit discouraging. If anyone can cook, why should I bother? (I should note that as a Four in the Enneagram personality typing...
by Jenn | Jun 4, 2019 | Asian American Identity, Web Design
The History of PAAC Shortly after the 2016 presidential election, writer Liz Lin published an essay titled, “The Loneliness of the Progressive Asian American Christian.” At the end she linked to a new Facebook group for Progressive Asian American...
by Jenn | Feb 5, 2019 | Asian American Identity
You would think it would be hard to forget that I’m not white. I’m a Chinese-American woman, born, raised and educated in the Midwest. I was one of maybe a dozen Asian students in my high school graduating class of 400. I didn’t have a single Asian(-American) teacher...
by Jenn | Jan 14, 2019 | Asian American Identity
h/t my pal Chris Paek for the genius wordplay “As I Am” You would think that being an Asian American writer would come naturally to me. After all, my parents are Taiwanese immigrants, l was born and raised in the U.S., and I write things. But accepting...
by Jenn | Apr 18, 2018 | Asian American Identity
I was born, raised, educated, married, and churched in the Midwest, where Asian-American representation is…rather sparse, to say the least. For a long time, I didn’t notice the lack of representation or think that it mattered. Growing up in a Chinese immigrant...
