Have you ever been waiting for the bus, sitting in a café, on a promising date, or checking out in a very sketchy Walgreens, and then suddenly like vomit, someone erupts with that seemingly harmless question…”What Are You?”. Well, SAME. Feelings on feelings on feelings begin to boil; anger, sadness, perhaps even humor. Do you […]
Month: July 2017
In 2015, The Rap Year Book was released chronicling the evolution of rap from 1979 – 2014, highlighting the most influential song from every year and written by the hysterical Shea Serrano. It included giants like Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Notorious B.I.G., N.W.A. but also shone newer talent with Big Sean, Macklemore and Rich […]
Karen O and the Evolution of Asian American Identity
As a child growing up in Hawai’i, the term “closed off” was an understatement. My island bubble, the capitol of both slipper-wearing and of Asian and Polynesian dominance; fighting the juxtaposition of being a part of the United States and somehow existing culturally separate for so long, perhaps (definitely) led to my teenage-Asian American-Pacific Islander […]