CULTURE

HUSTLE CULTURE IS A SCAM

July 05, 2021

me: *tries to relax* my mind: Be productive!... I should be doing something right now...maybe I should learn a new...

#Alina Lam

NORMALIZING WRITING ABOUT YOUR EXES

June 24, 2021

I’ll tell you mine if you tell me yours WEN HSIAO Feature photo adapted from photography by Kaylyn Mok I’ve...

#Wen Hsiao

BOOB JOBS + TAMAGOYAKI: KAWAKAMI'S LESSON ON MOTHERHOOD AND SEXUALITY

June 21, 2021

No matter how uncomfortable the world of these women can be, this excessiveness in oversharing is necessary to illustrate that women can be just as brutish, depressed, and confused as they are sensual, maternal, and sensitive. These characters are alive and can be found just by walking down the street; their identities are not exclusively defined by the perceived attractiveness of their physical self. Kawakami doesn’t want us to just empathize with these women but to deconstruct our previous misconceptions of the modern woman.

#Elaine Lok

HAUS GUESTS: APAHM x MENTAL HEALTH ROUNDTABLE

June 06, 2021

The magic of an AAPI-led community is, in part, that we put each other at the forefront of our work:...

#BOBBLEHAUS

EVERYTHING I'VE DONE EXCEPT MY BACHELOR'S THESIS

June 02, 2021

I can’t help but commit one final act of self-sabotage a la the hare (from the titular fable of ‘The Tortoise and the Hare’).

#Wen Hsiao

WHO IS COMFORT BALL?

May 12, 2021

Who is Comfort Ball? What’s a performative workshop? Will everything be okay?

#Tiffany Lai

THE WOMEN IN MY FAMILY BIRTH THEIR GHOSTS

May 11, 2021

My family's demons, unattended to and uncared for, reproduce themselves generation after generation. And that is why I will never have a child.

#Elizabeth Ruth Deyro

CRACKING WISHBONES WITH MY MOTHER

May 07, 2021

I don’t think she has ever really expected to win.

#Jana Deguzman

THE FIRST THREE MINUTES OF LADY BIRD

May 05, 2021

Of course my mom loves me, but does she like me?

#Wen Hsiao

WELCOME TO THE SUBTLE ASIAN BOOK CLUB

April 30, 2021

Casey Huang interviews Chinese American @twirlingpages and Taiwanese American @readbytiffany, founders of the distinctively approachable @subtleasianbookclub. They discuss thoughtful community-building and the meaning of YA literature in the cultivation of an Asian diasporic consciousness. Plus, see what novels these bookstagrammers recommend.

#Casey Huang

HERE'S TO NEVER GROWING UP

April 13, 2021

So I make do with what I have: an existence that is starting to resemble a role-playing game, where all my interactions only ever require an online persona.

#Angel Martinez

THE NOTION OF NOTION

April 12, 2021

As we’re approaching over a year into the pandemic, I have lost most, if not all, motivation. With that, I have lost touch with the passage of time; my days are bookended with sinks full of dishes, and my months are measured in rent payments.

#Wen Hsiao

SO... NFTs

April 09, 2021

In which Abi mints a Bobblehaus NFT and Wen explains what the hell that means.

#Wen Hsiao

SO MANY MORE OF US NEED HELP

April 01, 2021

When she was 16, Hannah's slam poem "Don't Kill Yourself Today" went viral. Today, lines from her poem are making the rounds on TikTok, being used as an indicator of suicidal ideation.

#Hannah Dains

IT'S TIME WE START PERSONAL "DE-BRANDING"

March 02, 2021

Selfhood may be a process but there’s also some truth in it being a product, and mine has always been for sale

#ANDREA PANALIGAN

THERE'S NO PLACE ONLINE FOR PERFORMATIVE BODY POSITIVITY

February 28, 2021

Believe it or not, this virtual movement has taught us to deal with self-doubt and discrimination, instead of dismantling the social structures that perpetuate them

#Angel Martinez

HOW "YUSHENG" (RAW FISH) MADE US RICHER

January 31, 2021

So when we stood around the table, yelling in unison and wildly tossing that fish salad with chopsticks, we were trying to generate greater wealth.

#Sab

MY LUNAR NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

January 29, 2021

I want to deconstruct the boundaries that have constricted me to the arbitrary rules that forbid me from free expression and exploration.

#Chloe Xiang

“SOCIAL SUICIDE” IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS HIGHLIGHTS A BIGGER PROBLEM: CANCEL CULTURE

January 28, 2021

Instead of instigating more opposition from the accused, the room for growth benefits all. Are we more interested in guilt or growth?

#JENNY RONG

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE FOUNDERS OF "THE MAHJONG LINE"

January 12, 2021

For many people like me, mahjong is more than just a game.

#Justin Ho

WHAT MY DAD TAUGHT ME ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS

December 15, 2020

Growing up, I learned to never receive or give anything less than the love he so willingly showered upon me.

#Angel Martinez

THE ONLY GIFT GUIDE YOU NEED THIS YEAR

December 14, 2020

It’s always “what to buy” and never “what to give” 😪

#Chloe Xiang

PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE THE FUTURE

December 13, 2020

In a time when demographics determine who gets around in this world, the public library’s open-door policy is a compassionate and revolutionary act in itself.