I am the daughter of a restaurant owner and a daughter who never really learned how to cook. I grew up with the green and white tiles of our Italian restaurant, weaving in and out of the kitchen as they cranked out cheese pizzas and crab cakes. My mother never liked cooking; she saw it [...]
I think we can all attest that we’ve impulse purchased a piece of clothing that has hung in our closet, tags still on and never worn, only to be discarded months or years later. We have all fallen victim to fast fashion, the relatively new concept that has drastically changed the industry and way consumers [...]
As we scroll through social media, we can observe that the majority of our feed is filled with horrifying news of Asian Americans being attacked across different cities in America. Amid the pandemic, there have been 122 incidents of anti-Asian American hate crimes in 16 of the country’s most populous cities in 2020, an increase [...]
The days seems to last forever, Forever stuck in this dusty old room. Rooming with ghosts and imaginary friends, Friends who only talk to me and not you. You think I'm crazy, Crazy 'cause I'm losing my mind. Mind you I've been stuck inside, Inside this room. Room with absolutely nothing. Memories of hanging out [...]
Spirited away, I'm losing myself the pain in my chest keeps growing. Every twist and turn pull me deeper I'm sinking into the abyss. Darkness swirls around me the only thing in my heart is emptiness. I try to focus but my mind wanders alone in the vast wasteland of my consciousness I try, I [...]
If there has been one phrase that’s stuck with me throughout the pandemic, it’s this: America is full of cultural orphans. I never could place the proper label on myself as the daughter of an Iranian immigrant, a daughter incapable of replicating the basic vowels and sounds of her mother tongue. As many of my [...]
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