My mother is quirky, or maybe I just don’t get her. One year, I asked her what she wanted for Christmas. Despite being mentally prepared for an answer that was painfully practical, I was still shocked to hear that Saran wrap was a top contender. When I asked her what she wanted for Mother’s Day, she told me to get better grades. When she sent her first email in 2009, she shoved … [Read more...] about Visibly Western: Musings from the Sweatshop
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The Cost of My Skyline: A Reflection on Shanghai
Answering where I call home is always tricky. As I say “Shanghai,” rhyming it with an American vernacular to “Slang-high,” I grimace and anticipate the shock. “Wow, your English is really amazing,” is usually the first response. Following a series of “Wow, were you adopted?” or “Did you come here when you were really young?” I finish the song and dance of explaining that … [Read more...] about The Cost of My Skyline: A Reflection on Shanghai
Until the Pink Ribbon, I Wasn’t Aware of Breast Cancer
I was not aware breast cancer existed until I saw your pink ribbon. As Breast Cancer Awareness Month just came to an end, we say goodbye to Halloween and pink ribbon paraphernalia. Pink merchandise, along with no-shave November, the ice-bucket challenge and a host of other forms of activism that generate a visceral response from the public, as I see it, create and sustain a … [Read more...] about Until the Pink Ribbon, I Wasn’t Aware of Breast Cancer
Other Things to Worry about Besides Ebola
If you were a child born in Sierra Leone, there is an 18.2 percent chance that you will not live to blow out five candles on a birthday cake that you most likely do not have access to. That is three to four students in the average class size of 20 students at Pepperdine. If you were born as a woman In Liberia, there would be a one in 24 lifetime chance of you dying in … [Read more...] about Other Things to Worry about Besides Ebola
20 Years Later, ‘Friends’ is Still Relevant
Sick of New Year’s resolutions you cannot keep? Have no fear, for starting Jan. 1, 2015, all 10 seasons and 236 episodes of Friends will be there for you on Netflix. Something tells me that finishing every episode will seem like a doable goal. The appeal of a show like “Friends” is that it is reliably funny and indulges the imagination in trivial concerns of the characters. … [Read more...] about 20 Years Later, ‘Friends’ is Still Relevant