Escaping white validation
Cal in Color
Though I have been able to leave behind much of my need for white validation, my discomfort with the feeling of never fully fitting in remains.
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I’m over Silicon Valley patriarchy
Head in the Cloud
Break rooms at tech offices are furnished with foosball, pingpong and billiards tables –– almost as though they’re man caves.
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Test tubes and makeup rules
A Modern Feminist?
We have been taught to think, from a very young age, that an intelligent person, a scientist, looks a certain way, which often isn’t very feminine.
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Pass the sugar
Sex on Tuesday
Being a sugar baby goes beyond just superficial beauty. It’s almost a talent, a display of confidence, to capitalize on men’s desires to fulfill a “daddy” or protector role.
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Under the influence
LGBTea
Of course, I wouldn’t want kids to suffer the lack of LGBTQ+ influencers I experienced. But closeted kids need better role models that will help them embrace their identities.
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What’s up, teacher?
Cal in Color
On the first day of class, my professor explained that he’s done drugs and has had multiple wives, and ergo, should be deemed “cool and hip” in our eyes.
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Life in incognito
Head in the Cloud
When I passed through that Amazon Go market, there was such little interaction between me and the world that the entire experience felt illusory.
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True colors of performative Western feminism
A Modern Feminist?
As feminism becomes increasingly performative, “activism” becomes no more than passively liking or re-sharing a post.
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One step a-head
Sex on Tuesday
If his head game is weak, he better believe I’ll be matching it, and if his head game is nonexistent, as is often the case, mine will be, too.
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Lap dancing with the devil
LGBTea
Being in an environment that actively undermines your identity can cause so much angst and dread that the only solution is to escape.
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