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1972 South Korea. Black hair and almond eyes and parted lips; impatience intertwined with red blood. It is quiet and you are crying: a baby swaddled in fragmented memories and a mother’s tears. The air is smoky, sweet, sea-foam blue and pearly pink. An attempt to speak leads to a
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I looked at myself, decked out in the same brands that once eluded me, that once wielded such power over me. Is this what made me American?
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I go home every weekend. I get why this can be seen as unusual, weird even. Just because I understand the criticism, though, doesn’t mean I agree with it.
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Follow the guidelines below and I can personally guarantee that upon returning from your family vacation, you’ll only bring back pictures and positive memories.
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When my own body starts to feel less like a home than ever, I will gladly escape into my favorite things for a while.
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It’s been only since arriving in the United States that I’ve subconsciously “Americanized” my name to suit the American English phonetic pronunciation.
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Instead of puncturing a hole through my face, I had to find different ways to get that coming-of-age movie feeling. Something only teenage rebellion gives.
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In my self-imposed isolation, it felt inappropriate to ask for a hand to hold. Growing up in a culture where conversation about emotions were rare, opening that door felt close to impossible.
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Tiger Lily, moved to the city/ She just turned twenty-one. I felt myself freeze when George Ezra’s newest single, “Anyone For You,” first started playing from my Release Radar on Spotify. It was nothing too dramatic — my jaw didn’t drop; my tablet stylus didn’t fall out of my hand;
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As the year comes to an end, I want to take the time to reflect by writing down some pieces of advice that I had been given by my friends and family.
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