Photo by Ash Fuentes By Ash Fuentes Maybe my whole life runs on “Filipino Time” because I am quite late to everything. In ways that are literal and metaphorical, I am always late. Sometimes I’ll be the first to arrive at a place, other times I won’t get into the shower until thirty minutes before…… Continue reading White Rabbit
Category: Essay
Good Day Defined
Photo by Tracy Fuentes & Kleigh Balugo By Tracy Fuentes High school me believed that in order for a day to be categorized as good, something really great had to happen: my crush talking to me, an A on a math test, winning a debate round. By this definition, a good day was rare, and…… Continue reading Good Day Defined
Girls Like Me: Finding a Cure for Yellow Fever
Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Kleigh Balugo I walk through H-Mart scavenging the shelves for snacks that remind me of home and my childhood. Trader Joe’s mochi ice cream just doesn’t cut it anymore. Across from me I see a group of white teenage girls in head to toe Brandy Melville, laughing and stuffing their…… Continue reading Girls Like Me: Finding a Cure for Yellow Fever
Kim Gordon and Hope Sandoval
Photo by Dylan Delaney By Isabel Cruz If you’d like to know where I am, I‘ll most likely be in my car, on my way to see loved ones. Some months, I can be found in Northern California where my family resides, and some weeks, when I am not up north, you can find me…… Continue reading Kim Gordon and Hope Sandoval
An Ode to My Very Asian Teenage Years
Photo by Silvana Smith By Francesca Bernardino Admittedly, I’m one of those people whose hometown is a major pillar of their personality. I love telling people I meet that I’m from Vegas, and I take a certain joy in explaining how I don’t actually live on The Strip (but practically everything in the city is…… Continue reading An Ode to My Very Asian Teenage Years
Home is in the Heart
Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Kristen Del Pilar As dinner comes to an end and the conversation trickles to a stop as we all sip our coffee, I think about what a wonderful, beautiful thing it is to have people who will accommodate you, even when you say you don’t love them, even when you…… Continue reading Home is in the Heart
Revisiting An Old Favorite
Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Tracy Fuentes If you knew me in middle school, you probably know that I was obsessed with the one and only Hunger Games trilogy. I devoured the books once the series popped up on my radar via Tumblr. I went to the premiere of the first movie, going so far…… Continue reading Revisiting An Old Favorite
Side Character Syndrome
Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Kleigh Balugo Why don’t main characters in teen movies ever look like me or my friends? This is a genuine question I have. When I was younger I didn’t understand that the lack of representation for Asians and other POC in the media was rooted in racism. I didn’t think…… Continue reading Side Character Syndrome
Losing Oneself And The Journey Back Home
Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Vinh Tran You’re drowning, you’re falling, you’re going deeper and deeper–but to where? You’re not breathing but you’re not suffocating, you’re plummeting but you’re not reaching a descent. What’s happening? It’s like the environment around you is both nothing and everything at the same time, like television static. It’s a…… Continue reading Losing Oneself And The Journey Back Home
Nostalgia Mix
Photo by Francesca Bernardino By Francesca Bernardino High school was rap and R&B and bedroom pop; the summers between these school years are immortalized in radio-friendly indie (think “Electric Feel” by MGMT or any Phoenix song ever), and middle school was the infamous Arctic Monkeys slash Lana Del Rey slash The 1975 era. Every major…… Continue reading Nostalgia Mix
Kindergarten 