What I love about Sea Sirens: A Trot and Cap’n Bill Adventure (June 11th, 2019/ Viking) is how fun it is. It’s the story of Trot, a young Vietnamese-American who loves to surf but has to take care of her aging grandpa…
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Non-Beach Things to do in Wildwood, NJ
Out of all my friends, I slather on sunscreen the most since I burn easily and so I avoid the beach as much as I can. Last week, I chanced upon Tina’s post on kite festivals around the world and…
Quick and Easy Weekday Meals
While I like take-out as much as the next person, take-out can a toll on my budget and waistline after one meal too many. I got into cooking/baking in middle school when I had a friend who baked a lot…
Happy Mother’s Day (+ Asian-Americans on Their Relationships with Their Moms)
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Amy Tan’s 1989 novel, The Joy Luck Club. When I first read it ten years ago as an angsty teen, I saw it as a reading…
How To Achieve Your Goals When People Tell You No– Kristyn, EM Resident
New year, new goals, am I right? I’m always fascinated by career profiles, especially when they’re featuring women of color and the unique challenges that they’ve had to face so here’s a new series doing exactly that– stories about women…
Ugly Pretty: Articles to Change Your View on Beauty
It’s been a bit of a whirlwind couple of weeks lately with school and life . I’ve been reading a lot of science texts as of late and long-form thought pieces exploring beauty– past the glitz and the glamor, excite…