Lately, I’ve become unsentimental about the articles of clothing in my closet. If I haven’t worn it in a year, I like to think that I don’t really need it taking up space and gathering dust. I didn’t used to be this way, but my exploding closet has forced me to re-evaluate my hoarder tendencies, […]
My mother, like a lot of second-generation Tsinoys, was raised in a very conservative Chinese household, where one of the basic tenets of Neo-Confucian philosophy is absolute obedience to one’s parents. My mother, a dutiful daughter, followed this tradition, though it is one that was observed willingly. It is tradition after all, and to her […]
In January, Celine Medina and I planned a shoot around the female gaze. Celine is a photographer who I met on Twitter. She had placed an open call for collaborations, so I responded. We then followed each other on Twitter and expressed our mutual desire to work together. We finally met on Feb. 17 to […]