Trolls: Gender, Race & Xenophobia
When trolls can't come up with a decent argument to defend their point of view, this is how they attack. ✔️ First, they attack your gender. ✔️ Second, they attack your race. ✔️ Third, they add...
View ArticleThese Are a Few of My Favorite Tweets
The very nature of Twitter is that tweets roll by and then disappear -- or, rather, get hidden by a mountain of more recent tweets. These are some of the tweets that I would like to remember.
View ArticleBut the ‘Little Girls’ Understand: Thank you #BTS ARMY
A long time ago, the Knack released an album called "But the Little Girls Understand." All the a-holes who make fun of girls for the music that they like and the boys whom they admire, well, it just...
View ArticleRap Monster Article &“Friends” Giveaway
This is for the A.R.M.Y! I wanted to do something fun and special for you... and this is my (small) way of thanking you: I am giving away some copies of my newspaper article and a copy of my book about...
View ArticleSon of Jae
Sometimes I get the best surprises. On Twitter, an artist named Hobi took the time to make these adorable drawings of my son and send them to me. (I am displaying them here with her permission.)
View ArticleKyle vs. Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry -- you are costing me a small fortune. But as long as you continue to be a good role model for my kid, I'm OK with that.
View ArticleThe Lesson of Logan Paul
White men have been preternaturally obsessed with trying to emasculate Asian men since forever. I want my Asian-American son to know: It is their issue to deal with. Not yours.
View ArticleDude Bros vs. Asian Men
I do believe that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. But it's clear that for many people, who say these offensive things, they refuse to see beauty in men who they view as inferior. More than a...
View ArticleYour being white doesn’t make your adopted children white by osmosis
Not too long ago, I fell down and ripped the top layer of skin off my knee. As the wound started to heal, the scab, too, started to fall off. But enough of it was still dangling from my knee to be...
View ArticleFor the love of baseball
I spent a good chunk of my youth at Wrigley Field. One of my brother's first jobs as a teenager was as an Andy Frain usher at Wrigley Field. Back then, you could always get into see a Cubs game. But as...
View ArticleChink Bitch
Many years ago, the road manager for a very famous band called me a chink bitch and waited for me to go away. I'm still here.
View ArticleBTS: Boys to Men
I cringed at the way Vogue infantilized BTS by referring to the musicians repeatedly as as “boys.” The youngest member is 20. The eldest is 25. They are old enough to vote and serve in the military....
View ArticleMarai Nagasu: Did You Know You’re an Immigrant?
Do you think it's appropriate to refer to a person who was born in the United States as an "immigrant"? Yeah, me neither.
View ArticleFor Kyle: Son of Jae
When my son was a baby, it seemed as if there were 40 hours in a day. But, as a friend told me, when you are raising a small child, the days are long, but the years go by so quickly. This has been so...
View ArticleMother’s Day 2018
So, I didn't get a kimchi fridge for Mother's Day. But, my kiddo knows me so well. I love to organize and contain. He bought me new canisters for my baking supplies.
View ArticleSay My Name: Who’s Your Fave K-Drama “Jae-Ha”?
My named isn't uncommon in Korea. But, as you can imagine, I never had to worry about a classmate sharing my first name after we immigrated to Chicago. On the other hand, whenever my friends and I went...
View ArticleCan you ever be too old for K-Pop?
A month ago, KPop For Thought contacted me, asking if I would like to answer a question for her online newsletter about K-Pop. And this is the question she sent me: "I always see you bonding with your...
View ArticleHanging Onto Childhood “Clutter”
I am an anti-hoarder who has no use for a lot of "things." But, I will never turn down old family photos. The memories that are tied to them are things that money and "experiences" can't replace.
View ArticleTrolls: Gender, Race & Xenophobia
When trolls can't come up with a decent argument to defend their point of view, this is how they attack. ✔️ First, they attack your gender. ✔️ Second, they attack your race. ✔️ Third, they add...
View ArticleBut the ‘Little Girls’ Understand: Thank you #BTS ARMY
A long time ago, the Knack released an album called "But the Little Girls Understand." All the a-holes who make fun of girls for the music that they like and the boys whom they admire, well, it just...
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