writer. girl mom. Asian-Canadian.

Joined December 2014
Gwen Stefani got very, uh, honest after editor Jesa Marie Calaor asked about the 2008 backlash against the Harajuku Lovers collection. In my 6 years at @Allure_magazine, this might be the strangest celebrity interview we’ve published: allure.com/story/gwen-stefan…
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“According to Dornička, cities are fueled by the listless agony of workers providing services to other workers who barely acknowledge those services.” - #helenoyeyemi, what is not yours is not yours
Your inputs are your outputs, period. Ingest, literally and relationally, what’s good for you. Educating and admitting to yourself what that is, how to change it, and committing to your long health (physical and mental) is the answer to most questions around getting “better”.
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“Our difficulty accepting impermanence is the heart of human suffering.” - @susancain, Bittersweet
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“Losing a child has nothing to do with how much time a parent has already had. - Yiyun Li, Where Reasons End #grief #griefquotes
“If a self is seeking help, is it because it wants to be better at being itself, or being like other people?” - Nikolai in Yiyun Li’s Where Reason Ends
It breaks my heart reading about friends’ experiences with racism but at the same time it feels like a weight lifted off shoulders when we share our stories. Check out this piece from the pov of a brilliant Asian-Canadian writer from East Van #stopAsianhate
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It delights me to think that what feels historical and amazing to us today—a woman sworn in to the vice presidency—will seem normal, obvious, "of course" to Kamala's grand-nieces as they grow up. And they will be right.
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In times of doubt, remember this. Replace rates with values and high with strong, we could be talking about any sort of relationship
Hey, freelancer: It's not that your rates are too high, it's that the client isn't right for you.
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Writers like these 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Happy #ThriftShopDay! 🙌 I'm really excited to be sharing a guest blog with you to celebrate today, written by my super fashion-savvy friend @theMirandaSam! She's sharing 3 ways to #Thrift shop safely (online) during COVID-19: vancouvervogue.com/2020/08/3… #thrifting #thrifted #yvr
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Lowry’s the best 🙌🏼
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Current mood: “I was suffering, but I was also a snob. I wanted to grieve with a certain level of literacy, with analogy and metaphor used in original and poetic ways.” - Hiromi Goto @hinganai
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Starting a #business? Here are some important things to consider before choosing a name via @TheEverygirl_: theeverygirl.com/naming-your…
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Some things never change. #tbt
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Win an epic @hippiesnacks gift basket via #dishedvan @VancityBuzz ow.ly/N7Wh30eznKT RT to enter!
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"One of the things that happens when you givr yourself permission to start writing is that you start thinking like a writer." - @ANNELAMOTT
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