Category: Musings
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Building Traditions as an Adoptee
A love letter to new traditions and “inauthentic” cuisine. Living abroad during the holiday season is a true test of homesickness. I’ve spent many Thanksgivings and Christmases away from home, video calling late in the evening to tune into my family’s Thanksgiving festivities. The first time I was abroad for the holidays, I had to…
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The Politics of Children: Adoptee Thoughts on Palestine
This year’s Proclamation of National Adoption Month begins, “Children are the kite strings that hold our Nation’s ambitions aloft, and every one of them deserves to grow up in a safe and loving home.” That was this year’s trite introduction—likely written by a Biden staffer—to the laundry list of legislation the Biden Administration has enacted…
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Reflections on 2022
Happy New Year! Every year on January 1st, I receive a letter from my past self. Per the recommendation of Safi, I use a service called FutureMe that sends emails to your inbox in the future. This year’s letter naturally came from January 2022 Me—a version of me still waiting to hear back from job…
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What is Literature?
Half of my grad school experience, so far, has been about asking better questions. In seminar, we tackled this huge question—what is literature? Maybe if I were to ask you this question verbatim, you would answer something like “literature is a story with a beginning, middle, or end,” or maybe you would start telling me…
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On Being a City Person
City living isn’t always as vapid as we make it out to be Tourists. We all gripe about them until it’s our turn to admit that we would actually appreciate a photo of ourselves in front of an attraction. Taking a photo in front of the Statue of Liberty or Big Ben differentiates the experience…
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