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tiger kings and tiger mothers

tiger kings and tiger mothers

I’m finally ready to talk about Atlanta

culturejayemseyApril 6, 2021Atlanta, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Crazy Rich Asians, Isla Vista, school shootings, mass shootings, gun control, gun violence, Black Lives Matter, racism, sexism, misogyny, fetishization, grief, Gummo, Harmony Korine, Jacob Reynolds, Nick Sutton, Jacob Sewell, Chloë Sevigny, Minari, America, American Dream, Americans, The Joy Luck Club, stories, Oriental, Dragon Lady, tiger mom, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, history, perpetual foreigner, Maggie Q, Nikita, Tiger King, Steven Yeun, The New York Times, Byrdie, sexual assault, sex trafficking, catcalling, The Onion, empathy, The Atlantic, Anne Anlin Cheng, Faith Xue, Chinese, Chinese-American, Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese food, Museum of Chinese in America, #StopAsianHate, TikTok, Chinatown, This Land Is Your Land, Asian AmericanComment

the social distancing activity playbook: a practical guide to surviving pandemic boredom 😷🏠

the social distancing activity playbook: a practical guide to surviving pandemic boredom 😷🏠

A comprehensive library of fun and creative social distancing activities, updated daily

lifejayemseyMarch 19, 2020COVID-19, coronavirus, social distancing, social isolation, flatten the curve, quarantine, pandemic, MIT, Khan Academy, freeCodeCamp, Ivy League, learning, language, Codecademy, Skillshare, MasterClass, TEDx, The Infographics Show, The Take, Now You See It, Pop Culture Detective, Kurzgesagt, Wireless Philosophy, wikiHow, Reddit, The Guggenheim, British Museum, Museé d'Orsay, The Louvre, J. Paul Getty Museum, national park, Google, New England Aquarium, Oculus, Google Cardboard, Google Earth, virtual reality, SiriusXM, Ultra Music Festival, live streaming, NPR, Nowadays, Seattle Symphony, Berliner Philharmoniker, The Metropolitan Opera, LA Art Book Fair, the skint, The Outline, Global Citizen, adoption, Brooklyn Animal Action, animal shelter, Direct Relief, food bank, Meals on Wheels, Red Cross, Charity Navigator, recipes, baking, Bon Appétit, Claire Saffitz, Chopped, FoodPornDaily, MyFridgeFood, The Basically Guide to Better Baking, meal prep, milk bath, photography, photoshoot, food styling, Apartment Therapy, Architectural Digest, Art for Kids hub, Bob Ross, Netflix, Hulu, SuperColoring, bullet journal, lettering, writing, journaling, microjournaling, crafting, friendship, Just Good Shit, Mye De Leon, Lauren Hom, #HOMwork, Jennet Liaw, Jen Mussari, Colin Tierney, Gia Graham, Jackie Rivera, Blogilates, Yoga With Adriene, Barry's Bootcamp, Lululemon, KonMari, Zoom, FaceTime, Drink Talk Learn, Netflix Party, Kast, Facebook, Words With Friends, The New York Times, crossword, Sudoku, Sporcle, Wikipedia, Spotify, stories, TikTok, Google Hangouts, oral history, Headspace, meditation, Monterey Bay Aquarium, BigPuzzle, Madeon, Porter Robinson, hygge, Rainy Mood, jazz, waterfall, beach, lava lamp, lofi hip-hop radio, ChilledCow, Derry Girls, PEN15, Dead to Me, Love Is Blind, Love is Quarantine, Google Docs, Instagram, NYPL, Kindle, Serial, Criminal, S-Town, Small Town Murder, Someone Knows Something, Keepin’ It 1600, The NPR Politics Podcast, Radio Free GOP, The Sporkful, The Splendid Table, America’s Test Kitchen Radio, Bon Appétit Foodcast, Feast Meets West, The Watch, Popcast, The SRSLY Podcast, 2 Dope Queens, 1619, Switched On Pop, Black Men Can’t Jump in Hollywood, How I Built This, Stuff You Should Know, Planet Money, 99% Invisible, Freakonomics Radio, Hidden Brain, Radiolab, Ethics Bites, If I Were You, Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, skincare, Korean skincare, Sephora, Ulta, SokoGlam, Allure, Marie Claire, Vogue, gratitude, Wuhan, China, vaccines, Singapore, data, contact tracing, Venice, self-optimization, Always Be Optimizing, guide, how to, Binging With Babish, moviesComment

on art and its existence in isolation

on art and its existence in isolation

On International Women’s Day, a critical look at the cultural implications of art after #MeToo

culturejayemseyMarch 8, 2020Gretchen Carlson, Fox News, #MeToo, rice bunny, China, sex education, South Korea, France, sexism, Japan, Droga5, art, sexual assault, Minute Thoughts, ethical consumption, Time's Up, cultural legacy, Woody Allen, Manhattan, American Beauty, misogyny, Claire Dederer, The Paris Review, president, Surviving R. Kelly, Leaving Neverland, Wild Wild Country, The Interpreter, true crime, context, abuse, Hollywood, Last Tango in Paris, Bernardo Bertolucci, Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman, Kill Bill, Stanley Kubrick, Shelley Duvall, The Shining, Netflix, Nanette, Hannah Gadsby, Picasso, Vox, aesthetics, Jeet Heer, Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, A.O. Scott, films, The L.A. Times, Japanese internment, Warner Brothers, Looney Tunes, Carl Andre, Ana Mendieta, LA, celebrities, Michael Jackson, spectacle, attention economy, Kim Kardashian, Louis C.K., Kevin Spacey, Judd Apatow, The New York Times, The New Yorker, restorative justice, Kobe Bryant, Gianna Bryant, Vanessa Bryant, tragedy, cognitive strain, cognitive dissonance, Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, toxic masculinity, International Women's Day, Half the Sky, LinkedIn, Harvey WeinsteinComment

year in review: 2019

year in review: 2019

My year & decade in review and 2019 favorites

lifejayemseyJanuary 1, 2020Year in Review, blogging, Y2K, millennium, San Diego, Singapore, New York, New York City, love, travel, oral history, working holiday visa, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Cambodia, France, London, Scotland, Costa Rica, Chicago, Portland, LA, mass shootings, democracy, kitten, graduation, Big Bear, Super Mario Odyssey, Arrowhead Village, Nintendo Switch, Super Mario Galaxy, Mandarin duck, hot duck, waterfall, La Fortuna Waterfall, Alajuela, La Fortuna, Monteverde, Chapman University, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Gov Ball, Randall's Island Park, ZHU, Florence and the Machine, Fyre Festival, The Strategy Super Sizer Megaclass, Julian Cole, Mark Pollard, Maine, anniversary, sunrise, Alaska, Baltic Sea, Mendenhall Glacier, silent disco, weddings, KAABOO, influencers, Snoop Dogg, Long Island City, LIC, Pepsi-Cola, Mia, Fish, Christmas, Instagram, housewarming, Samin Nosrat, Salt Fat Acid Heat, scallion pancakes, Molly Yeh, my name is yeh, Bouchon Bakery, laser tag, Ramen Ishida, ramen, Chinatown, How Sweet Eats, Shu Jiao Fu Zhou Cuisine, Bar Pa Tea, Oscar Wilde, tea, Burp Bowl Café, KitKat, Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Obama, The Immortalists, Chloe Benjamin, Educated, Tara Westover, Intimations, Alexandra Kleeman, The New York Times, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, Jia Tolentino, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, Matthew Desmond, The New Yorker, millennials, gentrification, San Francisco, The Pudding, happiness, Ariana Grande, cultural appropriation, E. Jean Carroll, gaslighting, sexual assault, Central Park Five, grocery store, taxi, Aperol spritz, culture, pop culture, Gamergate, Allbirds, Uniqlo, Krave Beauty, Great Barrier Relief, Kale-lalu-yAHA, Stratia Liquid Gold, gua sha, Lauren Singer, zero-waste, Great Jones, Dutch oven, Secret Eyelash NYC, Dyson, Decrypto, Los Espookys, Booksmart, Hustlers, The Hustlers at Scores, The Haunting of Hill House, Cambodian Rock Band, Cambodian Genocide, Fleabag, Parasite, Luigi's Mansion 3Comment

minute thoughts 3.17.19

minute thoughts 3.17.19

On the joy of tiny love stories and who is entitled to natural wealth

year in review: 2018

year in review: 2018

My year in review and 2018 favorites

lifejayemseyJanuary 1, 2019Year in Review, blogging, relationships, postcard, Brooklyn, Crown Heights, Manhattan, aliveness, New York City, winter, Middle Branch, Baltic Sea, Copenhagen, Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Kiel, Mia, Bombay, Brooklyn Animal Action, Little Panthers, ZHU, #cravingsfest, Twitter, Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, Cravings, Cravings 2: Hungry For More, Luna, California, Korinne, LA, Santa Barbara, Big Sur, Sonoma, San Francisco, Morro Bay, The Arboretum, peacock, Isla Vista, Ripplewood Resort, Bixby Bridge, Hawaii, Japanese Tea Garden, Fisherman's Wharf, Golden Gate Bridge, Washington D.C., Gwendolyn, Spy Museum, Newseum, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Obama, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, George Washington, Michelle Obama, Brothers & Sisters, Line Hotel, Molly Yeh, my name is yeh, Syndicated Brooklyn, Madwell, 72andSunny, Love Actually, Street Food Cinema, 5K, Roscoe's, Museum of Death, Museum of Tolerance, Heaven's Gate, The Wolves, Shoo Shoo Baby, Paris, Croix Me A River, Disneyland, California Adventure, Guardians of the Galaxy, Incredicoaster, Toy Story Midway Mania, Radiator Springs Racers, Space Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Indiana Jones, brunch, Christmas, xiao long bao, Ruby's Café, matcha, Brooklyn Ball Factory, Trader Joe's, cold brew, butter toffee pretzels, KazuNori, Momosan, Daikaya, Sonoratown, Seabutter, Jongro KBBQ, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, Bill Gates, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, The New York Times, #MeToo, Domino's, creativity, F*ck Off Fund, negotiation, long distance, Griefbacon, Bloomberg, America, venture capitalism, Ta-Nehisi Coates, college, Minute Thoughts, heroin, addiction, white supremacy, white nationalism, The White Flight of Derek Black, I.AM.GIA, Uniqlo, Fenty Beauty, Mix No. 6, Hourglass, C.O. Bigelow, jasmine, Pat McGrath, KitchenAid, Neogen, Acwell, NARS, Glow Recipe, Bliss, Swisch, MoMA Design Store, TOKiMONSTA, Shanghai Asian Manor, A Night of Philosophy and Ideas, Asian AmericanComment

25 goals for 25

25 goals for 25

Letters to my not-so-little sisters

lifejayemseyDecember 23, 2018birthday, Anna Akana, So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister, stories, birth control, sisters, Madwell, compassion, Death Café, death, grief, The Atlantic, dying, existence, existential, existentialism, travel, Jada Yuan, The New York Times, 52 Places Traveler, Baltic Sea, discipline, self-optimization, Mitski, Friday Night Chores, Girls' Night In, perspective, stress, mental health, self-care, skincare, Korean skincare, visibility, critical thinking, branding, personal branding, working holiday visa, Crazy Rich Asians, woke, cancellation culture, organicism, Happy New Year, New Year's resolutions, psychology, habits, non-zero days, consciousness, conscious consumerism, socially-conscious, reading, women authors, what am i going to do with my life??: a working framework for how to design the life you want, love, communication, commitment, Modern Love, Tumblr, Kristen Bell, emotional labor, exclamation points, Quartz Obsession, Twitter, Louis C.K., Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, blog, blogging, passion projects, gratitude, simplicity, tea, Asian AmericanComment

minute thoughts 11.12.18

minute thoughts 11.12.18

On cleverly-named kittens and the gender power dynamics of post-apocalypticism

the case for america first

Staying sane in an age of insanity

lifejayemseyNovember 3, 2018newsletter, The New York Times, theSkimm, privilege, social signaling, The Interpreter, faux activism, Jamal Kashoggi, clickbait, newsworthiness, Nazi, Puerto Rico, Yemen, Syria, Myanmar, grief porn, UNHCR, IRC, #AmericaFirstComment

minute thoughts 8.8.18

minute thoughts 8.8.18

On Venmo storytelling and lonely space robots