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tiger kings and tiger mothers
tiger kings and tiger mothers

I’m finally ready to talk about Atlanta

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culturejayemseyAtlanta, 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
a glacial pace: alaska, canada & seattle travel blog
a glacial pace: alaska, canada & seattle travel blog

Alaska, ten years later, through the lens of global warming

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traveljayemseyvacation, cruise, family, Alaska, climate change, global warming, Seattle, Royal Caribbean, Ovation of the Seas, SeaPlex, Sudoku, trivia, karaoke, Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, Flowrider, John Mulaney, Juneau, Macaulay Salmon Hatchery, salmon, Mendenhall Glacier, Nugget Falls, Costa Rica, waterfall, Fred Meyer, Skagway, White Pass & Yukon Railroad, Klondike Gold Rush, Flight of the Order of the Phoenix, GoPro, photography, Yukon Heath's Popcorn Emporium, Klondike Doughboy, The Call of the Wild, Endicott Arm & Dawes Glacier, seals, skydiving, rollerskating, edibles, marijuana dispensary, OCD, jazz, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 7-Eleven, Slurpees, Fisherman's Wharf, Lululemon, silent disco, Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, Bruce Lee, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, Chinese-American, Chinese, Melinda & Bill Gates Foundation Discovery CenterComment
a short oral history of us
a short oral history of us

A collection of stories from my family about how we came to be

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minute thoughts 2.8.17
minute thoughts 2.8.17

On cultural holiday traditions and provocative cosmetic names

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i wasn't dressed for this (jayemsey x singapore, part III)
i wasn't dressed for this (jayemsey x singapore, part III)

I went to a Friends café, finished a Spartan Race in Indonesia, and danced on a beach until 6:30 am, in Part III of the Singapore travel blog series!

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traveljayemseyPeranakan, Armenian Street, nyonya, beadwork, Chinese, Malaysian, ang moh, Tanjong Goodman Weekend Market, Overrun SG, Supermama, chendol, gula melaka, the American Club, UCSB, The Belljar, Gardens by the Bay, ArtScience Museum, Big Bang Data, Marina Bay, Marina Bay Sands, Sephora, ArchiFest, PARKROYAL on Pickering, infinity pool, Esplanade Theater, How I Met Your Mother, Ted Mosby, basil almond pesto, Preeti, Kin Cow, Monster Curry, Beard Papa's, matcha, Muji, Makansutra Glutton Bay, Hai Di Lao, Central Perk, Friends, prawn-fried chicken, yin-yang, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Orchard Road, POSSIBLE, KPO Café Bar, the '80s, Kung Fu Fighting, Pac-Man, Taiwan, ZoukOut, Sentosa, Dillon Francis, Hardwell, Alan Walker, Martin Garrix, RAC, Snakehips, Zedd, Reebok Spartan Race, Bintan, Indonesia, JAYEMSEY x Singapore, TOKiMONSTAComment