Published in Age of Awareness·PinnedSlacktivism: The “Lazy” ActivistBeing an “activist” in the modern age. — Imagine this: “You wake up at 9am. Another morning in quarantine. You stretch, sigh, and lean over to your nightstand to pick up your phone. It’s time to check your socials, reply to any messages, and brace yourself for whatever drama has incurred since last night. Apparently, a lot. As you open…Activism5 min read
Apr 13, 2021What if We Reimagined Rock ’n’ Roll?Interviewing Kombat’s 16-year old Lead Singer, Anish Denoon — *This is a reprint of an interview and article from November, 2020. For some of us, it began with a late night, a closed door, and the immersive lure of the drums echoing the rhythm of our hearts. The bass kicks in–no sooner does the guitar–and in the instant the…Music5 min read
Oct 13, 2020Let’s Talk About Gender Reassignment.Is it bioethical? — To wake up one day automatically transformed into the opposite sex is a dream pursued by an increasing population in the world. 1.4 million adults in the United States (New York Times, 2018) identify as transgender, in that they identify differently to their predetermined biological sex. Gender incongruence is a…Science7 min read
Published in Be Yourself·Sep 15, 2020The Dystopia of a Global PandemicThere is absolutely no way to escape the government during COVID-19. — It started with the pilot announcing his descent—seat belts buckled, tray table stowed, and seat adjusted upright. I’d gone through these motions hundreds of times. Growing up a third culture kid, the airport has become my second home, and the cramped economy class seats aren’t anything I can’t handle. It…Covid 1911 min read
Published in History of Yesterday·Sep 8, 2020Israel-Palestine Conflict DebunkedOne of the largest conflicts of all time made easy to understand — The interfaith conflict between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs has gained a reputation for being the most controversial of all time. With the Jews and Arabs both laying claim to the same territory, the heart of the dispute lies at what belongs to whom, and since when. Despite the two…Politics5 min read
Aug 27, 2020COVID-19 is Forcing Me to Go Home After 14 YearsA flood of third culture kids are repatriating, and it’s not fun. — A Third Culture Kid (TCK) — “an individual raised in a culture other than their parents’/country of nationality and live in a different environment during a significant part of their child development years.” I am a third culture kid. And I have never known “home”. Nomadic, international, and free. Born…Books7 min read
Published in Books Are Our Superpower·Aug 25, 2020Can We Build a Utopia From a Dystopia?The Illusion of Choice in The Giver by Lois Lowry — When it comes to running the world, everybody wants in. We each believe we know what’s best for humanity, each striving to make “our” future great again. To each their own, really. It’s probably why politics is so messy—people trying to make the world the best place possible, beginning with…Books6 min read
Published in Age of Awareness·Aug 5, 2020The Mighty AtomWhy Chapter 9 of “A Short History of Nearly Everything” Deserves Recognition. — There are few scientific authors out there who can explain in intricacy, with an impressionable humour, the confounding physics behind the atom, the most peculiar particle ever to exist (mostly because it makes up everything we see, feel, and sense, and our humans brains are far too dense to comprehend…Books6 min read
Published in Ascent Publication·Jul 26, 2020What Talking to Strangers Has Taught MeRule One: You don’t. — What should we know about the people we don’t know? If you’re anything like me, Stranger Danger would be common knowledge. We’re told by our parents from a young age to: Don’t accept candy from a stranger. Don’t get in a car with a stranger. And understandably so. Of course…Books8 min read
Published in Books Are Our Superpower·Jul 19, 2020Dancing in the Rain After 9/11A Book Review of a Lynn Joseph story — Beautifully sounded from the voices of two children, Dancing in the Rain by Lynn Joseph presents Elizabeth and Brandt, living in their own separate worlds, spending their days each sighing about the missing fatherly figures in their lives. Dancing around the Caribbean and the hustle and bustle of New York…Culture3 min read
