In My Body
In My Body
Raising Eyebrows in the Beauty Industry
In the US, students are taught at a young age that the country we live in is a giant melting pot. It’s a metaphor for the coming together of people from varying cultures and backgrounds: the ingredients, into something greater, like Bo Kho (Vietnamese beef stew).
My experience with detox teas
I am Vietnamese and Laos. Naturally, we are born with the expectation to be skinny and lighter skinned. My dad grew up in Thailand and my mom is from Saigon. My dad was way darker in skin toned compared to my mom, I have pictures of them on my Instagram. I was always small ever since I was born. I was 2 lbs and 4 oz. I had to be hospitalized for being so hyperactive and skinny…
Outgrowing Internalized Colorism
A few years ago, If you had asked me to define beauty, I'd probably picture a petite white woman with blonde hair and blue eyes…
The Dark Side of Paleness
I'm unhealthy.
I hate sweating so I rarely exercise and obsessively avoid being outdoors in the hot and humid tropical weather.
White-Adjacent Creams
“The Model Minority”
Isn’t it an oxymoron of a stereotype? Asian Americans have moved to the United States and have taken over as the highest earning salary … Asian men even earn more than white men…
Shrinking Beauty Standards, Not Myself
As a woman born in China and raised in the United States, I was exposed to the seemingly impossible beauty standards of both Western and Eastern countries. The stereotypical image of a blue-eyed, blonde Gigi Hadid look-alike suddenly appears when term ‘beautiful’ comes up in America…