Have you ever been told, “it is sickening how cute you look every day, how annoying?” And then, before you can even think to respond, to...

The first rule of 2022, and I think you will join me in this, is not to talk about 2021 or whatever that was that came before that I can...

I’ve recently been involved in a lot of talks about rules. This has been mostly with other academics; each one opining what the rules...

This post falls along the lines of a theme in variations. In her last blog, Yen the idea of “taking the temperature of the room in order...

Quitting my job (2009), moving to Paris (2010), quitting my job again and going back to school (2011), applying to graduate school...

Disclaimer: I don’t buy anything at retail price! Last week’s blog by Yen made me think about my own shopping habits. Seriously y’all, I...

Clearly there’s a theme this year. We’ve shared skin care products and talked about self-preservation strategies in the work place. Now,...

Why start this blog with “tattoos”? This may seem like a curiously retrograde concern (on my part). Still, I think, there is a stigma...

I am not one to follow trends. Following this disclaimer, I will admit that I quickly jumped on the “clean beauty” bandwagon when Sephora...

This week, we are still talking about self-preservation in academia. (Yen: When are we not talking about self-preservation?!) I listened...

Asian Americans – let alone Vietnamese Americans – don’t choose academia. The return on investment is arguably “not worth it.”

How do we go beyond the C.V. and disrupt those conclusions already made about us in those limited lines?

Disclaimer: this is not what you think. I will not be taking my cue from Kristie Kiser who published her prescriptive piece “Instructors,...

Language, broadly speaking as what we say with our words and with our bodies, can be both liberating and limiting.

On January 20, 2021, America’s political women stepped onto the inauguration platform in an array of colors redefining powerhouse style.

The words “Ivory” and “Class” are rich in meaning that have been used primarily to define one’s racial, social, and financial status.