Jia Tolentino’s blog post in defense of her parents failed to address the very real and many testimonies of teachers who were harmed by their actions. Last week, Jia Tolentino, staff writer at the New Yorker and author of the acclaimed novel, Trick Mirror, wrote of her parents’ involvement in an agency to relocate Filipino...
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Here’s Why The “My Family’s Slave” Story Is Problematic AF
Like most accounts of slaves and the families they died serving, Alex Tizon’s “My Family’s Slave” seems more about mitigating the feelings of the oppressor than rendering visible the life of the oppressed. “My Family’s Slave,” the late Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Alex Tizon’s final story published in the June issue of The Atlantic, about the...
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Why I Quit My Job to Bring Phillippine Art, Food and Music to Burning Man
by Andrea Aguilar My first visit to Burning Man a few years ago was a big wake-up call. I learned it’s a place that revolves around principles such as radical acceptance and self-expression. These are keys to feeling safe and gaining a sense of belonging in the community — not to mention helping to have the...