Cynical
| Industry | Student |
|---|---|
| Occupation | College student waiting to graudate... impatiently |
| Location | Boston, MA, United States |
| Introduction | Queer-identified 1.5 generation Chinese-American woman born. Attended public schools where children of immigrants are always misunderstood and perpetual foreigners, even those with U.S. passports and citizenships. Tracked by public educational school system into honor math classes and ESL. Asked frequently "Where are you from?" Rebellious child. |
| Interests | critique of popular culture, Bitch & ColorLines magazine, hip hop, cross-cultural connections, spoken word, accessibility, de-colonizing my color-blind parents, collaborations, homemade dumplings, support and love. |
| Favorite Movies | Movies come and go in my mind as favorites... I am way to cynical to have favorite movies :) |
| Favorite Music | DJ Krush, MC Solaar, Dead Prez, Bao Phi (spoken word), Chops, DJ Babu, Erika Badu, the Fugees, mostly hip hop and sometimes pop from Asia. |
| Favorite Books | authors and writers: Edward Said, Vijay Prashad, Audre Lorde, bell hooks, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Robin D.G. Kelley, Cherrie Moraga, Toni Morrison, Richard Wright, Zora Neale Hurston, Victor Bascara, Sonia Shah, Alice Walker, Judith Butler, Sonia Sanchez, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Bao Phi, and my sisters and brothers who blog. |