Trip to the Gardens
Sometimes I’m overwhelmed by the number of coincidences I come across. Is this a coincidence? Is this a sign? Do I really know this means...
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Flawless Writes Blog
Flawless Writes Blog
Flawless Writes Blog
Oct 19, 2019
Celestial City
there’s a million stars, an infinity blanketing the globe after every sunset. lyra winks at the moon, there as the snow falls across the...
Oct 19, 2019
what if
what if i took a shot in the dark and asked if you would like to fall in love? what if we arranged to sit side by side under a pastel...
Oct 12, 2019
On Lessons Learned
Sometimes I think I find it too easy to get lost in thoughts of grandeur. I find myself smiling politely at little gestures and comments...
Oct 8, 2019
Reflections on Flawless
As 2019 draws to a close, and I work through my final year of undergrad, I realize that I've been with Flawless for a very long time....
Mar 21, 2019
The Growth of Rebellion
TW: Some transphobic language I was seven years old the first time a boy pointed out the hair on my arms. This fellow second-grader felt...
Mar 19, 2019
LGBT Refugees in Massachusetts
A few weeks ago I went to the Hadwen Park Congregational Church in Worcester for an article I was writing. This church has a mission...
Mar 18, 2019
Self-Care While Living on Campus
Living on campus can really take a toll on someone. You’re forced to go from the comfort of your own home that you’re used to, to a...
Feb 26, 2019
The Natural Hair Chronicles - Part 2
By the time I graduated from high school, most of the people around me had a general understanding of the rules about touching my hair....
Feb 15, 2019
Growing Into My Cultural Identity
I will never forget my first day of preschool. It was the first room I had ever been in where I was the only Indian. Swimming around me...
Feb 8, 2019
An open letter to a home that doesn’t fit
You’ve always been a fluid thing. Shifting around my family and me, letting us evolve together. You were never just a shared space, but...
Nov 30, 2018
Flawless Profiles
While we are the minority in a classroom, these women are also the minority at work. I hope These profiles will help you to get to know...
Nov 13, 2018
Not Chinese Enough
There was a part of her that didn’t feel Chinese enough, which was strange, because she was full Chinese. But she was more so American....
Nov 10, 2018
The Natural Hair Chronicles - Part 1
From Kindergarten until Senior Year, I attended a small, fairly white, Christian private school in Southern California. As one of the few...
Nov 7, 2018
No More
You can huff And puff Try to blow this house down I dare you I have let so many too close to these walls They repainted them like they...
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