Category: Articles

  • The Decline of Students’ Mental Health Amidst the Pandemic

    AYA Philippines By: Anika Bernasconi Mental Health Validity Our mental health influences the majority of our lives. Our decisions, emotional and psychological health, and social welfare all depend on the quality of our mental health. During these times, a lot of us can find ourselves wallowing in a fusion of anxiety, stress, and devastation as…

  • Art Across Asia: Paintings of the East

    By: Tayida Phanich  Editor: Ngan Le Art is one of the most diverse forms of culture, with a unique style and technique depending on the continent, country, region, or city. Starting with East Asia, in this five part journey on the exploration of art across the regions of Asia, allowing an expansion and a deepening…

  • Asian Folklore: The Arabian Nights

    Author: Tayida Phanich Editor: Lina Gallo We’ve all heard of Aladdin, the Disney adaptation making us sing “A Whole New World!” at the top of our lungs whenever the scene comes on, but besides that, what other tales from the Arabian Nights have you heard of? Probably nothing right? However, Aladdin, along with a thousand…

  • Asian Folklore: The Tails of the Kumiho

    Author: Tayida Phanich Editor: Lina Gallo A faint orange hue illuminated the once pitch-black forest, cutting a path for the lone traveler. Instinctively, he walked towards the light source, taking careful steps in an attempt not to injure himself on stray pebbles or twigs. Pak Munsu had been warned about the creatures that roamed the…

  • How to be an Ally to the LGBTQ+ Community

    By Emily Yeap Editor: Olivia Sim Introduction → What the LGBTQ+ Community is Experiencing Over the past decade, the LGBTQ+ community in the US has made very significant progress through political and legal gains. However, the community is still experiencing many social justice issues, some examples include discrimination, bullying, assault and more. Additionally, there are…

  • Academic Pressures on Asian Students

    Author: Tayida Phanich Editor: Ngan Le Imagine being a Chinese high school student. Getting to school at 7:00 am, you sit through morning self study, then head off to your core subjects where stacks and stacks of worksheets that teeter off the edge of your table await. After 8 periods of this and some time…

  • Xenophobia Against Asians During COVID-19

    Author: Samson Huynh The COVID-19 pandemic has had destructive consequences on the lives of many in the US, due in part to the wave of misinformation that has been left in its wake. Unfortunately, much of this misinformation has provided impetus for a surge of racism and xenophobia, particularly against East Asian communities in the…

  • A glance at the US-China Trade War

    Author and Editor: Saamiya Laroia Since 2018, the world’s two largest economies have been locked in an embittered trade war. On March 22nd, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum instructing the USTR to apply 50 billion dollars of tariffs on Chinese Goods. The reasoning behind this was that China was guilty of unfair trading practices…

  • Asia’s Whitening Culture

    Author: Norbu Lhendup Editor: Saamiya Laroia The Asian obsession with ‘fair and white’ skin has been a long running trend that could potentially have roots in social psychology. This can be seen on the basis of the fundamental laws of human attraction and cultural norms that have been passed down to the current generations. In…