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“What are you? Where are you from?”, my school friends ask, before the age of understanding political correctness. “Mauritian,” I reply, already fe...

We love this Asian Australian community.

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I've always looked to Asian American culture to feel that sense of representation and be...

As pedantic as this might sound, I find the small interactions that occur when two people pass each other on the street, really fascinating to obse...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve always proudly said things like, "I’m not like other Japanese women" and the older I get, the more I see how incre...

I'm sure I'm not alone in saying this but I’ve always looked to the US to learn more about my Asian identity. I’ve long felt like the diaspora convers...

To my fellow Melburnians or to anyone who's trying to navigate this post-lockdown world, here are a few thoughts that I've been having about why this ...

Like many others across the globe, I was completely enthralled in the US election and similarly, like many others, I was also completely blown away by...

I’ve come to notice that every big project that I undertake starts off fuelled by at least a bit of anger. And fortunately, as I work through a partic...

From day zero, Shapes and Sounds has moved much faster than the timid, snail-like pace that I’m most comfortable with.

I’ve been playing catch up fro...

I always thought that I had a bit of a free pass when it came to conversations about Australia’s past and current treatment of Aboriginal and Torres S...

Two years ago, I visited my favourite aunty in rural Japan and during my stay, I remember telling her about “Asian Australians” and how I’d been think...

An early dialogue about Covid-19 concerned the “dirty” and “weird” foods that Asians eat. For me, this triggered so much past shame about food identit...