Art
-
Book Recommendations Vol. 2
The Joy Luck Club is a poignant novel that follows the lives of four Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-raised daughters.
You May Also Like
Songs that Feel Like November
Exploring Myself: Culture and Gender
The Law of Care
-
Chinese TikTok
Submitted by Jamie Wen Weiner “TikTok” is taking over the way we stream local news, events, and trends, and stay connected to the personal lives of relevant celebrities. What this major social media platform does very well is forcing us all to reconsider how we brand ourselves as well as products and services. We have also seen this platform boost popularity for the lucky sharers that show up on everyone’s ForYou page, such as when a popular song becomes a trend in everyone’s videos to later skyrocket its way up as the #1 song on the “Spotify” or “iTunes” hit list. Just look at Jason Derulo’s catchy “Savage Love.” It…
-
Dance as a Universal Language
Submitted by Jess Chan Dance is an expression of who we are and who we want to be. It’s attached to culture which, in turn, shows to the world who we are, what we want, and just how we are going to do it,” said Vanessa Guerrero, an ELI foreign exchange student from Venezuela. Guerrero continues, “Dance and culture coexist together, one can’t survive without the other. The human being will always want to express themselves through movements and will always want to preserve what they are. Everything is connected.” For Guerrero, coming to the University of Delaware as a foreign exchange student was a struggle. She joined Isodynamic Dance…
-
Looking Forward
Submitted by Jehleen Zheng there was a time when things were wrong i wasn’t sure why when 5 year old me wanted to hold my chaperone’s hand she pushed me away and chose the white child instead there was a time when i was confused. they would pull their eyelids back and place their suffocating hands over me but that was my identity chinky eyed and flat faced there was a time when i was known as “ling-ling” “chun li” or “please speak chinese” with silent fists and a closed mouth I said nothing. there was a time when i was too ashamed to speak chinese to my grandma in…
-
Japanese Cube Test
First introduced by Tadahiko Nagao in his book, “Kokology: The Game of Self-Discovery,” this personality test has been proven to be successful for most readers/participants. Answer the following to find out discover more about your inner self: Imagine you are in a desert and come across a cube… How large is it? What is it made of? Where exactly is it in the desert? It is buried under sand or sitting on top? Is it floating in the air? Is it moving? Upon observing the cube, you see a ladder… What material is it made from? How tall is it? Where is it in relation to the cube? Now picture…
-
Book Recommendations Vol. 1
Submitted by Jamie Wen Weiner American Like Me by America Ferrera (Simon and Schuster) This is a new and informative collection of short, first person stories on their accounts of being or becoming “American.” Famous actors and authors, such as Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jenny Zhang, and Padma Lakshmi document their own stories on facing racism and injustice growing up. These reflections are a perfectly relatable, up to date, satirical collection calling out a relevant, yet conflicted current topic in our country. Book cover of “American Like Me” Book cover of “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han (Simon and Schuster) Prior…
