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[travelwithmestranger]

Everyone's invited. Even One Voice can change the course. That Voice Is Yours 💜 #womensmarch #womenartists #womensright #womensday #womensday2023 #8thmarch #womansday #girlpoet #celebratingher #topliketags #march4women #tlter #ladywriter #ladypoet #womanright #artprompts #womanwriter #femalepoets #asianwriters #womanauthor #mombloggers #momblogger #femaleartist #blackwomen #respectwomen #promptlist #writingchallenge #she #herpoetry #herwordisgold (at For Her) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpbb6NaP3ig/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[eggwhiteswithspinach]

I think about all the time I spent on Youtube as a teen learning how to apply makeup. It seems like a normal teen girl hobby, until you realize how much of that time I spent specifically to "enhance" my eyes. The most insidious technique focussed on applying glue, tape or string to my eyes to give the false pretense of double-eyelids. That was the step before watching 18237192387 videos of double-eyelid plastic surgeries and recovery vlogs.

#AsianWriters

[outragedtortilla]

In English, the stories and beliefs from North American TV shows came most quickly, without translation. If I had to communicate something in Cantonese, lessons and characters in Hong Kong dramas (and Korean dramas, dubbed in Cantonese) came most quickly to me.

#AsianWriters

[ramyeongif]

It is the only time in my life that I’ve seen someone on TV with eyes like mine be complimented for her eyes.

#AsianWriters

[grouchydairy]

I thought I had all the representation I needed, when in reality, my identity was being split into two. These sources of stories split my beliefs into two.

#AsianWriter

[adayinbookland]

May 23rd, 2020 || another saturday, another currently reading update 😬 i hope you are not tired of these. regarding the #asianreadathon: 🌿i’m 200 pages from finishing A Fine Balance and i cannot tell you all how much i love this book. i almost don’t want it to end despite the fact that the narrative is both breaking and healing my heart at the same time. there is so much tragedy but also kindness. the title is very fitting. 🌿i have finished the first part of On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous and besides having a beautiful writing, i’m not too sure what to make of it yet. what the author is writing about is very traumatic but at the same time there is some sort of disconnection on my behalf. let’s see where it takes me. . 🌿i also started The Luminaries last night because the tv adaptation is coming out the 22nd of june in Spain. I’m only 43 pages in and so far, so good. nothing really to make up my mind yet. better get reading though, because it is an almost 850 pages mammoth. . hope you are having a good weekend wherever you are 😉 tell me below about your current reads! • • • #readingupdate #afinebalance #onearthwerebrieflygorgeous #asianwriters #theluminaries #rohintonmistry #oceanvuong #eleanorcatton #literaryfiction #fortheloveofbooks #fortheloveofreading #pileofbooks #bookstack #unitedbookstagram #mayreads #currentlyreading #saturdaybooks #bookloversunite https://www.instagram.com/p/CAh6h2FKfzq/?igshid=10w3fz8u57y0l

[cindy-chu]

Yesterday was one of the most exhilarating experiences, getting to see my words brought to life by such talented actors onstage at @eastwestplayers and hearing people laugh, it was a special feeling. There are some things I’ve wanted to do and not known how to get started so thank you @teresapalooza for this invaluable class and opportunity to learn TV writing. It has been such a fun ride and I truly hope for all of us to keep going and making you proud! And to all our wonderful readers, thank you thank you thank you! It was magical, I ran out of tags but please know how grateful we all were to have you there. ✍🏻🤓💖 #tvwriter #scriptwriting #asianwriters #asianactors #representationmatters #storyteller #asianactress #diversify #writerslife #eastwestplayers (at East West Players) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4sk4RygFUy/?igshid=1buaq076vmt5d

[etherayy]

. . Quiet lass, Mouth dumb, . Eyes too loud. . . Follow ⏩@singingstories35 for more! 💚 . . #writerslife #firstlove #jealousy #writersofmalaysia #malaysianwriters #asianwriters #writerssociety #teenager #crushes #crush #teenage #green #darkgreen #femalewriters #writerscorner #writersconnection #writersuniverse #writersofinsta #writersoninstagram #connect #relatable #poets #poetry #poetrycommunity #poems #poetrylovers #poetsinautumn #poetrycorner #instapoet #greenaesthetics https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo_2-CWhKzz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gcize61ez01w

[musings-of-a-novitate]

The ‘exilic consciousness’ as captured in the works of Asian writers

“I'm interested in people who find themselves in places, either of their choosing or not, and who are forced to decide how best to live there. That feeling of both citizenship and exile, of always being an expatriate - with all the attendant problems and complications and delight.”

~ Chang-Rae Lee ~  

To be in state of being banished from one’s own native country for political reasons or otherwise, one must overcome or is faced with several conflicting issues and situations. An exilic consciousness dictates a spiritual and psychological connect with one’s homeland. It is not necessarily a physical absence that spurs such a consciousness. Further, an exilic state could emerge from either enforced expulsion on the part of nation-state government agencies or because individuals are forced to leave their homeland to escape persecution or killing.

In his poem, ‘Identity card’, Mahmoud Darwish expounds on the treatment of the natives of a country (the Palestinians) who have been forced out of their homes by the occupying forces (the Israeli/Zionist government). The poem speaks of an individual who as a Palestinian citizen asserts his Independence, who is perfectly within his rights to raise a family, hold a job,  and is mindful of his ethnicity as an Arab. 

An Arab whose ancestry dates to many centuries. He views himself as an individual who refrains from meddling in other people’s affairs coming from a family of farmers, not knowing or caring of the riches of the affluent. He wonders if all of this angers his settlers, thereby questioning their legitimacy of being angry. 

Darwish is perhaps trying to bring to the reader’s attention, his unwillingness to dabble into the politics of the colonizers. All he wants is peace in the land he and his forefathers cultivated, back where it belongs. The only reason for him to retaliate would be because he and his fellow brothers and sisters have been snatched of their identities, their right to basic necessities, recognition as primary citizens and being reduced to the status of refugees in their very own homeland. 

As Darwish is no longer in Israel occupied Palestine, and is an exile but is also a witness to all that has been happening in the country since 1948, Darwish could be viewed as the writer or poet who represents the sentiments of the Palestinian people. The one who has tried to unite the Palestinians as one, despite their displacement, exiled or refugee status.

The question of Identity is perhaps one of the grating aggravations of one in exile. This is perhaps significantly expounded in Darwish’s poem, ‘Passport’, where Darwish in no uncertain terms argues that no matter what the Israeli government does, even if they take away his passport will it take away his identity as a Palestinian citizen? 

He says:

“All the birds that followed my palm to the door of the distant airport,

All the wheat fields, all the prisons

All the white tombstones, all the barbed Boundaries

All the waving handkerchiefs, all the eyes were with me,

But they dropped them from my passport”

Although Darwish is in exile, banished from his homeland, it does not necessarily follow that the Palestinian soil, the trees, the fields, the animals have forgotten of his Palestinian identity. It’s his to keep and no amount of distance whether it be physical or the taking away of a passport can take his Palestinian identity away.

In both his poems, ‘Identity card’ and ‘Passport’, Darwish has been able to identify himself as a representative of the Palestinian people.  Where in ‘Identity card’, he shows himself as a spurned Palestinian national, in ‘Passport’ he is clearly portrayed himself as one who wants to be a Palestinian national but is debarred from doing so. What links the two is his passion for the Palestinian cause and justice for its people.

On the other hand, one can argue that ‘Identity card’ is all about a people who live in Palestine and the struggles that they face whereas ‘Passport’ is about a people who cannot go back to their homeland. This distinction makes the struggle each one faces quite apart from the other. One is perhaps unable to flee due to various reasons and another is unable to have that connect with the land they once loved and remembered.

[bytheriverandthesea]

Because if heathens are made of us

Make no mistake

we'll be praying for strength from our ancestors to smite you back

-Joie

[ktempestbradford]

You may have noticed that there are quite a few people of color teaching at this year's Writing Excuses cruise / writing conference. Besides myself there's Amal El-Mohtar, Maurice Broaddus, Piper J Drake, Valynne E. Maetani, and DongWon Song. There will be workshops as well as lectures, plus time for one-on-one conversations. There will be a POC Safer Space and, in general, awareness of the challenges of being a writer in spaces that have often been white-dominated. We're looking forward to making this conference and retreat a productive AND fun experience for everyone. . http://www.writingexcuses.com/2018/01/16/writing-excuses-retreat-2018/ . #writingworkshop #writingworkshops #writingretreat #writingclass #writingcommunity #writingexcuses #creativewriting #creativewritingclass #fiction #sciencefiction #fantasyfiction #writersofcolor #blackwriters #arabwriters #asianwriters

[eggwhiteswithspinach]

So, in Cristina Yang, I saw me. I saw that an Asian character could be an integral part of the show without being someone’s "sidekick".

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[warrenwong]

Fear is a game changer. Let it be your true north. Its what you need most in your life in order to bring you to what you want the most. Have you noticed that your greatest accomplishments were also filled with your greatest fears, insecurities and anxiety? Because on the other side of fear is wild success. Every successful person will have to face their fears. If that means slaying a dragon, then buckle up and grab your sword. Our wildest dreams are guarded by many dragons. They circle around the prize. The path littered with those who gave up half way or those who never even started. In order to get past all the dragons you will have to face them head on. Otherwise, risk letting your dream die. #motivation101 #motivationmafia #motivationnation #motivationeveryday #entrepreneurspirit #entrepreneurquotes #entrepreneurmindsets #entrepreneursuccess #hustleandmotivate #hustlergang #hustletown #hustleeveryday #successprinciples #successmentor #motivationalquotes #successsecrets #warrenwong #asianwriters #asianentrepreneur #mindsetmastery #mindsetiskey #mindsetofexcellence #mindsetmentor #mindsetmonday #mindsetofachampion (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD4jO8xldEF/?igshid=3b47duofllz9

[miscellaneousbrown]

#Repost @crazywokeasians ・・・ Our Feb 8th show has reached its maximum capacity BUT we got 18 ASIANS 8 DAYS OF SHOWS! #crazywokeasians #soloperformance #festival MARCH 14-24th! So excited for this!👏👏👏 We have an amazing lineup of comedians, actors and writers! @crazywokeasians #crazywokeasians #soloperformance #festival @smplayhouse TICKETS @eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crazy-woke-asians-solo-performance-festival-tickets-54954632786 @shrrycola @thejustinrivera @pkcomedy @percyrusty @peterkz @georgewangjr @ami.vas @abonnielass @jrdguz @jasoncheny @stevedeztv @kazu_kus @steveleecomedy @sk1comedy @mmalizaki @aiyoshihara3 @iamerickesteban Reception sponsored by @ishkitchen626 Media sponsor @reactant_films @lyvellg Closing night after party music by KENDOU. More special guests and sponsors TBA! #comedy #drama #magic #clown #burlesque #standup #standupcomedy #rap #music #food #music #afterparty #allasian #asianinvasion #festival #asiancomedian #diversitymatters #asianwriters #writers #creators #makinghistory #funnyaf #18asians8daysofshows #crazywokeasians #cwasolofestival (at Santa Monica Playhouse) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtW4V2_gkVs/?igshid=1wqzt71tsjf2g

[grouchydairy]

In English, I could talk for days about the importance of loving my body. In Cantonese, I most quickly accessed the narrative of "ugly" being associated with single-eyelid eyes and "beauty" being associated with Eurocentric double-eyelid eyes.

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[toriwestonwriterartist]

I started my day with a lecture with #davidmura about teaching a diverse student body and the writing workshop and ending my day at @radcliffe.institute with a talk about #writingblacklives The biographers Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Imani Perry, and Robert Reid-Pharr will discuss how their work speaks to key contemporary conversations about black life, politics, community, and identity. It is moments like these that I am happy to live where I live and work where I work. I get access to writers I not only admire but also show me the direction I would like to go in. So, I am speaking this into existence. Someday soon, my book will be published and I will have a talk at my alma mater #emersoncollege and also be a part of the #radcliffeinstitute lecture series. #writinggoals #writingchangeslives #blackwriters #blackwritersofinstagram #asianwriters #asianwritersofinstagram #tomikobrownnagin #imaniperry #robertreidpharr @imaniperry https://www.instagram.com/p/B3fZjW7hqlm/?igshid=1k3awa49l4nth