An article on gender representation and inequality, citing the author’s experiences with the infamous MOBA, “League of Legends”.

A personal reflection of how my activism and its priorities have changed over the past four years

Big Straw hosted its annual Art and Writing contest to showcase the creative works of the CMU student body. This year’s theme was Renewal.

Through a big straw: the staff tries and reviews boba from Tsaocaa and Fuku Tea.

A selection of poems written by Julianna Austin.

A retelling of stories from a summer program that changed the way I perceived cultural differences.

A perspective on the lightning-bolt realization that you’re leaving your second language behind and the ensuing scramble to get it back.

The poet really explores Baker-Porter Hall for the first time.

My parents invited my boyfriend Breyden and me to visit for a weekend. My boyfriend is white, if you couldn’t tell by his name. Here are some funny little stories from the visit and the days leading up to it :).

An exploration of what it means to be connected to one’s culture, situated within a fun summer experience of making falooda!

A few months ago, when I was cleaning out my closet, I found a few familiar items tucked in a box in the back. Each was marked with a few Chinese characters and emblazoned with the same logo: two gems in red and blue squares with “AULDEY” printed neatly beneath.

A reflection on the differences between the Japanese and English versions of the Ghibli film Kiki’s Delivery Service.

A cursory search into bulgogi touts it as a "Symbol of Korean Cuisine.” Why is the dish so popular in the US? And does it deserve to be?

As I entered high school, I noticed discrepancies between how teachers treated me and how they treated other students: every compliment was begrudging, every critique levied with a strange tinge of glee.

Recollections of and about the poet’s great-aunt.

Growing up, my first taste of misogyny was not from the all-evil white man, but from the Asian men I was surrounded by.

A meditation on Burning, the Korean psychological thriller movie loved by film festival critics, and what having a “female” body entails

“As cute as a doll,” her mother cooed. She had set aside the English book of names that she’d been looking through as soon as her gaze caught that one. “Dolly.”

In her mother’s eyes, it was perfect, a testament to her child’s good fortune.