I am the daughter of two first-generation immigrants from Hong Kong to Britain, who are the children of four first-generation immigrants from China, who were the children of eight people whose families and ancestors had lived in their respective Chinese villages and towns since time immemorial. Writing that ought to feel very momentous, and in … More How the word ‘diaspora’ taught me a new way of belonging
cn: mental illness, emotions, shame You are a teenage girl, and you are experiencing all the dramas and heightened emotions that they told you would come. They tell you that you will grow out of them and that with time you will stop feeling so violently. But they lie. You do not learn to deal … More Feeling like a teenage girl: On being shamed into emotional silence
cn: mental illness You post that it’s hashtag time to talk. I respond that you should practise what you preach. Now, if we’ve finished exchanging clichés, can we actually say something? Don’t get me wrong, any positive mental health message is a GOOD thing, for raising awareness and removing taboos if nothing else. But while … More Time [for you] to talk
quiet person, loud thoughts 