Here Is a Song

To Grow, To Burn Things Down, To Start Again

I wanted to quit, to move back to what I knew because the unknown was actually too scary.

May 17, 2021
On the Songs That Make You Feel Strong

“Sexy Results” was my go-to walking anthem. If I was a baseball player, this would have been my entrance song.

Apr 20, 2020
On the Nature of Legacies and Joanna Newsom’s “Sapokanikan”

Who will remember me when I am gone? Will my stories exist beyond my life? And what about the things we already forgot?

Jan 24, 2020
Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs Taught Me to Break Free from the Model Minority Myth

Being good at working hard felt like a tired routine. Being polite was starting to grate.

Dec 05, 2019