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I Witnessed My Friend’s Mom Get Beaten for “Disrespecting” Husband
As a kid, it was “normal” to see wives get beaten for disrespecting their husbands, even in front of a crowd. With a lot of discussion on the Stanford rape case, and sexual violence, I continue to share some things … Continue reading
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His Retaliation When I Rejected His Advances
With a lot of discussion on the Stanford rape case, and of sexual violence, I thought it’s time to share some things most of you don’t know about my life, in a series of blog posts on assault, domestic violence … Continue reading
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Tagged awkwrdness, dating, domestic abuse, friendships, hate, humiliation, life, sexual abuse, society, stanford rape case, violence
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Life Being “Ugly” & the Day I Could’ve Died Because of It
Most of us have felt ugly at some point of our lives, and sadly many of us still do. TV, media, models digitally enhanced in magazines add pressures to individuals, to meet the criteria of standards defined and accepted in … Continue reading
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Tagged appearance, asian, asian girls, beauty, bullies, childhood, cultural differences, death, depression, emotion, girls and boys, hate, life, looks, memory, pretty, society, violence
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Girls Expectations and Demands – (Part 2 – “Good Behavior”)
…Continued from: Part 1 – Career Aspirations As the saying goes: “Well-Behaved women seldom make history.” I did grow up in a strict Asian cultural setting. Luckily, my particular culture does NOT promote killing their own daughters for dishonoring. … Continue reading
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Girls Expectations and Demands – (Part 1 – Career Aspirations)
Women have not been created equal. Some cultures, girls are still not allowed to hang out or interact with boys, but even if you haven’t grown up in such culture, there are still demands in behavioral, career, weight, etc, expectations … Continue reading
Honor Death – Father Kills His Daughter
This Honor Death episode was about a Noor Almaleki who converted from Muslim to Christianity and became “too Americanized” which disappointed her family. She ran away, knowing they would kill her, but was ultimately hunted down and murdered by her … Continue reading
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Unwanted and Not Welcomed
One of the hardest things in life to experience is the feeling of being unwanted or not welcomed by the presence of others. It can happen in the midst of making friends, building relationships (or being in one), and finding … Continue reading
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Surviving the U.S. – “The American Dream”
The media seems to over fantasize the definition of “The American Dream” into glitz and glamour that doesn’t necessarily always play out to the reality that exists in the United States. There seems to be this misconception that as soon … Continue reading
Emptiness
If there is a word to describe how I’ve been feeling lately, emptiness would be it. I’ve been through a lot, more than one would know, and after the most recent years of my life, I’m feeling empty, and a … Continue reading
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Zombie Apocalypse Connecticut Black Out
By now you probably have experienced (or heard) what happened in Connecticut with the black out, power outage, people fighting for gas, flooding the stores, deaths by carbon monoxide, hypothermia, and chaos the upcoming days before Halloween, during, and after. … Continue reading