Let's talk about what I've been up to since I took a three week break from blogging. 

April 27th is National Girl Crush Day. The first time National Girl Crush Day appeared on my radar was in 2015 when I saw a bunch of people tweeting about it and nominating women and girls who were inspirations to them. I want to nominate and talk about two women I've been following closely this past year: Ruby Ibarra and Ellen Pao. 

I've been wearing a lot of red lately. Sometimes it's been a pop of red lipstick or red nails. Sometimes it's my entire outfit, from my lipstick all the way to my bag. No other color represents love, strength and passion the way red does. It is the color of extremes. Our prehistoric ancestors saw red as the color of fire and blood – energy and primal life forces – and most of red’s symbolism today arises from its powerful associations in the past.

Famed Momofuku chef David Chang's new eight episode series for Netflix, Ugly Delicious, had me really thinking about anti-assimilation (a stance I believe all Asian Americans should take) and what it means to be pro-Asian.

Sunday, March 4th is my Super Bowl: The Academy Awards. You already know from my previous blog post that I'm rooting for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri for Best Picture but do you want to know what my other picks are? 

I covered the Bowlero Grand Opening Party over the weekend and had a blast! I love how Bowlero is such a fresh take on the traditional bowling alley. It's very youthful and has a casino-like atmosphere. Think of a bowling alley but for the Instagram and Snapchat crowd. 

Asian feminism is much different from all the other female social movements like mainstream white and black feminism. We are mistakenly lumped in with white women's movements and not considered women of color like Latina and black women.

I predict that this is the beginning of the end of the Facebook era. 

A lot of the backlash and unwillingness to legalize and decriminalize is because of bias. When it comes down to it, those not in support of weed just don't like the kinds of people who use weed and want to see them punished. The national attitude about weed is changing along with attitudes about the criminal justice system. In the words of Kylo Ren, "let the past die. Kill it if you have to." 

Why is podcasting getting more and more popular? To answer that question, consider this: how many YouTube videos can you watch while driving or walking? How many blog posts can you read while washing the dishes or working out? When you watch YouTube videos or read blog posts, there aren't many other things you can do at the same time.

Nobody ever tells stories about attractive, young, modern, fashionable, and progressive-thinking Asians. It's always tragedy, martial arts revenge stories and "immigrant porn". So my initial impression after reading Crazy Rich Asians was that it was a story that had nothing to do with being Asian. But at the same time, it had everything to do with being Asian because every single character is Asian or Asian American.