Nov 16, 2020Process Log 11/10–11/16This is a shorty of an update! Just here to drop links: The draft of my thesis paper. The most recent version of Zine #1 The google form I’ve been using for user testing1 min read1 min read
Nov 9, 2020Process Log 11/3–11/9Zine issue 1 is below! This is what I’ll be using for testing this week. I’m really proud of how it’s coming together :) I’ve added some screenshots below as well~ Yellow Pearls Zine Issue 1_11.12.pdf Edit descriptiondrive.google.com2 min read2 min read
Nov 2, 2020Process Log 10/26–11/2Here is my midterm presentation deck! Notes from class This is what I did this week: I decided on a name! Yellow Pearls. I love it because it is word play of the term “Yellow Peril,” and because the pearl has beautiful meaning. It develops within the thick barriers of the clam and oyster shell from…3 min read3 min read
Oct 26, 2020Process Log 10/20–10/26Writing Links Outline Background Methods I’m having a major writer’s block! Life has really been pulling me away — This past week, after successfully confronting our harasser landlord and being released from our lease, I toured apartments, put in an application, signed a lease, and packed up the old place without running…3 min read3 min read
Oct 12, 2020Process Log 10/5–10/12It’s been a big week! There are many different parts of this project in motion — collaborations, design, website, and I'm getting a camera soon! Design update! Issue #13 min read3 min read
Sep 28, 2020Process Log 9/21–9/28Notion Roadmap — my schedule for the semester Zine #1 self-healing Research: depression, suicide, low use of mental health services, Deconstructing the invisible illness — why are so many of us struggling in silence? (mental health is still a westernized idea. many Asian languages literally don’t have the words to talk about mental…4 min read4 min read
Sep 21, 2020Process Log 9/14–9/21Zine Arch: 3 issues — multimedia: print, web, audio, maybe video Issue #1: Explore: Asian femmes + self-healing (with Kwonyin) Issue #2: Channel: Asian femmes + rage (with Yumi) Issue #3: Practice: Asian femmes + anti-racist community activism (with YJC) I want this zine to be like a documentary with a host…2 min read2 min read
May 14, 2020Final Report: A Zine for Asian American FemmesProject Description Love You, Miss You, Take Care is a collaborative zine series dedicated to uncovering and acknowledging Asian American femmes’ unique and shared experience with race, gender, mental health, and legacies of immigration and assimilation. So many of us in the Asian diaspora feel isolated in our struggles, this zine is…10 min read10 min read
May 4, 2020Process Log 12_I held an Asian femmes brain-trust! Braintrust: coming together of minds that have a shared stake in a social issue. identify what the real needs are from people that live the experience. See what threads come up. Seven of us came together for 1.5 hours this Saturday afternoon. One person had a little trouble finding us…4 min read4 min read
