“Uprooting myself at all, let alone to pursue the vastly undervalued field of Gender Studies and especially as an Asian-Australian, was a deeply transgressive act.”
Black Sheep
“Oftentimes I feel like an outsider at university. I feel alienated. I feel isolated. I feel like the black sheep. (Yes, pun intended.)”
A Letter to my Immigrant Mother
“I am confident, I am resilient and I am strong because of you.”
A Phoenix is Never Slain
“I realised that a woman has no country, no family and no person to support her. But I had my soul, and that was strong enough to combat all odds.”
Traveller’s Checks
“I was powerless every time I was asked where I was from because I knew the answer they expected to hear, and I knew they would be disbelieving of the one I proffered.”