Back home, older Asian ladies wear long sleeves and long pants, despite the ninety degree weather. My grandma tells me how proud she is of my light skin. My cousin expresses how much she hates getting tan in the summer. This is no surprise. For many Asians, lighter skin represents beauty, wealth, and a comfortable life indoors, while dark skin represents ugliness, poverty and labor in the sun. Colorist ideologies have existed in Asian countries long before European colonization and are still being reinforced by the media and beauty industry today. In modern society, not only does colorism influence classist discrimination--it increases anti-Black racism within Asian and Asian American communities.

I designed and wrote the content for these posters about Southeast Asian fruits.

The romanticization of an unkempt tile floor.

September mornings bring sad and sentimental feelings.

Because my ethnic roots come from Cambodia, my family records were most likely destroyed by the communist regime that purged the country. There are no journals, no letters, nothing. My family history is maintained by word of mouth, and the stories I heard growing up fall into two categories: one, life in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge Genocide and two, assimilation into the United States.

Herds of bison. Erupting geysers. Golden valleys and lush green forests. Known as the first national park in the U.S, Yellowstone continues to be cherished for its extraordinary landscapes and wildlife.


In this article we will cover:

Things To Know Before Visiting Yellowstone

Must See Sights in Yellowstone National Park

Things to do in West Yellowstone, MT—West Entrance

Things to do in Gardiner, MT—North Entrance

Things to do in Jackson, WY—South Entrance

Things to Know Before Visiting

As a BYU-I student, I didn’t make the smartest decisions when it came to storing my belongings when I was on my off track. I either took all my belongings back home to California or spent tons of dollars just to have it stored at my apartment in Rexburg. Unless you have family or a friend in Idaho that will store your things for free, storage facilities are your second best option.

The Fall of the House of Usher is a gothic story by Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1839. Told from the first person narrative of an unnamed narrator, it is about the deteriorating house of Usher and its inhabitants inside: Roderick and Madeleine Usher both of whom are siblings and are facing extreme physical and mental diminishment. However, critics have analyzed deeper themes that revolve around parallels, history, physical objects, and the power of opposites.

A poem about my grandma and the sweetness she makes from the suffering in life.