On the State of Our Disunion + 3 Tips for Self-Care
I’m not going to sugarcoat-it has been a frustrating and scary week to be a person of color in America.
Tiffany Chan
Happy Place Did Not Spark Joy.
Unfortunately, Happy Place embodied the aesthetic of joy but not the spirit.
1 Year of Taking Photography Seriously
In January 2018, I bought my first DSLR camera after several months of deliberation. Why did I want to pursue photography? The ignoble reason was that I just wanted my Instagram to look better. This wasn’t my first dalliance with photography. My father bought me my first digital camera in 9th grade and I took […]Read Post ›
Light in the Dark: Staying Hopeful in a Dystopian Mediascape
“If you don’t like the conversation, change it.”
Light in the Dark: A Series
In the darkness, let there be light
Commonwealth in Crisis: A Bostonian watches the Handmaid’s Tale
The Handmaid’s Tale is meant to be a warning to all Americans about the dangers of losing our freedom. But for the smart and stubborn people who rally behind #BostonStrong, the series is particularly challenging to the notions of who we are.
We need more allies against cultural appropriation.
By Tiffany Chan Edited by Morgan Moore and Catherine Harlow It’s prom season and you may have seen a recent viral story gracing the internet about a girl (of non-East Asian descent) who chose a Chinese qipao as her prom gown. This story took the social internet by storm after it was brought to the […]Read Post ›
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries Revisited: A Five Year Retropsective
I was sitting on my bed on a Sunday night and had exhausted all the content I was interested in consuming when suddenly a suggestion popped up to watch a vlog from…The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, a video series that I hadn’t thought about in nearly five years.
Tiffany’s Five Points of Art Appreciation
It can be really intimidating to approach an artwork for the first time, especially those that are exceptionally avant-garde or wildly unfamiliar. You may feel the urge to have the perfect articulate and intellectual observation about a given piece, but how do you start thinking and talking about something you don’t quite understand? For me, […]Read Post ›
Mid-Century Millennials: A Mod(ern) Love Story
One need only to browse Pinterest for “interior design inspo” to be baraged with hundreds of pictures of perfectly curated shots of living rooms. What is peculiar, however, is that many of the furniture designs that are marketed as the most trendy and modern pieces actually are the legacy of mod furniture from 50 years […]Read Post ›
