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  • March 11, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

    Empathy in an Outrageous World

    Or… I ain’t problematic, I have a [group name] friend!! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about in-person exposure to

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  • February 14, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

    Here’s to the Maybes

    Here’s to the Maybes, the Almosts, the Ones told “I can’t”, the Ones busied away. Do you ever think about where they must go Once you’ve relegated them to a footnote?

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  • February 13, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

    A Single Guy’s (Positive) Take on Valentine’s Day

    If you’re in a good relationship, celebrate that today. Don’t patronize your single friends. Don’t act like you forgot the day. Even a bog standard date on Valentine’s Day ain’t a horror show.

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  • December 20, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    My Empire of Hurt

    I’ve been in bit of pain for the past few months. I’m starting to come out of it. And I hope everyone in the same boat can do the same too.

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    November 20, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    India Sweets & Spices Review – Desi Representation & Colorism in Mainstream American Culture

    India Sweets & Spices, about a girl named Alia who discovers family secrets during summer break, certainly does have imperfections. But I’m happy that it exists and that it adds to the growing (and never perfect) list of stories told about South Asians.

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  • November 11, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    The Inclusivity of Sport

    There are few avenues in life where I have felt more welcome and included than as part of a sports fandom. For a few hours, I didn’t have to be The Muslim representative or wasn’t seen as The Brown Guy.

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    October 23, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    The Model Minority Myth and Maher

    The Model Minority Myth bolsters the idea that Asians experience less hate & prejudice because $$. And explains lack of empathy with our struggles.

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    October 16, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    Where Are You REALLY From?

    Where are you from? You can’t be American! There are people who are so gauche unintentionally. And then there are the ones who know better but purposefully go the other direction…

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May 25, 2009 Of cabbages and kings

NOTHING is Glorious

Do I really have to do anything? Everyone expect that I should have done “something” for my birthday. Go out. Go clubbing. Go to

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May 24, 2009 Demosthenes

The NOW answer

I think one of the more annoying aspects of human curiosity is the demand for the NOW answer. We want everything to be definitively

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May 20, 2009 Demosthenes

Fighting for Substance

A quarter-life crisis to be followed by a mid-life crisis to be followed by a late-life crisis to be followed by death Fight Club

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May 20, 2009 Locke

Having the courage to change

The freedom to change our lives, as we ostensibly have in Amrikan society, is largely an illusion without possessing the courage to change our

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May 13, 2009 Locke

Communities of the Third Culture

In a largely nuclear, de-centralized world, how do we replicate such a natural cultural community. Do we even want such a community?

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May 12, 2009 Of cabbages and kings

Star Trek Review

I saw Star Trek this weekend and it was excellent!! Lots of explosions, evil aliens and attractive people. It was just a fun, fun

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May 8, 2009 Demosthenes

Under the Hood

The University of Tennessee recently offered a football scholarship to a kid named Daniel Hood, who at the age of 13, helped tie up

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May 1, 2009 Locke

X-Men Origins & Movie Reviews

The early critics’ reviews of the new movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as well as a perusal of Rotten Tomatoes have

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April 29, 2009 Locke

A Real Pennsylvanian Maverick

Senator Arlen Specter’s switch from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party has been hailed as a victory for the Democrats. I’m inclined to

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April 24, 2009 Of cabbages and kings

Maher + Oreo = HAPPY!!

It’s His Birthday and He’ll Fart if He Wants to! I adopted my 6/7-year old beagle Oreo (shelter name Ike) last July after a

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