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Ophelia Chong

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A true multi-tasker: illustrator, designer, teacher, networker and writer of short blasts of pent up hot air.

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We've have never talked, or met in person; a type of friendship that is becoming more and more common.
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Just as they say that the pen is mightier than the gun, I know that a woman's voice can break a man's grip.
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I was watching Hoarder's the other night, it is a reality show about people who can't stop accumulating. Their homes are filled to the brim with jetsam…
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In Asia 4 out of 10 women use skin lighteners to attain that flawless white complexion. So as an experiment, I wanted to pose as a White person and to report back to you.
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It may not seem like it, but there are 1,200 homeless people living in Pasadena. The Homeless Outreach-Psychiatric Evaluation may be a reason why.
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It is a rite of passage for every Asian to be asked at least once if they are going to eat their pet.
The Boxer
You can take the Asian out of Asia, but you can't take the Asia out of an Asian. But what if you're Chinese-American?
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Last week a good friend asked me, "Do you only date white men?" This prompted a Facebook survey about interracial dating that yielded colorblind results.
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I am a Hyphenate, I see Los Angeles in multi-layers, and I co-exist in a city of 224 languages.
In his epic poem Dante's Inferno, Dante had to travel through the nine circles of Hell. What if Rush Limbaugh was my guide to Hell?
A memo to Alexandra Wallace, the UCLA student who drew attention to herself over a rant about Asians she uploaded to YouTube.
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A city is not just height and breadth, sight and smell, it is also sound.
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