Asian Women United invites you to a free film screening, as part of our Mother of All Stories project.The screening will take place on the UC Berkeley campus on Friday, May 9th at 6:30pm. Refreshments will be served. For more details, see our Facebook event. About the Film: Kyle and Jen, estranged siblings, travel from […]
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What It Means to Love Mothers
By MIMI KHÚC This post originally appeared on Black Girl Dangerous (BGD). BGD seeks to, in as many ways possible, amplify the voices, experiences and expressions of queer and trans* people of color. My two-year-old daughter started nursery school last month. As we were gearing up for this transition, this big milestone, other parents asked me: […]
Saving my Mother with a Safety Pin
By JEN WANG Originally published on Angry Asian Man, July 27, 2013. A recent study published by the London School of Economics found that happiness peaks at two times in your life: age 23, and again at age 69. My mother turned 69 this year. And she’ll tell you she’s happy, very happy, in fact, […]
My Mother Didn’t Say I Love You
By ARVIN TEMKAR My mother didn’t say I love you.Instead she saidDo your homeworkand, Don’t be late for dinner.That’s how we knew she cared. Her hair was short like her temperwhen our grades were bad,her smile warm like the pancit she cooked on our birthdays. When we left home for collegeshe didn’t say I’m worried.Instead she sent mail: care […]
My Mother’s Wedding Gown
By PATRICIA IKEDA The author as a baby with her mother, Alice Sawada Ikeda, in 1954, Ohio. “Trick ‘r treat.” I held open my pillowcase and felt the satisfying thud of candy dropping into it. We went on to the next house trailer, thrilled to be out in the dark, milling about with the other […]
Listening to Mama
BY CECILIA TRAN The author and her mother partaking in their favorite past time: selfies. My mama is the kind of person you hear before you see. As a painfully shy child, I was amazed at how she always had something to say. While I was struggling in my elementary school ESL classes, opting to […]
Mother
BY IRUM SHIEKH Irum and her mother. I was in my twenties when I immigrated to the US. I wanted to have financial independence, which meant going to school and working. I also wanted to go out to clubs, learn about music, date, go on weekend trips and hang out late at night like my […]
Halmoni
BY KYUNG-NYUN KIM RICHARDS The author’s grandmother. I didn’t learn how to dress myself in my hanbok until I was in my teens. Everything from putting on the layers of under-garments to tying the bow on the cho-ko-ri, the short jacket, has to be done properly. I remember how my Halmoni (grandmother) burst out laughing when I asked […]
My Mah-Mah
BY NICHOLAS CHAN The author and his grandmother above. Some kids grow up enthralled by the flicker of the television; others with video games, the Internet or MP3 players. Me? I had “Mah-Mah,” my grandmother. Every weekend, for as long as I can remember, Mah-Mah ate dim sum with my family. But during the weekdays, […]
Tiger Mom – Not
BY LILIA VILLANUEVA When I left the Philippines for the U.S., with my chest x-ray (then required by for all foreign students) in hand, I was 17 years old. I didn’t think about how my mother would feel about my journey, though I was grateful that she–having persuaded my father–had made this adventure possible. The first […]
