Belau Bekiis (Wake up Palau)

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  • June 3, 2021

    New Writing Space for a New Writing Project

    I rented an office space in downtown Tacoma, for the entire month of June, so I can finally have some incentive to get up bright and early, make the commute, and sit my butt down in a chair and finally get to work on my first novel. I figured, “Hey, if you don’t wanna watch…

    Writing
    books, Creative writing, Journaling, Novel, Writing
  • May 15, 2021

    What Makes a Good Life?

    I’ve been thinking a lot about this question lately, and so many things have come to mind about what makes a good life. Of course, I wanna be financially secure, be able to know I have a home to come back to every night, have family and friends that I can turn to, and be…

    Writing
    addiction, goals, Good life, self-discipline, Writing
  • March 27, 2021

    The Racist Anti-Asian President Who Locked Kids in Concentration Camps

    Mary Matsuda Gruenewald was only sixteen when the government forced her family to leave their home and be interned into a concentration camp. She was only one of tens of thousands of children legally living in America (many of them citizens) who had to endure this treatment because of the decision of a sitting U.S.…

    History
    Anti-Asian Hate, History, Japanese Internment, Racism
  • March 16, 2021

    Sharing Writing Advice: Short Story

    Whether you’re a published writer or you’ve just recently decided to become one, the short story form is a great way to hone your craft. For me personally, as a beginning writer, this form has helped me to vastly improve my writing skills. A short story is loosely defined as a work of fiction, or…

    Writing
    Creative writing, Short story, Writing, Writing advice
  • March 9, 2021

    The Two Faces of Racism in Everything That Rises Must Converge

    Last year, while most people took a quarter off and enjoyed summertime in the Pacific Northwest, I took a writing class in Seattle. At some point (the 3rd or 4th week, I think), the class read some of Flannery O’Connor’s short stories and shared our thoughts about them on a discussion board. It was insightful,…

    Writing
    Creative writing, Flannery O'Connor, Racism, Writing
  • December 19, 2020

    Information Revolution In the Age of Data

    The word “data” has been slowly moving farther away from its philosophical origins and has become more entwined with technology. In today’s high-tech, information-at-your-fingertips world, data has become a commodity more precious than black gold. Governments and big corporations all over the world are more likely to make decisions based on numbers, analytics, and algorithms…

    History
    Data, Decolonization, Decolonize data, Indigenous rights, Reparations
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