InZORAbyShinyung Oh·Mar 16, 2023Discarded: Understanding an EstrangementPhoto by Andrey ZvyagintsevA response icon31A response icon31
InHuman PartsbyShinyung Oh·Apr 3, 2022Disowning My (Korean) Mother’s UnhappinessFor most of my life, I have carried my mother’s unhappiness, sloshing in an aged brown vat atop a rolled towel on my head, the way old…A response icon33A response icon33
In#StopAsianHatebyShinyung Oh·Jul 20, 2021From the Other Side of ToleranceDuring the pandemic, people had to make decisions about who was worth risking spending time with. We rarely made the cut.A response icon6A response icon6
InThe ShadowbyShinyung Oh·Feb 5, 2021The Making of Asian-American IdentitiesJay Caspian Kang’s recent New York Times Magazine feature on Steven Yeun is not really a story about Steven Yeun. It is an exploration —…
Shinyung Oh·Jul 30, 2020The Idea of Racism Is a RuseEquality alone is a compromise. Justice was forsaken for safety, and America has failed to uphold its end of the bargain.
Shinyung Oh·Jul 9, 2020Must Asian-Americans Cast Their Stones at Tou Thao?In the midst of the Black Lives Matter protests, Asian-American writers and activists have flocked to urge fellow Asian-Americans to speak…