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#HongComics Loved all the webcomics for this week. They were all so sad. Xiao and O'Shea showed the struggle of finding missing pieces of one's own identity when the answers you seek have been lost.
#HongComics ...the societal push to write only about the experiences of other POC instead of allowing them the freedom to creative stories that exist outside that narrow window.
#HongComics ...unfairly placed on the shoulders of creators or color to produce trauma narratives almost exclusively. "I want to write about love" Khor states, "but I do not want to write about interracial love." In this brief narrative, Khor is questioning...
#HongComics I enjoyed returning to our week 1 roots with some short webcomics this week. I love the idea of webcomics because it reminds me so much of reading comics in the paper. The format being so short and sweet is a bit nostalgic and I...
It brings on so many questions about how much we know about our lineage and how known and unknown forces shape us into who we are, with the art making you feel like you're on this journey with her— I found it immersive. #hongcomics
I was intrigued by her question about the word "introversive" how she tried to figure out whether one who gives up their child for adoption is "reserved" and how she tried to find similarities in those on the plan with her. #hongcomics
I also love how she infuses humor ("She was taller than me, which was upsetting") into a difficult and meaningful journey. #hongcomics
Writers will immediately have their work judged as though their writing is representative of the culture and background they embody, rather than of themselves and their own identity. #HongComics
Through the immigrant experience. #HongComics
@JasonAltmanQC I completely agree and think Khor feels like they are yelling into the void. They are trying to exist as their own voice as opposed to the voice of their culture. #hongcomics
In Shing Yin Khor's comic, "I Do Not Want to Write Today: A Comic" they still end up writing about the constant appropriation of marginalized people's work, and it shows that this cycle is inescapable. Khor experiments with dark humor in a lot of their..(1/2) #hongcomics
@JasonAltmanQC So true! I especially love this section, where they centralize AAPI's voices---not to remove whiteness from America, but to make AAPI as central voices, too. #HongComics
@JasonAltmanQC I agree. Their webcomic starts off feeling like an everyday rant (that we've all experienced before, as writers), but it progresses into a deeper level of giving the writing landscape a middle finger for how it continually brushes off BI/POC's voices. #HongComics
Wrapping up a meaningful semester w/ Shing Yin Khor's "I Don't Want to Write Today." The simple illustration below speaks volumes. I see this with congee, mahjong, kimonos, qipaos, hanboks, everything. Cultures that get stolen in America. https://t.co/1sVJdOCc1C #HongComics
I loved all of the webcomics for this week! Khor’s “I Don’t Want to Write Today” was so powerful as it shows the fatigue of creating art that sends messages of autonomy not just for an individual but for an entire culture. Some might call this comic a “rant” but… #hongcomics
Khor writes “they will put my words in a white mans mouth. They will win awards writing about universal grief, but I will still be here around about Chinese grief-only Chinese, never universal.”#Hongcomics
The monkey king and Jin/Danny want to escape who they really are so bad that they end up being hurtful to the people around them. It shows how stereotypes can have lasting effects on your self perception and the way you navigate the world #Hongcomics
#HongComics spotted in the library of the middle school I’m subbing at today!! Made me happy to see 😌
@ashley_oken I completely agree, and I find it refreshing to bring this conversation to light because American myths are so tightly held in the culture. To challenge the ownership of myths such as Paul Bunyan is to start to take ownership of one's identity in the broader culture. #hongcomics
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