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30 April marks the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. My father was there. For @dia_CRITICS, I wrote a piece about my father’s memories, Cambodia and memorials. Thanks to @ericnguyenisok for editorial support! dvan.org/2021/04/libera…

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@lyndseyfifield Ummm how is looking after a newborn and toddler during the day RESTING???? this is nuts and completely misleading. Stop dismissIng the LABOUR and WORK that is looking after children

I wish more young parents understood this. Ignore the reels, ignore the grievance culture keeping scores of wrongs or commenting “the divorce came out of nowhere...” on posts about husbands not waking up at midnight immediately having the cognitive function of a mother. Men and women are *so incredibly different* and if you spend your life using those differences to your advantage and marveling at the wisdom of our creator you will be happier. With our first newborn we did what culture told us to do—my husband dutifully woke up with me, helped me put on the nursing pillow and change a midnight diaper... and it took a massive toll on him while he was at work and I was home... resting and going on coffee stroller walks. With our second newborn I told him NOPE, you go get 8 full uninterrupted hours of sleep in the guest room (and help with the toddler ofc)—because I'll be resting and relaxing during the day while you need your brain and body working the most. Zero resentment. If you want your family to thrive, ignore the culture and do what ACTUALLY works for you. Why make everyone miserable?

This is a stupid outdated take. Dads can do everything for a newborn except breastfeed. If he's not, then he's a crap partner. Comments like this try to justify and normalize mothers taking on most of the load, which is shitty and why mothers go slightly insane

There’s too much talent trapped in poverty and too much mediocrity funded.

To the endless maternal, material, and economic labour of women that sustains the world.

The secret to enjoying motherhood is MONEY. Babysitters. Nannies. Day trips. Spa trips. Weekend trips. Mama’s solo weekend…… MONEY😂

@maddierune Stop bloody shaming women for how they feel just because it's not in line with how you think they should feel or your own experience as a mother. Geez it's 2026, not the 50s

I heard a woman say that she doesn’t regret her kids, but if she could choose to start her life over, she wouldn’t have them. And I remember thinking…isn’t that another way of describing regret? Being a parent is absurdly challenging. But even on the hardest days, I’ve never once wished for a life where my children didn’t exist. If there are a thousand lifetimes, my soul would look for theirs in every single one. Because being a parent is the greatest paradox of existence. It has taken more from me than anything else & given me more than I could ever lose.

Bringing stress to pregnant people or someone who is freshly postpartum should be illegal.

There are many unique Asian-American stories out there. But it’s not gonna be found in the same bok choy stinky tofu I-wish-I-were-blonde safe crap. I sense that many of us Asian Americans have an epidemic of closed chakras, I can hear it in the tightness of our voices. There are entire subjects we as a community skirt around, due to self-suppression, and if we were to write about them with vulnerability and from the heart, it will feel like collective shadow work.

Becoming a parent is a great way to remember how hard other people have worked to create the conditions for you to thrive

can i just get paid to learn/read about & experience ppls' histories/cultures for the rest of my life without being an anthropologist or anthony bourdain? what job is that?

My latest book review just got published in the Sydney Review of Books: sydneyreviewofbooks.com/reviews/transl…

from the 'other side'. It also demonstrates how the Vietnam War affected the whole Southeast Asian region and I hope this story can shed a little light on stories that are rarely heard from when we talk about the Vietnam War. You can listen here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

To mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, BBC radio 4 commissioned me to write a dramatised story based on my father's experiences in the communist army. I'm proud to be able to tell a part of my father's story and to present one of the few accounts...

So pleased to announce that my crime fiction novel manuscript 'The River' has been shortlisted the @WestWordsWS Prize! The winner of the Prize will receive a publication deal with WestWords’ Books. Fingers crossed for the announcement!

every girl in her twenties should read my brilliant friend by elena ferrante. and then reread it in her 30s. in her 40s. every decade of her life

France would be a third world nation if it wasn’t for Africa.

Getting a PhD is amazing because everyone calls you "doctor" but only sarcastically when you mispronounce something