by Jennifer Duann Fultz | Feb 18, 2021 | Parents Are Human
Author’s Note: These conversations took place in a mix of Mandarin and English. For the sake of this process not taking 600 years, I have translated everything into English except for instances where we are discussing the meanings of Mandarin words. I have also tried...
by Jennifer Duann Fultz | Jan 1, 2020 | Personal
Looking Back What one event, big or small, are you going to tell your grandchildren about? Trump getting impeached? Lol I dunno. If you had to describe your 2019 in 3 words, what would they be? Major. Growing. Pains. What new things did you discover about yourself? I...
by Jennifer Duann Fultz | Dec 26, 2019 | Asian American Identity
A couple months ago, one of the Mochi staff members posted in our team Slack:’ “I’m turning 22 next week. Aunties, any advice for me?” Whoooooof. That’s a full decade younger than me. It took me a minute to even remember being 22. But once I thought about it, I...
by Jennifer Duann Fultz | Dec 3, 2019 | Asian American Identity, Asian American Literature
Confession: I dropped out of Chinese school by ninth grade, despite an illustrious run of speech contest victories throughout grade school. The extra three hours of school on weekends was just too much, even for the bookworm I was (and still am). Naturally, I used the...
by Jennifer Duann Fultz | Aug 12, 2019 | Asian American Identity
I’ve always had a beef with Remy from Ratatouille. His mantra, “Anyone can cook,” is meant to be empowering, but I find it a bit discouraging. If anyone can cook, why should I bother? (I should note that as a Four in the Enneagram personality typing...
