belonging

01/24/2018

Is Making Friends as an Introverted Immigrant Harder Than Dating?

You move somewhere new and by the time you make friends there, you leave the country. Or your friends leave the country. I gravitate towards people who like to leave.
03/20/2018

How I Came Up With the Name Foreignish

The first names I could think of were embarrassing.
08/27/2018

Stop Asking Where I’m From

The answer won't reveal much anyway. There's a better question. No, it's not "What's your background?"
02/18/2019

People Mispronounce My Foreign Name But It’s Partly My Fault

When people butcher my name, I don't correct them for fear of making them uncomfortable.
05/13/2019

How I Made the Foreignish Logo

Designing a logo looks easy until you try doing it yourself.
08/21/2019

The Hermetically Sealed Suburban Lifestyle

To an immigrant, the suburbs can be soul-crushing.
01/14/2020

Foreign, Poor and in the Ivy League

When you simultaneously inhabit the worlds of poverty and privilege.
04/10/2021

Are You a Global Citizen?

Being a citizen of the world isn't about traveling, which is only accessible to a privileged few.
06/19/2021

Rejecting The Single Immigrant Story

There's no such thing as The Immigrant Story. There are numerous immigrant stories.
12/01/2021

Who Taught You to Love?

I’ve changed countries and languages, but my attachment style has remained the same.
04/13/2022
Graffiti image of devil

Don’t Be the Voice of the Voiceless, Even If You’re a Minority

We, the voiceless, are already speaking for ourselves.
09/23/2023

Becoming Canadian

Studying for the Canadian citizenship test exposed me to a misleading story about how Canada came to be.
02/23/2024

The Shame of Forgetting My Mother Tongue

I've forgotten my mother tongue and I feel like a different person when I switch languages.
06/29/2026
Living room with open suitcases on the floor

Goodbye, Canada

Packing up my life and leaving a place is a skill I’ve perfected.
09/17/2026
Photo of journal

In My Move to Europe, I Lost All My Journals

It took only a few minutes to destroy my entire life's diaries.