Here are two essays - and if you are interested, my lecture on Burnout and Self-Care to the Brown University Alumni Network is now on my YouTube channel!

“Self-care and Dealing with Burnout” with Dr. Ravi Chandra (about 40 minutes with Q and A)

"Beef is an existential dramedy, a dark dom-com as I put it, with incredible acting, writing, directing, cinematography, and sets throughout. I think it’s a breakthrough serial for Asian Americans in particular. "Beef" showcases immense Asian American talent in leads Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, as well as a deep supporting cast throughout, who raise a collective middle finger to stereotypes of Asian Americans as unemotive, expressionless model minorities, destined only to play silent, sidekick, worker-drone roles and never top the bill. This is one show that does emotional labor for us all….

 

Beef lands as the call of the century: a call to do better, to open our eyes and hearts to the needs and hurts we all carry, on this difficult Earth where we are so close to each other, and yet ache at all the space."