At the age of five, I was taught by my Great Auntie how to slaughter chicken. Earlier in the day, Great Auntie went to the open market and bought a …
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I am a Vancouver-born Asian Canadian and have lived in this city my entire life. While I am a fifth-generation Canadian on my father’s side, and consider myself very …
Written by Anna Wang Yuan I was born in China and immigrated to Canada in 2006. In 2012, I went back and lived in China for another three years as …
As one of Jean Lumb’s six children, Janet Lumb has in many ways continued her mother’s legacy in fighting against racism and fighting for social justice while advocating for self-representation …
Author of The Sweetest One, Melanie Mah was born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, and currently resides in Toronto. She is a freelance writer in Toronto and a graduate of the University …
My cousin recently found these mugshots of our older relatives when they immigrated to New York from China in 1864. Apparently they were arrested for fraud, but it was really …
WHAT DOES YOUR OUTFIT SAY ABOUT YOU? Fashionable Asians! is Ricepaper’s very first street fashion series on…fashionable Asians in Vancouver. Unlike any other street fashion blog, however, we seek to …
By Sabrina Mehra Furminger Published in 16.1 Amrita Bhua’s servant carried the tray of water glasses around the crowded room with the grace of a cat. He was Nepalese and …
By Joni Low Beppu, Japan: a non-descript, urban landscape of decrepit buildings, scattered rubble, deserted streets. There’s an odd, grating sound on the pavement cutting into distant industrial sounds. A …