Learning to Rock my Monolids

Photo by Jonathan Duran on Unsplash

I grew up Asian-American before it was cool. It was a time before Fresh off the Boat, Kim’s Convenience, and Crazy Rich Asians. It was during a time when J-pop was more listened to than K-pop. Lunchables packs containing cold “pizza” were preferred over bento boxes filled with animal-shaped rice balls. Raw fish and seaweed were gross, and non-Asians believed that all Asians were somehow related to Jackie Chan.