Editorial
As a journalist, I’ve reported on breaking news, and feature stories, while also publishing multiple op-eds. I’ve covered the museum industry, tech platforms, entertainment, the American 2020 presidential election, LGBTQ healthcare, New York Fashion Week, and more. If you’re curious about my full article archive, feel free to reach out!
Here are examples of SEO-driven fashion and beauty content for HYPEBAE, The Editorialist, and L’Officiel USA.
Below are some examples of my work.
Longform Original Reporting + Features
Operation Night Watch: How Rijksmuseum Tapped AI To Restore A Rembrandt, Jing Culture and Commerce
“In 2019, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam embarked on a multiyear restoration of Rembrandt van Rijn’s 1642 masterwork, “The Night Watch.” The painting, which had weathered vandalism and a major trimming in 1715 that lopped off its top and left portions, began undergoing a restoration in public view: a glass case was constructed around the canvas in the museum’s gallery, allowing visitors and an online audience to witness restorers at work. More recently, Operation Night Watch, as it is known, turned its focus to a central facet of the conservation project: reconstructing the missing parts of the painting, long lost since the 18th century.”
The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Opens Its First (Digital) Exhibition, The Art Newspaper
“While Becoming Visible does a thorough job of reflecting on lesser-known women’s stories, the immediate jump from exhibition to call-to-action without any activities for digital visitors to engage with (like interactive games or social-media filters) makes it feel more like a teaser for an in-person exhibition than an entirely fleshed-out virtual experience. Of course, given that this is the museum's inaugural exhibition, it makes sense that it is using Becoming Visible to introduce the institution's overall mission: to address the paradox that women face in US history.”
How LA Opera Adapted Its Stage For Streaming, Jing Culture and Commerce
“As Susannah Simons, Director of Content at Marquee TV, sees it, streaming enables performing arts venues to reach younger and previously untapped demographics, and allows audiences to view once-unaccessible performances. For her, it’s the access that digital provides that excites her. “You might never get to go to the Royal Opera House or to New York City Ballet, but you can enjoy that performance on a platform like Marquee TV,” she says. “I won’t use the word ‘democratize the arts’ because you have to subscribe and pay, although we do have quite a lot of free content.”
Artist + Celebrity Interviews
Artist and Filmmaker Narcissister On Sex, Bodies, and Family, L’Officiel USA
“When we think of sexually provocative art, the mind runs wild—for instance, paintings or photography bordering on pornography. Well, Brooklyn-based artist Narcissister takes our preconceived ideas, manifests them in her art, then both figuratively and literally pulls them out of her vagina in her new film Narcissister Organ Player.”
“On a surface level, Mister Jiu’s in San Francisco has everything you’d expect of a Michelin-starred restaurant: elaborate plating, an immaculately curated Instagram presence and a revolving tasting menu. At the helm of the kitchen and its vibes is executive chef Brandon Jew, who, like many of his peers, is navigating culinary expression through his blended, Asian American identity. Specifically, he wants to rejigger the space that contemporary Chinese cuisine occupies in the American food zeitgeist.”
Op-Eds + Personal Essays
“Being Chinese American means that I have full permission to access both cultures to their fullest without reserve. I have my family and friends who can guide me through a lifelong journey of discovering Chinese culture, and I have my mind, body, and spirit to explore aspects of Americanness I resonate with. And as a Chinese American transgender woman, I have two cultures of womanhood I can reference and build myself up from.”
I Had to Stop Doom Scrolling to Reach Gender Euphoria, them Magazine
“Through my intentional isolation, I’ve learned that it’s essential to occasionally separate the news and the anxieties of others from my own internal world. It’s easy to see our phones as an extension of our own bodies. With just a few swipes, we’re able to get constant information regardless of where we are, what time it is, or how we’re feeling at the moment. The boundaries between the private and external are increasingly blurred, but just because we can engage with the world 24/7 doesn’t mean we should. It’s critical that we draw the line somewhere — a lesson that took a trip to the hospital for me to learn.”