Frances’s Reviews > East Side Voices: Essays celebrating East and Southeast Asian identity in Britain > Status Update
Frances
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‘What I do find in every space I occupy is an awareness; I am aware of my mixed-race status and how that plays with privilege and choice - for and against me. Being mixed race, and/or coming from multiple spaces, but occupying a Western world is knowing where you fit and knowing how to fit in.’ -Anna Sulan Masing
— Sep 19, 2024 03:38PM
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Frances
is on page 142 of 224
‘…maybe you’re thinking about choosing a name for your child, for your love, for yourself…I can’t choose your name for you but I’ll tell you I’m beginning with a list of wishes.
I wish this name will:
Describe a history.
Encompass two lives.
Spell the name of a home.
Be mixed and mixed up.
Be ours.’
— Sep 25, 2024 03:07PM
I wish this name will:
Describe a history.
Encompass two lives.
Spell the name of a home.
Be mixed and mixed up.
Be ours.’
Frances
is on page 103 of 224
‘Memories and identities that were created and developed in previous situations get utilised in different ways and get expressed in new ways. These are intersections of my identity that are articulated for each new audience, and I have a choice in how they get presented.’ - Anna Sulan Masing
— Sep 19, 2024 03:41PM
Frances
is on page 91 of 224
‘Like after so many deaths when shock, grief and anger are masked as greed for money and other material remnants left behind. Things often left unsaid become internalised and explode, further hurting the already hurt, enacting even more damage.’ -Naomi Shimada
— Sep 19, 2024 03:30PM
