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LBL #6: what's the point of making anything any more?

Designing a zine, editing a documentary, and what you get from the creative process, besides its outputs.

Dec 29, 2025 • Frank Shyong

I wrote the true story behind "Rosemead." Here's what I learned

reporting on trauma in Asian American communities

Dec 16, 2025 • Frank Shyong

Let protests be cringe

In an age of AI content and algorithmic feeds, protests work because they are in person, with all the messiness that comes with

Oct 21, 2025 • Frank Shyong

We’re in each other’s hands now. Why is that a scary place to be?

Charlie Kirk's death and the time I lost my cat

Sep 23, 2025 • Frank Shyong

Whaling in Japan, hunger as national trauma, and the ambiguous flavor of obaike

Jul 27, 2025 • Frank Shyong

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