Jasmine Wang

Jasmine Wang
Author

(she/her/hers)

Jasmine is a second-year studying English and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She is obsessed with baking for her friends, haggling at flea markets, feeding her Tetris addiction, wearing platform shoes, and munching on yogurt-covered pretzels. Jasmine is also the Membership Chair for the Organization of Young Filipino Americans (OYFA) and a facilitator for the Asian Pacific American Leadership Training Institute (APALTI). She is passionate about building community across difference and equipping fellow APIDA students with the language and knowledge to combat APIDA issues.

 

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Oh, how I love female camaraderie. I love the way our room booms with Ice Spice and NewJeans as we ask each other, “Do my eyebrows look even” or “Is it a skirt day?”

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It’s January 27th today. Lunar New Year’s Eve.

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I hated my mother for a long time. And right now, I cringe at the sight of those words on a page because I have never uttered them out loud, much less to another person.

UVA students

Short interviews with various UVA students on how they approach their own style, where they draw inspiration from, and where they like to shop.

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The morning air felt thick with secrecy, and the forest beyond the porch beckoned Jack into its pulsing green heart.

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To everyone in a romantic relationship, trust me, this letter is the last thing I want to be writing in a place like this 
 

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An interview with transgender students at UVA