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MONDLER + Christmas

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In the morning I would just lie there, and I couldn’t wait to just go hang out with my friends, but with you, I was already with a friend.

FRIENDS | Monica & Chandler

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Ranking the F•R•I•E•N•D•S (as voted by my followers): #4 — Monica Geller ↳ Fine! Judge all you want to, but, married a lesbian, left a man at the altar, fell in love with a gay ice dancer, threw a girl’s wooden leg in the fire, lives in a box!

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#i love character development TED LASSO (2020 - 2023)

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i'm currently thinking about how, for so long, you couldn't be an asian on the screen unless you were a side character that was pretty much built on stereotypes. and there are standout asian actors, but i'm a teenager so legends who made a name for themselves are kinda before my time. but both michelle yeoh and ke huy quan are the embodiment of not giving up on your dreams. even if it takes a while, you're time will come, and in a way that honors yourself. every time i see another post or edit of their oscar wins, i tear up.

i didn't grow up watching asians on tv. my only likeness as a child used to be mulan, but people at school used to tell me i couldn't just pick her as my favorite disney movie because she's asian (which, kids are dumb and that reasoning is stupid and besides the fact the she was the only representation kid-me had, mulan had a great storyline and message and characters and soundtrack and it was and still is a really great movie). i remember seeing characters like mike chang from glee on tv, but he was a character always pushed to the side, and those shows always had a way of just mocking and reaffirming stereotypes.

i think about how sometimes the only space for asian women was so that they could be sexualized, or how there was even less room for asian men on the screen unless they fit a certain look. how asians had to become an image to get their space.

and in recent years, the representation for asians has increased, and i'm so thankful. i wish i had that when i was younger, but i'm glad to have it now. with movies like shang chi or crazy rich asians, we get to see how respecting and celebrating culture is significant, but it's also not an asian's entire identity. how we are still people with stories that deserve to have main characters.

i'm so happy that eeaao gave michelle yeoh and ke huy quan their space. how this door opened for them and asians to be seen and respected. how they inspire people to dream big. how it feels possible for big dreams to really and truly happen.

when i was a little girl, i was obsessed with superheroes, which led me to my obsession with the tv show agents of shield. and i adored melinda may, played by ming na wen, who was a bad*ss character. and her character revolved not around her culture (although culture was not ignored) but how even without it she is still a character with a complex history and development and personality.

it's nice to be living and experiencing an era where asians are getting their recognition. representation is so important because it reaches so many people and lets them know that somewhere out there, achieving the dream, even for someone who looks like us, is within our reach.

we finally get to exist in the mainstream. and for that, my inner child is so grateful.

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SHERYL LEE RALPH as BARBARA HOWARD ABBOTT ELEMENTARY 📚 2.19 Festival

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Congratulations for EEAAO for their Oscars 2023 winning!!

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MICHELLE YEOH Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role ”Everything Everywhere All At Once” 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Portraits by Mark Seliger

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Michelle Yeoh walks off stage with Halle Berry and Jessica Chastain after accepting the award for Actress in a Leading Role at the 95th Annual Academy Awards.

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Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis ‘pose’ in the press room at the 95th Annual Academy Awards.

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