Demaris is a reader, writer, and gamer from Juneau, Alaska. She has been writing about games, movies, and other pop culture phenomena since 2015. Demaris has a particular fondness for fantasy and ...

When my sister and I were growing up in Richmond, Va., my mother would make subtle comments about my sister’s body — noting how she was 胖 (pàng), which means fat in Chinese, or that her skin was too ...

Seenox (it bills itself as “the ultimate time waster website,” so you have been warned) offers yet another compilation of signs in China with hilariously botched English translations. An obscene ...

From a splash of lemon in salad dressing to a squeeze of lime over tropical dishes, citrus fruits can be as versatile as they are refreshing. Oranges, grapefruits and tangerines are familiar favorites ...

Although my parents’ English is serviceable, it is only in Mandarin that they’re at ease, that they can inhabit their own skins. By Connie Chang On Sunday afternoons, my grandfather would sit by my ...