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Issue 5
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I was born into a culture
that preferred “boys” so as a baby, I was dressed in suits and baseball caps until they called me by my brother’s name at the dentist’s office in a mix-up I guess I also wanted that false truth, kind of, but I’m not sure if it was my own thinking or one spoon fed, airplane pantomiming and all but to this day I refer to myself as the man of the house, so that I feel important and then my family laughs. |
MI NGUYEN is a 26-year-old writer who was born to immigrant parents from Vietnam, and raised in the Caribbean enclave of Flatbush, Brooklyn. In her early 20s, Mi was diagnosed with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) and other debilitating chronic conditions, for which she raises awareness through her writing.
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