Notes From a White-Passing Asian
Can you ever escape your complicity when you can't escape your own skin?
Meredith Talusan is the author of Fairest: A Memoir from Viking/Penguin Random House, a 2020 Lambda Literary Award Finalist, and the founding executive editor of them., Condé Nast's LGBTQ+ digital platform, where she is currently contributing editor.
Enter your email address to receive notifications for author Meredith Talusan
Success!
Confirmation link sent to your email to add you to notification list for author Meredith Talusan
More by this author
I Write Wherever My Mind Can Be Free
Better than controlling my writing mind, I’ve figured out that what my brain wants most is to be free
More in this series
My Body, My Story
What I forgot, for years and years, were the details of what my body experienced at the time. But my body did not forget.
How Bodywork Helped Me Find Healing From Trauma
Though I couldn’t articulate it at the time, I somehow knew that both relief and release were no longer optional. They were necessities.
Finally, at Fifty, I Can See Myself
I participated in the betrayal of my face because it’s easy to do when your thoughts about beauty are colonized and your appearance is a battleground.