Editorial — by AMY LAM

Deputy Editor at diaCRITICS—arts & culture of the Vietnamese & SE Asian diaspora
Editorial Lead at On She Goes—the world of women of color & travel.
Contributing Editor at Bitch Media—the feminist response to pop culture.

From helping shape an editorial vision and voice, fielding pitches and commissioning assignments, to working directly with a writer to hone and sharpen her work—I really, truly, genuinely love my work as an editor. Here are some pieces that I'm very proud of and want to share with ya'll:

**On Solidarity: Asian Americans & Black Lives Matter**
by Thanh Bui

**Land as Memory, Body as Subject: To Call Oneself a Vietnamese Settler**
by Y Vy Truong

**What Travel Has Taught Me About Fear**
by Nanjala Nyabola

**Hindi, My Mother Tongue**
by Anika Gupta

**Heartbreak & Self-Deportation**
by Dao Ling

**Steady As She Goes: Staying Healthy with Mental Illness While Traveling**
by Emilly Prado

Spend & Save:
The Narrative of Fair Trade & White Saviorism
by Bani Amor

Pretty Unnecessary:
Taking Beauty Out of Body Positivity
by Lindsay King-Miller