“Being Chinese American means that my heart is shattering in a thousand different ways.” as told to Leona Chen for Bobblehaus I’ve always been proud of sharing the BOBBLEHAUS genetics — one chromosome from New York City, another from Shanghai — but lately, being Chinese American means that my heart…

It’s just that my mother has cancer. Athena Tan for Bobblehaus Editor’s Note: When commissioned for this piece, Athena asked me if writing about caregiving during the holidays would be too “somber.” In a year of staggering loss and loneliness, grief and dimmed hope, I cannot imagine a more appropriate…

I’ll tell you mine if you tell me yours Wen Hsiao for Bobblehaus I’ve listened to a lot of banging break-up songs. Ever since I was first exposed to Taylor Swift in grade school, there has always been a narrative towards women who write their way out of a heartbreak…

I’ve deadened my instincts for rest. — Alina Lam for BOBBLEHAUS me: *tries to relax* my mind: Be productive!… I should be doing something right now…maybe I should learn a new skill to make money… (*signs up for free trials of Skillshare, coding boot camps, and random certifications, barely cancels before the first billing period*)… AHH I’m…

My family’s demons, unattended to and uncared for, reproduce themselves generation after generation. And that is why I will never have a child. Elizabeth Ruth Deyro for BOBBLEHAUS There was never a time when I truly saw myself becoming a mother, even when everyone else around believed I’d one day inevitably bear a child, as though parenthood had been written in the stars for me. …

“It’s easy to forget about depression when you’re so used to telling your story without it.” — Ophelia Chen + Raissa Xie for Bobblehaus (TW: Self harm, depression) Ophelia Chen, co-founder and CEO of Bobblehaus, and Raissa Xie, MFA student at Parsons School of Design, have an honest exchange about their journeys with mental health. As fellow Chinese-American women, the two met while Ophelia was a freshman…

“Overachievers in art and life just push and push on a shitty idea hoping it will eventually make 1% of sense or until they’ve made enough pieces to fill out a nine grid on social media.” — Haus Guest Interview: Bobblehaus x Jae Who of 6.9GPA GPA6.9 is a pop culture brand established by Jae Who and John Spinnenweber. The brand’s artistic approach is focused in photography but utilizes other mixed mediums to articulate its provocative messages.

It was something I never thought I would say out loud, but what I had always wanted to say to my mother: “I just feel like you’re disappointed in me.” — Casey Huang for Bobblehaus I have always held my tongue when I spoke to my parents. Never said what’s actually on my mind when I had trouble, never brought up hard topics, always strayed away from any expressions of feeling and hardship. Always wanted to hide what was bothering…

I sat barefoot, cross-legged on an old worn-out carpet, surrounded by dusty bric a brac, transfixed by the pink mohawk man on TV. — SAB for Bobblehaus For me, being a kid in Singapore meant studying hard, doing well in school, and making my parents happy. Days were spent in classrooms with thirty other black-haired heads buried in books, or under the tropical sun playing freeze tag until the bell rang (and always too…