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Hi everyone! I'm Danny Ly (he/him), a first-year from Oklahoma City, OK and a prospective Economics and Political Science major. I'm an e-board member of Organizing to Redefine Asian Activism (ORAA), News Editor of The Phoenix, and an intern at the Center for Innovation and Leadership (CIL), so if you have any questions about these three things, feel free to reach out!

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I also love writing poetry! My top inspiration is Ocean Vuong. My favorite poem from him is "Home Wrecker", because it's such a poignant portrayal of queer realities and fear. Send me any reading recommendations you have!

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As a person who grew up in Oklahoma City, I'm well aware of my home state's unsustainable and harmful production of fossil fuels, especially petroleum. I hope that this course will give me the language to more strongly advocate for change back home, and allow me to explore the intersection between social structures and our environments.

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Frou Frou, for Details (2002), one of my favorite albums ever!

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Music is one of my favorite things in the entire world. I love music because it's not only just fun to listen to, but also a medium for the expression of ourselves, cultures, societies, and beyond! I'm always on the lookout for new music and new genres to delve into. Right now, I'm obsessed with 90's sophisti-pop, especially Sade! My favorite artists (in no particular order) are Frou Frou/Imogen Heap, Rina Sawayama, Declan McKenna, Omar Apollo, Amaarae and so many more!

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Book cover of 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, which I read last summer

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I'm a big sci-fi novel fan; my favorite novel series are the Hyperion and Endymion novels by Dan Simmons. I try my best to read as much as I can (although I haven't gotten through a novel for a while). Here are some works that I've recently read:

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

Dune by Frank Herbert

Das Schloß/The Castle by Franz Kafka

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez

Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi

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My favorite dish ever has got to be the Vietnamese dish cơm tấm! If you don't know what it is, it's a rice dish made up of "broken" rice (cooked rice made of fractured rice grains), pickled daikon and carrots, scallions, fish sauce (or vegan fish sauce!), and some type of protein.

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Organizing to Redefine Asian Activism hopes to reshape the way Asian identity is advocated for (especially moving past rhetoric that depends upon the model minority myth or weaponizes the Asian identity to harm other people of color). Our goal is to interrogate the imperfect boundaries imposed by the "Asian" identity and label, continually recognize the diversity that exists between Asians, and actively create and maintain solidarity with other marginalized communities. We haven't set meeting times for this semester yet, but I encourage everybody to come to our open dinners :D!

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My favorite movie as of now (and for a while now) is Everything, Everywhere All at Once. I also like Hereditary & Parasite, so if you're a fan of any of these things, reach out!

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I also go plant-based for a week every month for religious reasons! I'm going to try to do that more often though.

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I also go plant-based for a week every month for religious reasons! I'm going to try to do that more often though.