Steph Cha’s “Your House Will Pay” is an incredible storytelling feat on heavy topics regarding tensions between African American and Korean American communities in relation to the tragedy of the 1992 Los Angeles Race Riots. The story is focused around two individuals, with the perspective switching back and…

The “sad girl” aesthetic, popularized by straight white women, often sidelines the authentic experiences of sadness felt by women of color and queer women, reducing their emotions to racial or cultural trauma. We must shatter the stereotypes of the “sad girl” and ask why these minority women are denied the same space to simply be sad.