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When a home is unsafe for an animal, it is often unsafe for a child. This overwhelming overlap proves that violence against animals and violence against vulnerable family members are deeply interconnected.

Please join us on Saturday, October 10, 2026, for the Safe Paths 5K. If you are unable to attend, please donate here: https://domesticabuselegaladvocacycenter.org/donate/

Wasians were more visible than ever this year: Alysa Liu and Eileen Gu were the reigning queens of the Milan Olympics; Hudson Williams parlayed the fervor of ‘Heated Rivalry’ into brand ambassadorships for Peloton and Balenciaga; Charles Melton got an Emmy nomination for ‘Beef’; Megan Lawless and Lukita Maxwell starred in Gen Z horror blockbusters ‘Obsession’ and ‘Backrooms’; Olivia Rodrigo led the ‘Billboard’ Hot 100.

In the U.S., there are more multiracial Asians, specifically Wasians, than ever before. Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial group in the country, hitting a new high of 26.4 million in 2024. About one in five are multiracial, and of those, 82% are part white. What was once an isolating experience is now a mass coming of age.

The generational arrival was on display in May when an open invite to a Wasian meetup in Central Park landed on Partiful and was instantly faced with backlash. People felt that Wasians, by carving out a separate space within mixed-race identity, had the air of superiority. The increasing amount of Wasian stars in Hollywood, sports, music, and social media only seemed to confirm this fear. An incoming generation, simply by their existence, dislodged a crooked anxiety that the new face of Asian America is Wasian.

E. Alex Jung spoke to over 50 people, including Hollywood writers, actors, producers, and the Wasian meetup organizers, about the current moment. Read his full report on how an incoming generation of Wasians has triggered a collective identity crisis: https://nymag.visitlink.me/oc4T9j

❤ Eolssigu! ❤ JangmiArts season begins September 6th! Stop by to observe a class and learn about our classes. JangmiArts is an affinity program for all those with Korean heritage ~ KADs, DoKADs, multiracial multi cultural Koreans, non Adoptee Korean Americans and International Koreans. Art and Performing Arts workshops for non Korean community member are also offered through out the year. Registration, Schedule/Calendar & Fee links are in the bio. Email [email protected] with any questions. Newcomers are welcome! Check out our NEW program “ChinguTime!” for toddlers and parents.

Every bite of food you eat now comes with an invisible side of plastic. Scientists just found that something living inside kimchi may help your body fight back.

Researchers in South Korea discovered that a probiotic bacterium found in kimchi can latch onto microplastics and nanoplastics in the intestine, bind to them, and help carry them out of the body through waste before they spread further. In lab tests, the bacterium removed up to 87% of nanoplastics, and in living trials, subjects given the probiotic passed more than twice as much plastic out of their bodies compared to those without it.

Why this matters so much comes down to how small these particles are. Nanoplastics are less than a thousandth of a millimeter across, small enough to slip through the wall of your gut, enter the bloodstream, and accumulate in organs like the kidneys and even the brain. We now find them in blood, in lungs, in placentas. Until recently, we had learned how thoroughly plastic had invaded our bodies, but had almost no idea how to get it out.

That is what makes this discovery so quietly powerful. The bacteria act like microscopic magnets, gripping the plastic particles in the intestine and escorting them out, cutting down the time those particles spend in the body and lowering the chance they migrate deeper inside.

And it fits a bigger truth about fermented foods. For centuries, cultures around the world prized kimchi, yogurt, sauerkraut, and miso for gut health long before anyone understood why. Modern science keeps uncovering that these traditional foods are packed with beneficial microbes that do far more than aid digestion.

There is something poetic in it. Humanity created a pollution crisis the planet had no natural answer for, plastic that nothing could break down. And part of the solution may have been sitting quietly in a jar of fermented cabbage the whole time, a humble food our ancestors made for thousands of years.

Nature, once again, offering a quiet answer to a problem we created.

Would you start eating more fermented foods knowing they might help clean the plastic from your body?