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Published in Atta Girl

·Aug 10, 2022

10 Ways I Connect With My Dad, Who Died 10 Years Ago

There we are, ten years ago. Me and Dad, in ash-form. Is this an anniversary of his death? What do they call this? A “Death-day?” If it is the opposite of a “Birthday” then that would make sense. But nothing about death makes sense to me. For two years straight…

Grief

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10 Ways I Connect With My Dad, Who Died 10 Years Ago
10 Ways I Connect With My Dad, Who Died 10 Years Ago
Grief

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Published in Write Like a Girl

·Jun 9, 2022

Will I Ever Belong at the Jersey Shore?

“I see very few people who look like me, and very few people see me back.” — Even though I grew up in New Jersey, I only went down the shore once during my youth. And I barely remember it. I went with my friends, after our senior prom. The theme was “Forever Young” — named after the Alphaville song about living under the threat of nuclear…

Culture

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Will I Ever Belong at the Jersey Shore?
Will I Ever Belong at the Jersey Shore?
Culture

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Published in The Haven

·Feb 17, 2022

Sauerkraut

My body is not a wonderland, not in a pandemic I look at my damp, naked body in the mirror and rub some of the eczema cream I’d just purchased from Rite-Aid between two palms. Thick and goopy. Hmmm. “So, that’s how it is,” I say to my reflection. “You’re…

Body Image

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Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut
Body Image

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Dec 12, 2021

Los Angeles NoMad

The bathroom door is the foot of the bed. No, you heard me correctly, it’s not at the foot of the bed, it is the foot of the bed. So we must leave these bathroom doors open while we sleep, while we shower, while we use the toilet. We are…

Travel

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Los Angeles NoMad
Los Angeles NoMad
Travel

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Jun 18, 2021

Father, Daughter and Holy Spirit

My father went in for a “simple” heart surgery on a Monday. Nothing to worry about. The same heart surgery Bill Clinton once got, from the same surgeon who performed it. But on Tuesday, something went wrong and he was in the ICU. On Thursday, my brother said, “Come home…

Fatherhood

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Father, Daughter and Holy Spirit
Father, Daughter and Holy Spirit
Fatherhood

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Feb 10, 2021

How Animal Crossing Gave Me Space I Needed

Being part of this virtual world was its own love language. — We are two people and a dog, and we live in a two-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles. Which is more than fine. But in June 2020, it was not. That summer, the office where my husband Abe spends all day editing two TV shows was overheating from the direct sunshine…

Animal Crossing

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How Animal Crossing Gave Me the Space I Needed
How Animal Crossing Gave Me the Space I Needed
Animal Crossing

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Published in Write Like a Girl

·Jan 3, 2021

This is What My Eating Disorder Looked Like

I binged probably once a week for most of my late-twenties. — In 2009, I created a personal food blog/podcast called “The Actor’s Diet.” Whenever I told people, they’d automatically snicker. “So what exactly is the actor’s diet — cigarettes and coffee?” And then I would tell them about my history with eating disorders. And then they would quickly change the subject. …

Body Image

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This is What My Eating Disorder Looked Like
This is What My Eating Disorder Looked Like
Body Image

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Dec 19, 2020

Growing Up With Asian-American Hair

“Oh wow. She looks like one of those Japanese dolls.” — That’s one of my first memories, gazing up at my mother’s friends who ooh-ed and ahhh-ed over my perfect, silky black hair. They were all white. “Say thank you,” my mother instructed, and I immediately obliged, even though we were Taiwanese. I was only a kid, but I knew this…

Beauty

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Growing up With Asian-American Hair
Growing up With Asian-American Hair
Beauty

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Jun 25, 2019

Our Last Week

I’m on one end of the couch, the usual side (the one facing the window where I can stretch my legs out and watch TV if I turn my head to the right) and my Jack Russell, Julius, is on the other. As always, he is sleeping. Paws crossed. Before…

Dogs

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our last week
our last week
Dogs

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Jun 17, 2015

Fatherless Day

So, my father’s dead. See? Here we are at his funeral back in 2012. If you think I sound waaaaay too casual about this, it’s because I’ve already processed his death. Like, completely. Fully. I did it with my family. I did it with my friends. I did it with…

Death

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Fatherless Day
Fatherless Day
Death

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