Refractions are not reflections — they bend, distort, and reshape. Just like exile.
This series documents the inner terrain of diaspora:
- Language friction
- Cultural grief
- Strategic inheritance
- Postcolonial Vietnamese thought
What We Reflect
Vietnamese identity in diaspora
Memory and exile
Language, history, silence
Myth, grief, and inheritance
Southeast Asian cultural strategy
South East Asia needs Refractions!
WHY WE WRITE FROM THE EDGE…
Featured Essays
The Bamboo and the Barcode: Vietnam’s Path to Resilient Modernity
Vietnam stands at a crossroads between the rooted resilience of bamboo and the global standardization of barcodes. In “The Bamboo…
The TikTok Obsession: Livestreaming, KOLs, and the Lost Art of Living
“While we wait for strangers to go live on TikTok, the real world burns quietly in the background. This is…
Vietnam in the Global Mirror
When the world sees Vietnam as a battleground, but we see something else entirely.
Solitude as Homeland
Why being Vietnamese sometimes means being alone.
Why This Matters
Diaspora isn’t a wound — it’s a weapon of story.
Refractions Series reclaims the Vietnamese voice in a global noise.
Essays are published in English by Jay Nguyen. Emotional clarity meets strategic soul.
Refractions Series
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