Archive - Coco's Echo

Withering sights for the (Asian) girl next door

I tallied up everything I watched in the last 2 years and counted how many lead actors looked like me

Jul 14 •

April 2025

Bittersweet, slightly short: an excerpt from GOOD & LOUD

Revisiting the last Good Friday I celebrated

Apr 18 •

Thrill-seeking, it's getting harder

Maybe it's worth it though, to feel the world again.

Apr 11 •

March 2025

A handful of songs, films, and books that keep me going

Learning how to garden and seeing myself represented in stand-up: it's a start

Mar 23 •

January 2025

Our belittling of (feminine) vanity

How a milk bath reorganized my thoughts on our collective disdain for trend, and how that ridicule often manifests as criticism toward women

Jan 16 •

October 2024

Bittersweet, Slightly Short: Blonde wigs on Halloween

The transformative power and peril of costume

Oct 31, 2024 •

You Catch Less Flies Being a Honey

How "Nobody Wants This" + our dated concepts of gender roles still reigns, and I’m over it

Oct 18, 2024 •

June 2024

Peeling fruit in one long strip

and the luxury of daydreaming

Jun 7, 2024 •

Peeling fruit in one long strip

and the luxury of daydreaming

Jun 7, 2024 •

February 2024

Notes from a reluctant country music convert

Dear morals/identity, I'm seeking approval to enjoy songs that celebrate the enjoyment of ice-cold beer. Yours truly, Coco.

Feb 23, 2024 •

October 2023

Meeting midnight again, thanks motherhood.

Love for the Sinéad O'Connor doc, thinking of future nights

Oct 10, 2023 •

July 2023

5 Albums that Changed my Life

Music as dramatic as I like to think my life is, ok... was

Jul 24, 2023 •

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