Asian Outlook | Spring 2022 Issue #2

ASIAN OUTLOOK

Summer 2022 Vol. XLIII, Issue 2

The Student Climate Strike - Photography Specials - Rewearing is Caring

Volume XLIII, Issue 2

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featured 6 | Rewearing is Caring | Jina Wu 12 | Throwback: The Student Climate Strike | Anonymous | Photography | Various Artists

editorials 4 | Beauty Brand Recommendations | Michelle Chan

10 | Memento Mori | Anita Liu

7 | Deep Willows & A Summer’s Day | Lilly Lennerd

14 | AO Crossword | Anita Liu

8 | Autumn | Jack Byun

16 | Untitled | Kelcie Alba

9 | The Art of Nature | Adrian Wu

17 | Metropolitan Summer Flora | Kaysie Liang

conscience 19 | Weathering Blue, Quiet Starry Night, A Warm Summer | Anthony Chan

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24 | Untitled | Sophia Murphy 25 | Ooh Aah Point | Tina Oh

20 | Untitled | Aliana Sheers 21 | Landscape | Bobur Malikov 22 | Artwork | Lisa Candela 23 | The Forgotten | Matthew Rittenhouse

26 | The New Doomsday Clock | Julia Candela 29 | Sunflowers | Suhyeon Kwon

27 | Artwork | Emi Jiang

30 | Take me to Spring | Nan Lin

28 | Photography | Waverly Alcure

31 | Spring | Angie Feng

29 | Sunflowers | Suhyeon Kwon

32 | Untitled | Vanessa Tamarit 33 | Diaspora | Hailey Ip front and back cover by Celeste Pietrzak

letter from the editor...

Dear Readers, Welcome to our collab magazine with Zero Hour at Binghamton!

Thank you to everyone who submitted to the magazine! The pieces we recieve are always filled with passion, and all of us at Asian Outlook are very grateful for everyone sharing their talents with us.

Secondly, a huge thank you to the magazine team. You all do so much work for this magazine, and all the editing and creating really pays off! I hope you are able to enjoy this magazine as well as any you have or may come across.

The theme for this volume was nature and in this collab we found many art pieces and heartfelt words about our Earth. I was truly inspired by all of the pieces that were submitted this past semester because I can tell how much everyone cares about the environment and how much everyone has had special moments here. I hope everyone has an amazing summer break and relaxes because you deserve it!

And as always, this is a reminder that you belong, no matter what you look like, whatW you identify as or how you speak.

Thank you for reading, and please enjoy the magazine! <3 Celeste Pietrzak Conscience Editor

ASIAN OUTLOOK EXECUTIVE BOARD SPRING 2022 President Vice President Secretary Conscience Editor Financial VP Events Coordinators Layout Editors

Copy Editors

Publicity Media Producers

General Interns

Grace Chen Anita Liu Courtney Fu Celeste Pietrzak Shirley Dong Kaysie Liang Vivian Zhu Megan Pan Anna Liu Nan Lin Suhyeon Kwon Courtney Fu Masatami Cauller Jessica Kwok Kathryn Lee Jina Wu Yaying Zhao Crystal Lin Kathryn Kwon Claire Choi Jasmine Ku Kaitlin Wan Fatima Gonzalez Michelle Chan Tina Oh Adrian Wu

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Beauty Brand Recommendations “Clean” Beauty & “Green” Beauty Edition

By Michelle Chan

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A great lightweight moisturizer for oily, acne-prone skin. It utilizes aloe, sodium hyaluronate and green tea to provide hydration and maintain a strong skin barrier. 🌷 🐇

Blendily

Blendily’s philosophy combines the ideas of “green” and “clean” beauty. Using locally sourced ingredients from the Pacific Northwest, the company creates a plethora of products including skin care products, hair products and even herbal remedies. In addition, they give their customers access to information about all the types of plants used.

Aloe Honey Facial Cleanser $18

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This gentle cleanser, recommended for normal to dry skin tones, is packed with both exfoliants from the honey and hydration from the aloe.

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Eco-friendliness.

Ethics. Over the past few years, the beauty industry has realized the importance of those three concepts. Another term often heard in the beauty industry is “clean beauty.” But what does this actually mean? “Clean beauty” refers to products that do not contain any synthetic chemicals that could irritate the skin, such as phthalates and parabens. However, “clean beauty” does not necessarily mean that its approach includes eco-friendly practices. Instead, “green beauty” refers to brands that perform sustainable, ethical and eco-friendly practices in their packaging and sourcing.

Although there are brands that encompass the ideas of “clean” and “green” beauty, not many are known. So, let’s take a closer look at some of these brands that represent both “clean” and “green” beauty”.

Versed is a budget-friendly and accessible skincare brand with a wide range of products. Unique to this brand is their recycling responsibility program. This program aims to limit their product packaging waste by encouraging their customers to send back empty product bottles (at least three) in exchange for a 15% off coupon.

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More than just one of Ilia Beauty’s most popular products, this foundation has also won numerous awards such as Allure’s Best Clean Foundation in 2020 and TREEHUGGER’s Best of Green Beauty in 2021. In addition to providing a glowing light to medium coverage, it is loaded with star skincare ingredients such as niacinamide, plant-based squalane and hyaluronic acid.

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Ilia Beauty is a popular makeup brand, sold in Sephora and other retailers, whose mission is to “protect & revive” both their consumers’ skin and the Earth. They have dedicated 1% of the sales of one of their most popular products, Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40, to environmental causes such as reforestation.

In addition, similar to Versed, they have a recycling program where you can send in up to 10 empty products per month. Note that only some of their products are vegan!

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Rewearing is Caring

By Jina Wu

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hen I was younger I was told that if I did not sweat, I should wear clothing items such as sweaters and pants several times before washing them. I did not understand why it was important to do so, and I remember feeling self-conscious about it. “Is it nasty to rewear clothes without washing them?” and “Won’t others judge me if they notice that I wore the same thing two days in a row?” were questions I kept asking myself.

Man teaching child about doing laundry

by RODNAE productions

However, I discovered that rewearing clothes between washes had numerous environmental benefits, including prolonging the life cycle of our clothes, saving energy, conserving water and protecting aquatic life. According to the Consumer Energy Center, the average American home washes 400 loads of laundry each year, consuming up to 40 gallons of water per load with a washing machine and 770 kilowatts of energy per hour using a dryer. The huge amount of water used can lead to water shortages in the near future.

In addition, about 60 percent of the clothes worldwide are made of synthetic fibers like polyester, nylon and acrylic — which are forms of plastic. As a result, when we wash and dry these clothes with detergents and dryer sheets, we release chemicals and microplastics into the world’s waterways — where they are consumed by marine wildlife and accumulate throughout the food chain.

Illustration of sea turtle eating plastic by Painter06

Given how damaging doing laundry can be to the environment, perhaps we should all develop new habits to reduce our impact. Air-drying your clothes on arid, sunny day with a rack or clothesline is a great way to avoid using the dryer. If feasible, increase the time between washes by rewearing outfits. Remember that washing your clothes less frequently is recommended by dermatologists and will extend the life of your clothes — saving you money on shopping trips. sources: pexels.com pixabay.com

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Deep Willows

By Lilly Lennerd In the deep willows, I find myself wondering if I will be able to share this one day.

The art that surrounds me, the natural chlorophyll and the strong trunks.

I wish that this will stay beyond 2050, when the children can breathe and see what I see.

That art is nature. I wish to save the world, I wish to share the beauty; however, greed and fantasy rule.

Do you think it’s worth it? To save the world from the hate and disgust that consumes every soul? To rid the world of corporate greed to save the deep willows?

It is warm down south today, where the breeze is deep and the willows are flowing.

I hope I can share this one day.

A Summer’s Day

By Lilly Lennerd Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

The scorching summers of record-breaking heat. It never ends.

Compare thee to the record-breaking heat, or urban heat effect.

Compare thee to droughts and wildfires.

Compare thee to extinction and melting ice caps.

Compare thee to flooding coastal cities and predictions for when we are beyond repair.

Shall I compare thee to contemporary news?

Shall I march on the streets, in hopes of being heard by our governments or corporations after they continue to make deals with oil companies?

Shall I pretend that it is worth it to continue to fight?

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

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The Art of Nature

by Adrian Wu

The endless nature Beautiful, calm and quiet Forms timeless art.

Man’s intervention Causes the canvas to rip Nature disappears.

The dry and cracked soil Will remain — until cared for Vibrant green now gone.

Photo from Unsplash

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Memento Mori I sit atop the pale blue moon In the arch of its crescent arm Fishing for stars In the sea of curious constellations: The Aurora Borealis.

I catch a burning star, Flames licking my tender palms, I see your face as I look at My scorching hands.

I hurl the star, Aiming for your house.

The fire leaves my fingertips As the star soars Towards the shingled roof Of your garage.

By Anita Liu

It burns the car Where I first got to know you — Or, at least— What you let me think was true.

Your slender silhouette Disintegrates in flames, And I throw our pictures Into the fire too.

Field alive with waving arms Welded from fire.

My fingers burning, I kiss you goodbye.

As I climb in, my hands Get splintered on The edges of my Mahogany coffin.

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I set it next to where Your biology once Housed your soul.

And now — It’s just A corpse in the soil.

Scorching earth is my hearth As my coal heart combusts Your hand to hold In the incandescence Of red, orange and gold.

My arm hangs out Of my coffin.

Nothing more than A wooden box Without a top.

With the last beats of My pulsating heart I whisper into the night During the last second Of my dying light I create My own spotlight Your entire property Set aflame.

As your neighbors Come out of their houses In the dead of night The results of a Murder suicide are exhibited On your burning lawn.

Killed two birds With one stone, In the very end, I still died alone.

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Throwback: The Student Climate Strike

By Anonymous

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t was 2019. I was a senior in high school when the world as I knew it changed. The events of that year altered my perspective on everything we do as a society.

Recently, I was taking photos for my friends in the Fine Arts courtyard. The green trees and blooming flowers in the courtyard were a wondrous sight which filled me with joy. As I sat on the bench waiting for my next photography appointment, I was reminded of our current climate issues — bringing me back to the“Student Climate Strike” of 2019.

The “Student Climate Strike” It was a September afternoon like any other, yet the atmosphere was different. Instead of full classrooms where students' voices echoed in the halls, the rooms were empty. Students took this afternoon to use their voices for a cause: their future. I recall discussing the climate strike with my friends as we walked straight out of our classes to travel and join our cohort in the city.

Upon arriving, we were amazed by the large crowds of people. However, while my friends felt happy to see so many people, I was conflicted; many of the people at this protest were merely children.

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We should be at school learning. Why were there not more college students or adults?

These questions filled my head, and I could not find an answer. As the protest began, we gathered in the streets, holding signs and shouting for immediate action on global warming. I recall feeling empowered and motivated as our screams

echoed throughout the New York City streets. I felt as if we were heard — I felt like a part of a bigger movement. My naive self thought bigger things would come from this movement. I skipped school; that sends a message, right?

If I could turn back time, I would want to stay in that moment of security and empowerment for a long time. However, as time has passed, I am disappointed to see few changes. Like many of my friends who attended this protest with me, I have become so preoccupied in other politics and my studies that I am now too busy to address this issue once again.

But the issue still stands. Scientists are still trying to find ways to make their voices heard in climate change issues. It’s been three years, and I still am reminded of that powerful moment on the streets — shoulder to shoulder with my peers — as I now sit in my dorm chair, reading climate change articles.

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Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines

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Cebu, Philippines

Aloguinsan, Philippines

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Tado Shrine, Kuwana, Japan

Metropolitan Summer Flora

By Kaysie Liang

Cities are often thought to be devoid of nature. This is a collection of photos I took in the summer that showed the vibrancy and warmth of summer in NYC.

Popup in the Canal Street market

Hydrangea from my dad grown in our front yard

Hydrangeas planted in a public park in midtown Manhattan Flower bouquet from Union Square farmers market

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Weathering Blue

Quiet Starry Night

A Warm Summer

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Ooh Aah Point

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The New Doomsday Clock

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Spring is in the air

Take Me to Spring

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