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  • 2 weeks ago | themolehill.net | Viv Chen

    American fashion is built on the creativity, innovation and labor of immigrants. Here is a list of Rapid Response Networks in the Bay Area + Los Angeles with hotlines for community members to report ICE activity, in additional to legal support resources. Hello! I’m writing this from a cafe with my headphones on listening to the new MARINA album and lapping up the sugary foam leftover at the bottom of my honey hojicha latte. The girl sitting next to me is studying for some sort of medical exam.

  • 3 weeks ago | themolehill.net | Viv Chen

    This newsletter covers:why bay area couples are ditching diamonds for jade survey results from ~500 people on their preferred engagement ring stones a secondhand sonar drop inspired by vintage jewelry I own (fish pendant, jade, colored gemstones, puffy shapes, etc)—everything is under $300 and a reflection of my personal tastePaid readers get it all.

  • 4 weeks ago | themolehill.net | Viv Chen

    Happy weekend sweet peas.

  • 1 month ago | themolehill.net | Viv Chen

    On our second to last night in Tuscon, K and I blasted Charli XCX on the drive home from a bar that used to be a mortuary. The whole experience was so desert gothic, and really set the tone for the night. “You know…I wouldn’t mind if we turned the volume up even higher…like really high,” I said, rolling down the window and sticking a hand out into the warm bake of the desert air. K laughed.

  • 1 month ago | themolehill.net | Viv Chen

    Greetings from the Sonoran desert. I’ve been in Tucson for the past few days on a creative retreat of sorts with an old friend from college. We’ve been waking up early to write outdoors. The morning air is crisp and the world is silent, save for the gentle hoo, hoo, HOO of birdsong and the faint flickering of lizards underfoot. The desert landscape is the closest thing to outer space on Earth. It has a mystical kind of beauty that only speaks to those who are open to receiving it.