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Hey Look! Our Polynesians’ Review of “Moana” is on Strange Horizons

written by Celeste Noelani
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A lot of non-Islander folks have asked me if I liked Disney’s Moana and what I thought of how they handled Pacific Islander culture. It’s difficult to gauge how I should, or want to, or am…

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February 15, 2017 2 comments
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On Difficult Truths and Nora Okja Keller’s ‘Comfort Woman’

written by Celeste Noelani

Books, like people, can come into your life at exactly the right time. Evocative prose and a gripping story can meld themselves perfectly to ideas that have been percolating in the…

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May 12, 2016 2 comments
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Paula Fuga’s “Misery’s End” Is My Happier Heart’s Letter to Hawaiʻi Nei

written by Celeste Noelani

If I had to make a list of songs that remind me of home, I’d probably never stop writing. Growing up in a musical family meant that everything was fair game…

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April 18, 2016 0 comment
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Nyssa Collins Is Healing My Broken Pacific Islander Heart

written by Celeste Noelani

I didn’t even know I could care about the X-Factor until I saw X-Factor New Zealand. And I didn’t know I could be both destroyed and healed anew by a…

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March 7, 2016 3 comments
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