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Malia Ogawa

Malia Ogawa is a writer and English Language Teacher living in Japan. She’s lived in Paris, London, Seattle, and now Japan. A self-proclaimed historian and fashion enthusiast, she runs a fashion history blog called Cyclicity that traces the history of fashion and trends. (Because history and fashion are both cyclical!) When she’s not working or writing, you can find her reading, traveling, catching up with friends, watching movies, or trying to find dogs to play with. Follow Malia on Instagram at @cyclicity.fashionhistory.

Malia's Latest Articles

Redefining the conversation: Using Japanese incarceration camp over internment camp

By Malia Ogawa ● Our Stories ● July 29, 2021

Writer Malia Ogawa takes us on her journey to explore the words she thought she knew about camps that held incarcerated Japanese Americans.

Malia Ogawa's grandmother

Learning from the Japanese American Incarceration Camps: Part 2

By Malia Ogawa ● Life ● February 24, 2021

In the final part of the series, a writer reflects on her grandma’s experiences and legacy through a first-hand account of the incarceration experience.

Learning from the Japanese American Incarceration Camps: Part 1

By Malia Ogawa ● Life ● January 29, 2021

In part one of a series, writer Malia Ogawa explores a little-known chapter of racism in U.S. against Japanese Americans and her family’s history with it.

The author and her boyfriend at Kyoto at Fushimi Inari in November 2019

How dating my boyfriend helped me embrace my Japanese heritage

By Malia Ogawa ● Culture ● October 15, 2020

Malia Ogawa is half Japanese, half Hawaiian—but not in the way that most hapa are. Read about her story, and how her boyfriend helped her to connect with her Japanese heritage.