The branch of the Oakland Public Library at which Linda has worked since April 2015.
What is the Asian Branch?
100
Quite possibly Linda’s favorite animal.
What is a whale?
100
A noun, commonly but not always connoting qualities of youth and femininity, which Linda often uses to admonish their friends.
What is “girllllll”?
100
An intergenerational oral history project that explores queer Asian Pacific Islanders and their experiences with love and activism in the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, of which Linda is a planning committee member.
What is the Dragon Fruit Project?
100
A Linda-approved American singer-songwriter whose earlier hits include “Our Song” “Love Story” and “Fearless."
Who is Taylor Swift?
200
A city with 32 miles (51 km) of waterfront, more than any other city in the Bay Area, and also Linda’s childhood hometown.
What is Richmond?
200
Linda’s more recent “go-to” for potlucks at The Castle, can be found in numerous places in Chinatown.
What is BBQ pork or char siu?
200
This phrase is an enthusiastic greeting, song lyrics, and a popular button made by Linda.
What is, “Hey What's Up Hello?"
200
An evolving experiment in building loving, radical community across social and geographic borders that Linda helped to co-found in 2011.
What is moonroot?
200
She had a bisexual reality-TV dating show and is the avatar for Little Saigon Do, a collaborative Tumblr that Linda created.
Who is Tila Tequila?
300
The two consecutive days that comprise Linda’s ‘actual’ weekend.
What are Sunday and Monday?
300
A color that Linda likes “all shades” of.
What is blue?
300
A phrase Linda usually says twice, when conceding the validity of your perspective.
What is “you right”? or, “you right, you right”?
300
A planetary body featured in much of Linda’s artwork.
What is the moon?
300
The name of the animal on Linda’s label pin, which also happens to be the title of a popular young adult dystopian novel.
What is Mockingjay?
400
The number of years that Linda has been living in the San Francisco Bay Area.
What is two?
400
Linda prefers to do this instead of run.
What is speed walk?
400
A phrase commonly used by Linda which prompted a stern lecture from a woman in a shop in Pescadero in the summer of 2015.
What is “da fuq!?”
400
A rad gathering of people involved in activism, art, communication, and change-making that Linda has attended five times and helped organize twice!
What is the Allied Media Conference?
400
The website where Linda gets the hottest news about latest music.
What is Stereogum?
500
The surprise gift that all the Nguyễn siblings pitched in together to get for their mom in 2015.
What is a car?
500
Footwear that you’ll often find Linda wearing on a stroll, camping, or casually.
What are daddy slippers?
500
A phrase often used by Linda during games which indicates their commitment to winning.
What is “balls out”?
500
Linda begged their brother for this magical device that fueled their art-art when they were a young sapling.
What is a button maker?
500
The artist who created Linda’s preferred version of Hotline Bling.