The Real Eats, No Tourist Traps This is not a listicle. This is not sponsored. This is my personal, curated, battle-tested guide to eating well in Honolulu — built from years of knowing where locals actually go, what dishes are worth the wait, and which spots will make you feel like you finally understand what Hawaii tastes like. Consider this your cheat code. I have organized everything by category so you can eat your way through Oahu with intention. Let's go. Here are some featured items on...

On Visiting Hawaiʻi as a Cultural Advocate, Not a Cultural Consumer A meditation on presence, privilege, and the politics of paradise Abstract This essay interrogates the ethical and epistemological distinctions between three modes of tourism in Hawaiʻi: the profane visitor, the indifferent tourist, and the voluntourist. Drawing on postcolonial theory, indigenous studies, and tourism scholarship, I argue that none of these categories fully escapes the structural violence embedded in the...