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Nguyễn is the most common last name in Vietnam, the 12th most common in Australia, and the 38th most common in America. The mass displacement of Vietnamese bodies as a result of the nation’s multiple bouts of colonial struggle throughout history has led to Nguyễn’s evolution as a word, becoming a cultural signifier connoting a monolithic set of people of Vietnamese ethnicity. Then, once added the common female middle name, Thị, “Nguyễn Thị" becomes a phrase that denotes the subset of femme-bodied Vietnamese.

✿ ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ “Nguyễn Thị 4eva” ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ ✿ functions as a dress-up game, a diary exchange between two best friends, an individual reflection on existing as ₊˚⊹♡ Nguyễn Thịs ₊˚⊹♡ in a world where their experience is constantly being questioned and diminished, and, at its core, a reframing of the Viet trans narrative as something that is beautiful, frivolously fun, and unabashedly filled with shimmers and sparkles!