An interview with Jenny Dorsey, the creator of Asian in America: a six course dining experience and exhibition that discusses Asian American identity through food and drink, virtual reality, and poetry, and founder of...
Asian Issue
Asian women are rising to prominence, and so are the social, political, and economic issues that concern us in Asia. We highlight regional voices and local stories, because we are in this together.
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Mercy Mistress: life through a queer and kinky lens
Mercy Mistress, coming out in early 2019, is one of the most highly anticipated web series for the Asian Femme. Based on the memoirs of a queer Chinese-American dominatrix in New York City, this dramatic dark comedy is...
Marj Ostani
How to face your dad, the flawed human behind the ‘father figure’
For a while it has been hard for me to say the “Our Father” prayer. A confirmed Catholic enamored of female saints and mystics, especially St. Joan of Arc, I used to say the prayer because it seemed to say it all. But...
Portia Chan
‘The Apology’—stories of strength and hope after WW2 sexual slavery
In this age of women’s activism, it’s impossible to go a day without seeing articles, videos, tweets, shows, and memes about feminist movements. Enter The Apology, a film by Tiffany Hsiung that explores the lives of...
Bangkok Has Me Now: performance raising funds for Thai women’s shelter
Kavi’s father used to say, “Can’t I beat my daughter?” Unfortunately, says Kavi, her brother picked up this attitude as well. Kavi’s parents’ first methods of discipline were beating, punching, and strangling. She...
Tara Abhasakun
Asian youth say there are hopes they want to pursue in Hong Kong
It has been two months since I arrived in Hong Kong without a plan. I came because the flight was cheap, just $160 USD one-way from Seoul. Well, not just that, of course. I have wanted to work abroad throughout my...
Jihyun Kim
Brown Skin Blues
When I was young, I saw nothing wrong with my color. I was brown-skinned. Filipinos are brown-skinned. My cousins and neighbors are brown-skinned. Why would I think anything of it? When you’re busy with lessons and...
Finding the middle ground between Asian and Western parenting
Looking at the past eight years of my life, I could not say whether I was ready or totally clueless when I first embarked into motherhood. The days of my pregnancy were filled with me wondering on how should I raise my...
Ayuni Ayatillah
A Korean feminist theologian talks of women empowerment through anger
“Women’s anger is a powerful energy,” feminist theologian, Ms. Chung Hyun Kyung proclaims. The women-led protest is unquestionably a prevalent issue in South Korea today. It all began in this January when a South Korean...
Colors of Pride: love letters to the dear LGBTQIA+ community
As part of the recent month-long Pride celebration all over places, I went out and joined the Metro Manila Pride March. There I met, chatted with, and asked a couple of lovely people to write love letters to the...
Korean professor, Jeon Gail, reveals why she didn’t have a voice in her own childbirth
Despite the long history of the movement for women’s autonomy during pregnancy and childbirth, which started in the West, the medicalization of childbirth in Korea has continued in recent decades. Today more South...
Yewon Kang
Shin Ji-ye’s run for Seoul mayor paves way for feminist politics
It may take a politician’s whole life to prepare to run for mayor of a city with 10 million people, but for a 28-year-old woman named Shin Ji-ye from the South Korean Green Party, it took merely 6 months and a 4-member...