“A Thousand Talents: China’s Campaign to Infiltrate and Exploit US Academia,” was the original name of the US Border Security and Immigration Senate Subcommittee hearing held at the beginning of Immigrant Heritage Month...
Global Issue
We’re not just Asian women, we’re citizens of the world: whether traveling, studying, or working, we live around the world, so we showcase the social issues and stories that affect Asian women outside of Asia, too.
J Maraan
Badass Asian Australian dance crews come together through K-Pop
It was a cold wet night as the autumn clouds broke over Melbourne. In the rain, one place was lit up with people bright colors bustling in and out. In this dismal weather only the K-Pop World Festival could attract an...
Mon Liew
Becoming A Mother: Overcoming Post-partum Depression
“Mama. I will be coming around 10am tomorrow.” My husband and I were with my parents, picking up my daughter’s crib, when I heard her speak to me from my womb. She was not due for another two weeks, but she was...
Portia Chan
Chinese Dress Controversy Exposes Racial Tension In America
What happened with a prom dress Last week, a Twitter debate went viral over the subject of cultural appropriation. It started with a high school student from Utah, Keziah Daum, who wore a Chinese qipao (cheongsam) to...
Vi Nguyen
Growing Up A Chinese Girl in Hungary
Over the last 20 years, the Chinese community in Hungary has grown immensely and Budapest’s is now one of the largest in Europe. The growth and visible success of Chinese people has divided the Hungarian people; some...
Guest Writer
#padthaigate: What Thai Food Means in the Dreams of the Diaspora
Songkran is the Thai New Year and it is held every April 13. It is when we honor the elderly and symbolically wash away dukkha (misery, suffering), and when we tum boon (make merits) by practicing generosity and...
May Cat
Don’t Call Me a Model Minority: I Come From a Working Class Family
In my first grade of school, at the cafeteria, I remember the instances when other students looked at me weirdly and frowned. As everyone lined up to go past the cashier, paying for their lunches, I would press a code...
Do Asian Women See Themselves In Fashion Magazines?
Years ago, the embarrassing trademark of my middle school years (well, braces) had just been removed and I gushed along with my friends through magazines like Seventeen hoping to find some clothing and makeup...
Now Is The Time For International Asian Adoptees To Share Their Stories
At the recent Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, the end of the games came with the somewhat surprising appointment of Marissa Brandt, a Korean adoptee ice hockey Olympic athlete. Brandt did not play on behalf of the USA...
Tara Footner
Winter Olympians Spotlight Asian American Stories
“Why would you ever want to watch the Winter Olympics?” my friend asked with a raised eyebrow. “Only white people play those sports.” In a way, she wasn’t wrong. Our Asian peers were well-represented on our high...
How to Fight Racial Prejudice in Your Daily Asian American Life
We don’t need to rely on stats to know that racial harassment against Asian Americans is on the rise. We can feel it. From the comments about a US Olympian’s heritage to the non-Asian man shouting “go back to...
Who Ran the Winter Olympics? Girls! and Awesome Women!
Many winter sports are traditionally neither popular nor mainstream in Asia, and the same goes for Asian female athletes. But as the Olympic train leaves Pyeongchang, and the Paralympics are coming in ten days, we can...
April Editors