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.
“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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...