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...
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Jihyun Kim
October News Roundup: Know Your Power
1. #MeToo makes the headlines in India Almost a year after Tarana Burke’s #MeToo hit Hollywood, the movement has made its way to India, with prominent Bollywood stars breaking the silence on experiences of sexual...
Helen Yeung
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...
Guest Writer
Breaking the ‘girl code’ and internalized racism
“Guilty!” “What you did was messed up!” Those words encompass how I felt about myself when I reflect back to one time I participated in “show and tell” during first grade. One of my classmates, Teresa, showed how she...
Vi Nguyen
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
September News Round Up: What Mattered to Asian Women
1. Padma Lakshmi opened up about her past The American celebrity Padma Lakshmi revealed that she was raped at 16 and stayed silent. She’s 48 now. What triggered her to open up now? Two names in one (head)line:...
Youjin Lee
The drama of being in a interracial relationship
The Beginning Most of April Magazine’s readers can relate to some Asian drama, I believe. Well, what are your opinions about Asian television drama series? During my childhood years, I watched dubbed Asian TV shows with...
Asian Americans Face Family Separation
A country made by, responsible for, now against the immigrants Like many other young Southeast Asians, Borey Ai, also known as PJ, joined a gang for protection after being bullied at school and in his daily life. At 14...
J Maraan
Beloved anime creator dies, blind woman turned Judo champion (29/08/18)
Creator of much-loved anime series ‘Chibi Maruko-chan’ dies from breast cancer. Momoko Sakura, creator of the popular manga and anime series “Chibi Maruko-chan” about a little Japanese girl called Maruko, died of breast...
Scotland’s progress for female students, first African-American woman mayor of San Francisco (28/08/18)
Scotland to be the world’s first country to offer free sanitary products to tertiary students nationwide. Scotland will be the world’s first country to offer free sanitary products to students at schools, colleges...
Sociologist talks inequality in Singapore, Asian MRAs attack female writer (27/08/18)
Book on poverty and inequality by Singaporean-Chinese woman Teo You Yenn flies off the shelf. In February, Singaporean-Chinese sociologist Teo You Yenn released her book “This is What Inequality Looks Like,” and it has...
Muslim woman forced to reveal menstrual pad, first female fighter pilot (24/08/18)
Muslim woman forced to reveal her menstrual pad by TSA during airport screening. A Muslim woman named Zainab Merchant was traveling from Boston to Washington D.C. for a speaking engagement last Thursday, when...