Chinese-Canadian-American artist Domee Shi is warm and polite, just like her forthcoming short film Bao, with its characters of a loving mom and an adorable dumpling. All headlines proclaimed Shi as the first Asian...
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...
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...
The multifaceted celebrity Margaret Cho—a comedian, actress, writer, and many other things—is now one of the most successful Asian-Americans in Hollywood. The feminist activist and artist continuously succeeds in re...
Who wants to be an entrepreneur? I’m guessing many of you have flirted with the idea and others bravely made that leap. Three years ago I was one of the people making that leap, turning a low point in my life into an...
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...
“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...
It is not easy for a Filipina fashion designer to make it big in the competitive global fashion scene. Then along comes Tracy. Manila-based streetwear designer and milliner, Tracy Dizon, just broke the barriers as she...
It is 2018. We might think we have come far in our struggles against sexism, racism, and oppression, but we still have a very long way to go. Just seventy years ago, in 1948, a graduate of the University of Hawaii...