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...
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Marj Ostani
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
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...
Margaret Cho: Sensational Comic Talks Asia Tour, Controversies, and Dinner with Shakespeare
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...
11 Things I Learned About Being An Asian Entrepreneur
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...
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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...
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...
J Maraan
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...
Tracy Dizon: Filipina Designer Wins New York Fashion Week with Hanoi Vibe
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...
Andrea Centeno
Patsy Takemoto Mink: the First Asian-American US Congresswoman
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...
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