Finding Peace in the End: In Conversation with Blue Bayou’s Linh-Dan Pham
Asian American filmmaker Justin Chon’s latest film – Blue Bayou – opens today in theatres nationwide. In the film, Linh-Dan…
Bringing a Transnational Korean American Adoptee Story to Film: In Conversation with ‘Blue Bayou’ Filmmaker Justin Chon
Asian American filmmaker Justin Chon’s latest film – Blue Bayou – opens today in theatres nationwide. Blue Bayou tells the…
Delaware State Representative Who Used Anti-Asian, Misogynistic Slurs in Email Won’t Seek Re-election
Content warning: Racist and sexist slurs In late June, Delaware State Representative Gerald Brady (D) sparked backlash after an email…
I am a (Southeast) Asian American Woman
By Guest Contributor: Mandy Diec Trigger warning: this blog post discusses sexual harassment and assault. It has been over three…
Are you a good desi or a bad desi?
By Guest Contributors: Avani Chhaya & Soham Sengupta Truth is, you can inadvertently be both a good and bad desi.…
Kim’s Convenience Actors Reveal Lack of Korean Writers Led to Behind-The-Scenes Cultural Insensitivity and Racism
Just days after Season 5 of Kim’s Convenience dropped for American audiences, actors Simu Liu (Jung) and Jean Yoon (Umma)…
Remembering Konerak Sinthasomphone
By Guest Contributor: Anna M. Moncada Storti Content Note: Explicit mention of events of child m*lest*tion, s*xual violence, anti-Asian murder…
Amidst strict censorship laws, Facebook is not Vietnam’s Savior
By Guest Contributor: Ngan Chiem At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, the Vietnamese government began sabotaging the…
New Podcast Company Appears to Appropriate Hyphen Magazine Brand Identity
A founding editor of the long-running Hyphen Magazine – the Asian American publication that launched its first issue in 2003…
New Vincent Chin Podcast Never Contacted Helen Zia or the Chin Estate
This post was updated on 5/29/21 to include new developments in this story, including comments from A-Major Media. This post…
Report: Asian American Women Twice as Likely to Be Targets of Anti-Asian Hate
A joint study by the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) and Stop AAPI Hate finds that Asian American…
100+ Asian and LGBTQ Organizations’ Statement in Opposition to Law Enforcement-Based Hate Crime Legislation
By Guest Contributor: 100+ Asian American and LGBTQ Organizations We, the undersigned Asian and LGBTQ organizations, reject hate crime legislation…