Anti-Asian hate is not welcome in politics
By Guest Contributor: Christine Chen, Executive Director of APIAVote (@apiavote) Edison town council member Sapana Shah realized something was wrong…
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My #MeToo Story: A Childhood Changed
By Guest Contributor: Renee Ya (@dnldreams) (Editor’s Note: Last week, survivors of sexual harassment and sexual assault took to social…
#HollywoodSoWhite: How Lack of On-Screen Diversity Perpetuates White Supremacy
By Guest Contributor: Martin Tsai This post originally appeared on Medium. By almost single-mindedly catering to a young, white, male…
Eating Our Own: Deconstructing the Misogynistic Myths of Asian American Antifeminism
By Guest Contributor: Ju-Hyun Park (@Hermit_Hwarang) A disturbing antifeminist wave has swept through many Asian American digital spaces in the…
The Power of Anti-Black Ideology
By Guest Contributor: Sudip Bhattacharya The acquittal of police officer, Betty Shelby, in the shooting death of Terence Crutcher was…
Men of Color and Masculinity
By Guest Contributor: Sudip Bhattacharya Recently, Brooklyn Nets star Jeremy Lin said to the New York Daily News, “A lot…
Orientalist Caricatures of Chinatown Resurrected in the Pages of The New York Times
By Guest Contributor: Jan Lee It was Valentine’s Day in New York City. While others were thinking about where to…
Dear Asian Americans: Stop Erasing Pacific Islanders
By Guest Contributor: Conrad Lihlihi (@clihilihi) Editor’s Note: Earlier this week, entertainment news outlets reported that film project “Ni’ihau” was…
Unpacking Get Out’s “Asian” character
By Guest Contributor: Melissa Phruksachart (@mphruksachart) Though Jordan Peele’s Get Out has been primarily read (and marketed) as an excoriation of white…
Beyond Hope: Fighting Within a Fascist America
By Guest Contributor: Sudip Bhattacharya “Sudip, what’s going to happen to us? Can he really create a registry…?” The words…
Senator Hirono, Will You Join Our Resistance? | #DearMyAAPIRep
By Guest Contributor: Mark Tseng Putterman (@tsengputterman) Dear Senator Hirono (@mazieforhawaii), On inauguration day, you promised your commitment to “resist…
The Power of Deconstructive Politics: Moving Beyond “Asian American”
By Guest Contributor: Sudip Bhattacharya As we devolve into a modern incarnation of white establishment politics, one that has merged…