Call for Pitches: Asian America x LGBTQIA+
How does Asian American identity shape or complicate queer identity? Why is the intersection of LGBTQIA+ identity with the Asian…
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Frankie Huang Joins Reappropriate as Co-Editor
Reappropriate is delighted and honored to welcome Frankie Huang as our new Co-Editor. Frankie is a Chinese American culture writer,…
Stop Ignoring Our Pain. Stop Discounting Our Trauma.
Nothing stings quite like the pain of erasure. Nothing hurts quite like the onslaught of racial violence rendered invisible in…
Want to Stop Asian Hate? Start by Passing the Build Back Better Act
By Guest Contributor: Sung Yeon Choimorrow, Executive Director, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) Last year, on the campaign…
Adoptees Call For Boycott of “Blue Bayou”
Last Friday, filmmaker Justin Chon’s latest – Blue Bayou – opened in theatres nationwide, and I interviewed Chon as well…
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…
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)…
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…