Celebrating Canada Day with TessTubeBaby’s “Hey There, Beaver!”
This is awesome. Tess Paras (TessTubeBaby on YouTube and @TessParas on Twitter) made this video to celebrate today’s Canada Day,…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
SCOTUS ruling against MA’s abortion clinic buffer zones hinders women’s access to reproductive choice
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled unanimously today that Massachusetts’ abortion clinic buffer zone ruling is unconstitutional. In…
Justin Lin to direct next “Bourne” installment
Justin Lin, the director famous in Hollywood for resurrecting the Fast & Furious franchise when he helmed the third installment Tokyo…
Remember 32 years of Vincent Chin with #IAmVincentChin! Help trend it!
32 years ago, Chinese American Vincent Chin was celebrating his bachelor party in Detroit on June 19, 1982. That’s when…
Why I’m glad Jubilee wasn’t in X-Men: Days of Future Past
Earlier last week, Phillip Bouette Jr. — costume concept illustrator for several major blockbuster films including X-Men: Days of Future Past — set…
South Asian American man wanted to kill women at UW in emulation of Elliot Rodger
(H/T Jeff Yang (@originalspin)) Less than a month ago, Elliot Rodger stabbed to death his three Asian American housemates and…
New opera recounts the life and death of Pvt. Danny Chen, an American soldier
Private Danny Chen, a Chinese American soldier serving in Afghanistan, was only 19 years old when he was found dead…
Did federal ICE agents just racially profile Asian Americans in massive PA raid yesterday?
Yesterday, Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted a massive raid in State College, Pennsylvania. According to reports, ICE agents…
TWiB After Dark Podcast on #AAPI Sexuality, Masculinity and Feminism (feat. me!)
Last night, I had the distinct pleasure of participating in a roundtable conversation on This Week in Blackness, one of the…
Study: Anti-Asian racism basis for anti-abortion bans in 8 states | #ReproductiveJustice
Last year, nearly 500 restrictions on abortion and reproductive choice were proposed at the state level nation-wide. Among those abortion restrictions…
Sign this petition to honour Yuri Kochiyama with a US Postal Stamp!
Last week, America lost a civil rights legend in Yuri Kochiyama. Kochiyama’s work inspired a generation of young activists —…
The White House Remembers Yuri Kochiyama
Yesterday, the White House’s Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) posted this post on the White House’s official…