I’m in the 78%: Asian Americans and Reproductive Choice
Wednesday, January 22, 2014, marked the 41st anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, which established a woman’s right…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
84yo Chinese man beaten by NYPD for jaywalking; language barriers blamed
The New York Post reported yesterday that Kang Wong, an 84 year old man, was walking against a light in Manhattan’s…
Studio APA releases “Turn It Up” music video ft. Tiger JK and Tasha
So, I don’t normally publicize music news on this blog. Because, y’know, I know almost nothing about the music world.…
Creators issue apology for “How I Met Your Mother” racism
I don’t watch How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM), but am a long-time fan of both Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson…
10 examples of #AAPI’s rich history of resistance
In the wake of the #AsianPrivilege response hash-tag to #NotYourAsianSidekick and #BlackPowerYellowPeril, it appears as if (among other misguided ideas)…
#AAPI face highest chronic unemployment rate: Why we should be against cuts to long-term benefits
For unemployed Americans, the new year was not a good one. With the ushering in of 2014, many of America’s…
Underrepresentation of Asian women in a semi-scientific survey of the #AAPI blogosphere
I’ve been blogging in the Asian American blogosphere for over a decade, and in that time, I’ve fundamentally believed that…
STEM’s glass ceiling for Asian American women
With the explosive popularity of the #NotYourAsianSidekick Twitter hashtag — and associated mainstream media coverage — some are encountering notions…
#NotYourAsianSidekick: Can a social movement start on Twitter?
We’re going in on Day 5 of #NotYourAsianSidekick, the hash-tag that blew up the Twitterverse with a conversation on Asian…
Hawaii Five-O tackles Pearl Harbour and Japanese American internment, and it was incredible
I can’t figure out why lists of positive, progressive representations of Asian Americans on primetime television keep forgetting Hawaii Five-O. Really.…
What does an Asian American feminist space look like?
In the wake of the hugely viral #NotYourAsianSidekick Twitter conversation, Al Jazeera America’s “The Stream” asked the Twitterverse today, “what…
#NotYourAsianSidekick reveals the best — and worst — of Twitter
Over the weekend, something magical happened. Suey Park (@suey_park) — graduate student and activist — rallied Asian American feminists to…