Rebranding “American Girl” for actual American girls of today: Ivy Ling & beyond | #OurAGStories
American Girl is a doll line started in 1986 by the Pleasant Company, and which was subsequently acquired by Mattel…
Category: Feminism
Dear @HobbyLobbyStore — Yes, I am boycotting you right now. | #HobbyLobby
Hi, Hobby Lobby. It’s me, Jenn. I heard you won a pretty big court case today, one that established your…
SCOTUS’ #HobbyLobby decision a monumental step backwards for women’s rights
Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled against abortion clinic buffer zones in Massachusetts, arguing that…
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…
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…
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…
The Time Travel and Ending of “Edge of Tomorrow” Explained
Last night, I went to see the new Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt science-fiction film Edge of Tomorrow, which is based…
Rest in Power, Yuri Kochiyama: A Civil Rights Hero Who Inspired a Generation
I’m hearing reports through my networks that Yuri Kochiyama, the incredible civil rights hero whose life of dedicated work to…
12 years of Reappropriate | #AAPI #Feminism
Today is the final day of AAPI Heritage Month for 2014, and after a great month of celebration and education,…
Masculinity vs. “Misogylinity”: what Asian Americans can learn from #UCSB shooting | #YesAllWomen
On Friday evening in the residential neighbourhood of Isla Vista in Santa Barbara, California, 22-year-old Elliot Rodger stabbed his three…