Asian Americans poised to pick up seats in Congress after 2018 Midterm Election; but it could have been more

Editor’s Note: Since the writing of this post, it has become clear that Young Kim’s race has not yet been called…

Behind LA Chinatown’s Hip Food Scene: Baos, Coffee, and Gentrification

By Guest Contributor: Frances Huynh Read the first of this series: “The Gentrification of Los Angeles Chinatown: How Do We…

Fighting for equal pay for Southeast Asian American women

By Guest Contributors: Sung Yeon Choimorrow and Vimala Phongsavanh, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum Disaggregated data indicates that Southeast…

Building Asian American Feminism: In Conversation with the Asian American Feminist Collective

By Reappropriate Intern: V. Huynh Serving as a new and exciting Asian American feminist coalition-building effort, the Asian American Feminist…

Reflecting on ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ and Being “Asian Enough” as an Asian American Adoptee

By Guest Contributor: Katie Mantele (@chenqiaoling) On August 15, 2018, the release of Crazy Rich Asians was celebrated by members…

Crazy Broke Asians: Asian America’s Forgotten Fight

By Guest Contributor: Do Nguyen Mai Media is already saturated with unnecessary and unrealistic displays of wealth. Crazy Rich Asians…

Looking Back at a Road Not Taken and Forward Towards a Future Inspired by Crazy Rich Asians

By Guest Contributor: Celeste Pewter (@celeste_pewter) The first time I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, I…

Exploring Asian American Feminism in Conversation with Asian American Feminist Collective’s Julie Kim

By Reappropriate Intern: V. Huynh We are not “docile”, “obedient”, “exotic”. We know that the challenges for disabled, LGBTQI+ women…