Being Asian-American In 2019: News, Pop-Culture, Essays

In cities around the world, downtown isn’t just a geographical destination. It’s an entire vibe that separates preservationists from progressives and s

by Connie Wang

Fashion

Those Beaded Bags You Love? Susan Alexandra Wants You To Thank Th...

The first time I came across a Susan Alexandra bag, I did a double take. I hadn’t seen it before, but I recognized it: A purse encrusted with thoughtfull

by Michelle Li

News

An Interview With An Asian Student At Stuyvesant High School

Salma* is the youngest of three daughters in her Bangladeshi-American family. Every weekday, Salma commutes an hour and a half from her multiethnic neighbo

by Tiffany Diane Tso

Asian American

The Real Mayor Of New York Works Out Of Chinatown

“Are you engaged?” I look up from the corner seat I'm posted up on, between the entrance to a subterranean storeroom and a long glass countertop,

by Connie Wang

Politics

The Biracial Bind Of Not Being Asian Enough

There’s a photo of my great-grandmother I look at often. She is small, wearing thick black frames, with my grandmother, my aunts, and my mother huddled a

by Kristin Wong

Asian American

Why The Asian-American Food Movement Complicates What We Think Ab...

Like most Americans, Mackenzie Fegan grew up eating her weight in Campbell’s chicken noodle soup. But there was a twist, courtesy of her mother, who had

by Jasmin Malik Chua

Movie Trailers

Awkwafina Is Ready To Make You Cry In The Farewell

You already know Awkwafina as one of the funniest women onscreen. With roles in two of last summer's biggest blockbusters — Ocean's 8 and Craz

by Anne Cohen

News

How Black-Asian Conflict Plays Out In New York City's Elite High ...

Who is allowed the American Dream?

by Tiffany Diane Tso

Music

Steve Aoki & BTS's "Waste It On Me" Is Basically Crazy Rich A...

Just when you thought you had seen the most beautiful group of crazy rich people duke it out on screen, Steve Aoki has dropped a video that takes the drama

by Natalie Morin

Wellness
What It Looks Like For Asian-American Women To Thrive
On one of the first fall weekends of the year, I found myself — laying on a yoga mat in a refurbished barn house in upstate New York, surrounded by 30 ot
by Kimberly Truong

TV Shows
HBO Is Making A Dark Comedy With All Asian Leads — & It’s About Time
Coming on the heels of the crazy rich success of Crazy Rich Asians, HBO is developing a dark comedy featuring all Asian leads. And all we can say is it’s
by Alexis Reliford

2018 election
Asian-American, Immigrant & Republican, Too
In many ways, the town of Diamond Bar is the future that liberals want. So why do its residents keep voting for Republicans?
by Connie Wang

Wellness
Chloe Kim On Post-Olympics Life, Self-Care, & Being An Asian-Amer...
At 18 years old, Chloe Kim is already a lot of things: The youngest woman to win an Olympic snowboarding medal, the first-ever North American ambassador fo
by Kimberly Truong

Fashion
Claudia Li's First Runway Show Featured Only Asian Models
by Alyssa Coscarelli

Pop Culture
Chrissy Teigen Says Crazy Rich Asians Is Unlike Any Othe...
Countless articles and social media posts have circulated the internet since Crazy Rich Asians debuted in theaters on August 15. The production has been pr
by Madison Medeiros

Entertainment
Crazy Ripped Asians
There’s one romantic comedy trope I’m really glad Crazy Rich Asians gave us: Your man is so hot, you have to have sex with him even if you’re running
by Bourree Lam

Movies
The Crazy Rich Asians Sequel Is Being Made & It's Time T...
There is likely more in store for fans of Crazy Rich Asians, myself included. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. is moving forward with deve
by Sesali Bowen

News
Nail Salon Brawls & Boycotts: Unpacking The Black-Asian Conflict ...
There is a long history of Black-Asian conflict in America, and tensions were especially high in the early 1990s in New York and Los Angeles.
by Tiffany Diane Tso

Movies
10 Ways The Crazy Rich Asians Movie Is Differen...
by Elena Nicolaou

Movies
Fact-Checking The Wealth Of Crazy Rich Asians
by Elena Nicolaou

Movies
Is Nick Young From Crazy Rich Asians A Bad Boyfriend? An...
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Crazy Rich Asians. The first time we meet Nick Young (Henry Golding) in Crazy Rich Asians, he's staring adori
by Anne Cohen

Movies
For Crazy Rich Asians Star Awkwafina, Fame Is Just "A Un...
On the day I speak to Awkwafina, she’s on the cusp of a movie star moment. We are approximately T-minus five hours and forty minutes until the Crazy Rich
by Anne Cohen

Crazy Rich Asians
The Problem With Crazy Rich Asians Is That It’s Not Actually Abou...
Nearly every single Asian-American I've met has experienced the Lunch Box Moment. For me, it was when my black bean dessert paste nearly caused a riot
by Connie Wang

Fashion
The Viral Earrings Calling Out Men Who Fetishize Asian Women
With firecracker earrings, monolid-accentuating eyepieces, and silver grillz, Ada Chen, an artist, jewelry maker, and Pratt Institute graduate, used her th
by Georgia Murray

Entertainment
Unfair & Ugly: An American Family Sitcom About South Asi...
In our new series #NotYourTokenAsian, R29's Asian & Pacific Islander staffers take on the pop products, stereotypes, and culture wars that surrou
by Teresa Mathew

Entertainment
Banana Magazine & The Next Generation Of "Baesians"
In our new series #NotYourTokenAsian, R29's Asian & Pacific Islander staffers take on the pop products, stereotypes, and culture wars that surrou
by Lindsay Arakawa

Fashion
How Japanese Women At Internment Camp Made Their Clothes Their Own
In our new series #NotYourTokenAsian, R29's Asian & Pacific Islander staffers take on the pop products, stereotypes, and culture wars that surrou
by Meiko Takechi Arq...