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Red Canary Song Has Supported Asian American Workers, Long Before Atlanta
Danielle Campoamor
Mar 23, 2021
Asian American
Here’s What’s Actually Being Done To Address Crimes Against Asian-...
Lydia Wang
Mar 18, 2021
Asian American
The Man Who Said The Atlanta Killer Had A “Bad Day” Posted Racist T-...
Erin Corbett
Mar 18, 2021
Asian American
It Was A Banner Year For Asian Representation. Now What?
In the wake of the murder of six Asian women in Atlanta, why do we talk about representation like it’s the solution to racism?
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Connie Wang
News
Asian Americans Were Targeted & Killed In A Series Of Atlanta Mas...
On Tuesday evening, eight people were killed in a series of shootings at three Atlanta massage parlors. Six of the victims were Asian and two were white; s
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Lydia Wang
Home
For My Asian Mom, Feeding Me “Everything” Was An Act ...
Once upon a time, my mother told me when I was a child, a spoiled merchant lived at the bottom of a tall mountain. The merchant had storerooms full of rice
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Clara Wang
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Asian American
The Disaster Mindset Helped Asian-Americans Survive. But It’...
We joke that we've been preparing for a pandemic for our entire lives. But living like disaster is around every corner won't serve us in the long-term.
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Connie Wang
Food Trends
Asian Snacks Are More Popular Than Ever In America. Here’s ...
From Pocky to Yan Yan, shrimp chips to nori, the boom in Asian snacking speaks to our nation's nostalgia of our own Asian-American history — both real, a
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Whizy Kim
Asian American
When You Are Your Parents’ Retirement Plan
Asian-Americans are planning for their parents financial future without being sure they'll ever be able to afford their own.
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Svati Kirsten Narula
Asian American
For Asians, Treating Our Mental Health Issues Feels Like Having T...
When seeking therapy can seem like a betrayal.
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Jinnie Lee
Entertainment
What K-Pop’s Beautiful Men Can Teach Us About Masculinity
K-pop's rise in America is forcing many to confront long-held stereotypes they have regarding masculinity — especially when it comes to Asian men.
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Natalie Morin
News
Yuh-Line Niou Is Fighting For Chinatown’s Survival
The first Asian-American woman to represent Chinatown in New York's legislature is facing an existential crisis and fighting for justice for all.
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Leah Carroll
Asian American
Love In The Shape Of Cut Fruit
Life is filled with bitter and hard things. When you extract pits, piths, and peels, fruit becomes a reliable source of pure sweetness, only softness.
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Connie Wang
News
What It’s Like To Be A Chinese-American High School Senior ...
For about a week in February, I had a mild cold, possibly allergies, and I felt compelled to force in my sneezes at school thanks to “jokes” from
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Joyce Jiang
Coronavirus
What It Means To Wear A Face Mask In America
If you wear one here, you are gullible, selfish, foreign, sick, and asking for attention. But in Asia, face masks mean something else altogether.
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Connie Wang
Asian American
Closeness In The Age Of Coronavirus
I went to China to visit family over the holidays. But a quickly spreading virus turned family time into something more complicated.
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Connie Wang
Asian American
Parasite
Just Became The First-Ever Korean Best Picture No...
The Oscars may still be so white, but thanks to director Bong Joon-ho and the cast of Korean thriller and class satire Parasite, the ceremony will be just
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Natalie Morin
Movies
Justice For Rose Tico:
Crazy Rich Asians
Director Wants ...
Crazy Rich Asians and In The Heights director Jon M. Chu wants to expand the Star Wars universe with a new series about Rose Tico. Posting on Twitter, Chu
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Alejandra Salazar
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Celebrity Beauty
Why This Influencer Collab Is Important For Representation
In 2017, beauty and fashion vlogger Nabela Noor posted a tutorial that would change her perspective forever. At first glance, this viral video appeared to
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Thatiana Diaz
Truth Told
Meet The Refinery29 News Initiative Fellows: Shannon Domingsil
We are excited to announce a new video series coming to Refinery29's YouTube tomorrow — Truth Told. We are bringing these news videos to life throug
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Shannon Domingsil
Movies
Composed, Graceful, Disciplined: We Cannot Wait To See The Live-A...
Disney’s live-action remakes of their animated classics are fulfilling childhood dreams at a clip quicker than Mulan’s warrior reflexes. Aladdin is bar
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Meagan Fredette
News
A Guy Used The Snapchat Gender Filter To Catch A Predator. Here's...
Ethan, a 20-year-old college student, posed as a 16-year-old girl named Esther using Snapchat’s popular new “gender swap” filter, and caught Robert D
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Tiffany Diane Tso
Dedicated Feature
Filipino Actress Janine Tugonon On Hollywood's Asian Representation
Model and actress Janine Tugonon’s career path was supposed to be straightforward: At 20 years old, she'd go into the medical field like her grandmo
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Katie Chow
Music
These Badass Musicians Have One Thing In Common — Besides Deservi...
Thanks to streaming, YouTube, and, well, time, the musical landscape is becoming more diverse, but Asian-American women tend to still find themselves serio
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Natalie Morin
Work & Money
The Model Minority Myth Has Gotten A Millennial Makeover (But It’...
You’ve seen them on the tennis court, on the ice, in comedy, selling out stadiums, stunning on RuPaul’s Drag Race, starring in movies and television sh
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Karen K. Ho
Celebrity Style
NYC's Downtown Party Scene Is Good Again (Here Are A Few People T...
In cities around the world, downtown isn’t just a geographical destination. It’s an entire vibe that separates preservationists from progressives and s
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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Kristin Wong
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