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Black and Asian Solidarity Has A Long History — Here Are The Women Now Leading ...

This Asian American Hate Crime Bill Misses The Point By Prioritizing Policing

Lukita Maxwell Went From Bali To Utah To Generation — All To Change Her...

Talking About Anti-Asian Hate With My Conservative Chinese Mother...

When my mother’s family came to the United States in the 1970s, their experience was far from the romanticized immigrant story we’re often told in Amer

by Kristin Wong

An Asian Woman Was Attacked On The Street In NYC & No One Did Any...

Two weeks after the massacre of eight people — including six Asian women — in Atlanta, GA, violence against Asian-Americans is still a massive, ongoin

by Sarah Midkiff

Red Canary Song Has Supported Asian American Workers, Long Before...

On Nov. 25, 2017, Yang Song, a massage worker in Flushing, Queens, fell four stories to her death during a police raid. New York Police Department officers

by Danielle Campoamor

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Here’s What’s Actually Being Done To Address Crimes A...

Amid a horrific surge in targeted harassment and hate crimes against Asian Americans, eight people, including six Asian women, were murdered by a

The Man Who Said The Atlanta Killer Had A “Bad Day” P...

While Atlanta law enforcement is still not calling the murder of eight people at Asian massage parlors a hate crime, resurfaced social media posts from a m

by Erin Corbett

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?

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

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

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.

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

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.

by Svati Kirsten Narula

For Asians, Treating Our Mental Health Issues Feels Like Having T...

When seeking therapy can seem like a betrayal.

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.

by Natalie Morin

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.

by Leah Carroll

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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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

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.

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.

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

by Natalie Morin

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

by Alejandra Salazar

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

by Thatiana Diaz

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

by Shannon Domingsil

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

by Meagan Fredette

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

by 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

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

by Natalie Morin

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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