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How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (Over Celebrity Gossip)

Johnny Depp won, and I’m on the brink of throwing friends into the garbage because of it

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442: Legislating Like a Girl

As Title XI turns 50, we recognize its main author and sponsor Patsy Mink, the first Asian American woman elected to Congress

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Cinderella Has Never Been So Relatable

The diverse cast in Broadway’s revival of ‘Into the Woods’ brings new dimension to classic fairy tale characters

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Reinventing Nani’s Recipes

Anisa’s grandmother just wanted her to be a “proper girl”—but she wanted more

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Chef Rachel Yang Doesn’t Need a James Beard Award

But the 15-time nominee, this year for Outstanding Chef, says she is “reinvigorated and inspired” to continue cooking her personal interpretation of Korean cuisine

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An Epic Spin Through the Multiverse–No, Not That One

‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ offers a fresh, frenetic take on Asian American family drama, with a sci-fi twist

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442: Meet the Master of the Chinese Typewriter

The IBM machine was way more complicated than any English typewriter, but Lois Lew made using it look easy

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I Miss ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ Tom Cruise

All we have left is forever-action-hero Tom Cruise, and that is such a bummer, man

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This Is the Future of Sex Ed (We Hope)

Meet Alex Liu, director of “A Sexplanation,” a revelatory, charmingly personal documentary about S-E-X

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‘Ms. Marvel’ Remixes the Character’s Origin With More Cultural Specificity

Disney+’s new series brings Pakistani American multigenerational family drama to the MCU

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How ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Changed Taiwan

How did the most iconic flight jacket of all time impact Chinese-Taiwan relations, and changed the way some Chinese Americans feel seen?

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PRIDE: How ‘Fire Island’ Director Andrew Ahn Paints a Vivid Portrait of Queer Asian America

One of American indie cinema’s underrated talents looks back on his career so far

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The Star Hollywood Wasn’t Ready For: Anna May Wong

Racism and sexism wasn’t going to stop this legend from accomplishing her dream of becoming an actress

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Joy of the Day

Because sometimes, you just need to laugh at something random.

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Hey Big Spender

Nicolas Cage is an inspiration to uptight, financially conservative Asians everywhere

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The Next Great American Brown Liquor

Have you heard of rice whiskey? Look to these Asian American purveyors paving the road stateside

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Joy of Art: Remember Christina Yuna Lee with Art About Absence

Holding space for a flame that once burned, a special exhibit at the Eli Klein gallery in New York City examines death, loss, and memory

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Comic: Hapa Love Notes

“Did you eat yet?” and other ways this illustrator says “I love you”

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Why Kelly Marie Tran is Our Hero

Surviving racism and sexism, KMT shows us the meaning of making the impossible possible, and the importance of believers

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Why Asian American Creatives Need to Say Yes to “Yes and…”

Erin Quill is your Comedy Auntie, and she wants you to stop worrying about losing face, embrace your inner Elsa, and let it go

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What We Lose When We Don’t Speak the Same Language as Our Immigrant Parents

Scholar Sarah Phillips on how bilingualism, rather than assimilation, is the key to a balanced multicultural identity

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Mixed Love: The Firelit Sanctuary in a Cold White Town

In the New England town where few bother to see them fully, two immigrant girls found warmth by their backyard brazier

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Are We Really Falling for Bennifer 2.0, or has Nostalgia Rotted Our Brains!?

Ben Affleck is so good at failing up that he has managed to date JLo twice

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Wanda Maximoff in the Multiverse of Sexist Tropes

In ‘Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’, MCU’s latest entry trades character development for spectacle

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442: Meet the Great Asian American Dance Duo, Toy and Wing

Billed as the “Chinese Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers,” though only one was Chinese, this dynamic twosome paved the way for AAPI artists to follow

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My Mom Made a Foodie Out of Me Without Ever Turning on the Stove

This mother-daughter pair became best friends over a shared love of adventure and eating out