Twenty years of Hikaru Utada’s ‘Exodus’: An album ahead of its time To celebrate its anniversary, writer Amanda Walujono reflects on how this once under-appreciated album has aged beautifully over time Read
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 Read
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 Read
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 Read
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 Read
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 Read
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 Read
I Look Like Simu Liu, But I Still Can’t Get A Date Amidst representation triumphs, dating remains a racist minefield for Asian American gay men Read
Asian American identity beyond Asian and American Does Asian American identity remain intact when one ventures beyond Asia and America? Read
The Healing Power of Finally Seeing Yourself on the Page How one (grown-up) writer justifies her love of YA books, where the hero is no longer exclusively a white boy Read
Mixed Love: The Right Rice Can love survive when a couple disagrees on the most quintessential of foods? Read
5 Life Lessons Learned from Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson’s Boy Shit In this week’s “Nguyeners and Losers,” Stacy Nguyen grades the beef between a couple of meatheads Read
‘I’m Reclaiming My Power in A Violent World’ One year after Atlanta, an Asian dominatrix reflects on the peril of fetishization Read
