Contributors Tiffany Ran Trendy Hot Pot Finds an Enthusiastic Audience in the U.S. Hoang Samuelson Mixed Love: A Friendship That Changed Everything Anjana Pawa What ‘Physical: 100’ Taught Me About Strength Jenny Wu Artist Tommy Kha Captures the Restless Sleep of Immigrants Anne Wen Asian Americans and Our Quest to be Thin Lai Frances Brighter than the Moon, Luna Continues to Shine Jaime Schwarz Blake Abbie of ‘Bling Empire: New York’ Wants to Keep It Real Hayley Palmer Ciara Riley Wilson on ‘Freeridge,’ Fashion, and Finding Herself Jalen Jones Tati Gabrielle Clues us in on ‘You’ Season Four Naturally MonaLisa Ryan Alexander Holmes Asks ‘How Much More of ‘Me’ Can I Be?’ Vandana Pawa These TikTok-Savvy Monks Will Set You on the Path to Enlightenment Eric Nguyen ‘White Savior’ to the Rescue Casey Chiang Dear Edward Blum, I Am Not Your Model Minority Pooja Shah Pursue Your Dreams: When to Abandon the Thing You’ve Invested In Richard King Lee The Necessity of Asian Mediocrity Michelle Li #VeryAsian, One Year Later Caroline Cao Meet One of the Voice Actors Behind Netflix’s Groundbreaking ‘Dead End: Paranormal Park’ Tony Hiu Joong Giroux What I’ve Lost. What I’ve Learnt. What I Am Not. Julienne Pal Loreto Marvel’s Wave Isn’t Just Filipino, She’s Bisaya Jihyeon No K-pop Star AleXa is ‘Back In Vogue’ Cyrena Lee An Ode to an Asian American Thanksgiving Sabrina Qiao Mulan: Badass Warrior or Devoted Daughter? Samantha Lui With ‘The Astronaut,’ BTS’s Jin Enters a New Chapter Nathaniel Kim Philadelphia’s Asian American Film Festival Goes Beyond Identity Meeja Kinsey Miss America’s Emma Broyles: A Queen of Many Firsts JoySauce SPONSORED: Kashiyama Wants to Outfit You in a Bespoke Suit Bri Ng Schwartz The Steady Evolution of Élodie Yung Guillermo De Querol Hirokazu Kore-eda’s New Film ‘Broker’ Tackles Found Family and More Hibby Thach The Hardest Conversation to Have JiaYing Grygiel Growing Up on Dumplings and Big Macs Vik Chopra Black Ariel Is Not the Problem Suneil Kamath Gen Z Asian Americans are Done Assimilating to Break the Bamboo Ceiling Erica Ito An Interview with ‘Never Have I Ever’ Star Darren Barnet Dan Schindel For Masaaki Yuasa, Music Makes the Movie Lauren Hardie The Chinese Part *Is* The Jamaican Part Diamond Yao 442: Bow Down to the Queen—of Chinese Food Melissa Slaughter Designing Wonderland with K-Pop Star AleXa Nash Holcomb Some of the World’s Most Influential Mixed Asians Victoria Goldiee ‘Partner Track’ Asks: Can You Have Love and a Career? Monique Laban I Had to Let Go of My Parents to See Myself Maya Weaver What Being Mixed Race Has Taught Me About Colorism Kelvin Mak What Jean-Luc Godard’s ‘Breathless’ Taught Me About Life—And Myself Anna Lee F*ck Around And Find Out With Anna Lee Bridgette Redman The Chic L.A. Barbershop Built On Filipino Values Aleenah Ansari How to Get Paid What You’re Worth Alex Chester-Iwata An Interview with Anna Shay, Reality TV Star and Heiress Annie Midori Atherton ‘Nope’ Satirizes The American Dream Sasha Soyon White Mom, Korean Mom Agnes Constante NYC public schools to introduce new AAPI history this fall Will Varner Between Worlds, Fantastic Half Breeds in Pop Culture Matt Blank Actor George Salazar Discusses Life, Art and the World He Wants to Live In Sakeina Syed ‘Wedding Season’ Brings Vital Representation to Rom-Coms Olivia Truffaut-Wong How ‘Bruce Lee’s Daughter’ Is Expanding Her Own Legacy Sam Tanabe Final Bow For Yellowface aims to eliminate offensive stereotypes in ballet Lauren W. Samantha Win: Can’t Knock Her Down Stephanie Mieko Cohen Fox Eyes: A Beauty Trend or Cultural Appropriation? Lauren Lola Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner and the Wild Year of Her Dreams Coming True Valerie Moloney I’m Half Irish (Today)—Wait, Who’s Asking? Simar Bajaj I Got My First Haircut At Age 17 Esther Tseng Where to Eat in LA’s Little Bangladesh Ruth Moon Lopez 442: The First Voice of Many Kwesi Foli C’Mon Marvel—We Need to See More Black Joy Amanda Walujono My Asian Dad is Not a Meme Teena Apeles Mixed Love: How A Shared Love of Asian Dramas Brought Us Together Ryan Quan Brightening Up Your Week With Our Favorite TikToks Shin Yu Pai Is It Art? Or Accessory? Youngmi Mayer Hairy Butthole Paul Kan The Yes I Kan Podcast Stephanie Tran Perfectly Imperfect, Constance Wu Nguyên Lê The Problem With Wu Maylin Tu OMG, Am I Wasian? Irene Zhang My Parents Always Wanted a Boy Johanna M. Costigan Joy of Art: This NYC Artist’s Ceramic Food Looks Good Enough to Eat Chin Lu Mixed Love: My Best Friends Taught Me How to Date Like a ‘Normal’ Person J.A. Dela Cruz-Smith Kehlani Redefines R&B Teresa Tran BTS Is Taking a Break—And You Should, Too Thuc Nguyen Protesters Gather for First Asian American-led March Anisa Khalifa Reinventing Nani’s Recipes Siddhant Adlakha An Epic Spin Through the Multiverse–No, Not That One Hua Xi Joy of Art: Remember Christina Yuna Lee with Art About Absence Ashley Topacio Comic: Hapa Love Notes Erin Quill Why Asian American Creatives Need to Say Yes to “Yes and…” Sarah Frances Phillips What We Lose When We Don’t Speak the Same Language as Our Immigrant Parents Julia Tong Mixed Love: The Firelit Sanctuary in a Cold White Town Roslyn Talusan Wanda Maximoff in the Multiverse of Sexist Tropes Ngoc Nguyen My Mom Made a Foodie Out of Me Without Ever Turning on the Stove Andre Lawes Menchavez Joy of Art: Enter the ‘Eternal Spa’ Nathan Kato I Look Like Simu Liu, But I Still Can’t Get A Date Naomi Tomky The Deep Roots of Sumida Watercress Vivian Ho Asian American identity beyond Asian and American Bella Sangar Bella’s Table Eric Diep All the Asian and Asian Diaspora Artists to See at Coachella 2022 Priya Sridhar Forget Bridgerton’s Kate and Anthony, What About Kate and Edwina’s Happily Ever After? Irene Jiang Mixed Love: The Right Rice Carolyn Hinds ‘Pachinko’ masterfully dramatizes the universal trials and tribulations of an immigrant family Howin Wong JoySauce hits the red carpet for ‘Umma’ premiere Lienne Dagger ‘I’m Reclaiming My Power in A Violent World’ Diep Tran Pixar’s ‘Turning Red’ is a coming-of-age classic Erique Zhang My Mother’s Daughter
Caroline Cao Meet One of the Voice Actors Behind Netflix’s Groundbreaking ‘Dead End: Paranormal Park’
Carolyn Hinds ‘Pachinko’ masterfully dramatizes the universal trials and tribulations of an immigrant family
