Jessica Prois
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Oscar-nominated doc 'Minding the Gap' tackles violence through lens of race, gender
"Minding the Gap," which premiered at Sundance in 2018 and was released by Hulu last August, is up for Best Documentary Feature at this year's Academy Awards. → Read More
How 'Asian August' could impact Sundance and indie film spaces
In order to truly say an appetite for Asian films exists, indie films need to succeed alongside studio productions, author and sociologist Nancy Wang Yuen said. → Read More
'Crazy Rich Asians' Has Even The Most Hardened Asians Crying At The Theater
“To have to work to find yourself in narratives that aren’t necessarily about or for you ... I think it’s just like this huge weight that we all stopped ... → Read More
Sarah Jeong, New York Times Editorial Board Member, Has A Right To Be Angry
And the Times' defense of Jeong tells Asian-Americans our anger is merited. → Read More
Asians Now Have The Largest Income Gap In America
Smashing another stereotype, a new study shows that Asians are the "most economically divided" group in the U.S. → Read More
Joel Kim Booster On Finding The Comedy In Queer Asian Male Stereotypes
"No matter what you do, you’re pathologized as a gay that’s trying to act masculine or an Asian trying to be masculine." → Read More
The Genteel Racism Behind The New York Times' Canal Street Gentrification Piece
The Chinatown the Times sniffs at — the various “low” exotica, the wares being hawked, the tourists — is rooted in immigrants' desire to make a living. → Read More
Asian Stock Photos Are Often Stereotypical, So We Shot Our Own
In stock shots, East Asian–Americans are often peripheral characters or stereotypes like doctors and students. → Read More
For Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, A CelebrAsian Of Dual Identities
Kicking off a month of embracing our hyphenated heritage. → Read More
Yuhua Hamasaki From ‘Drag Race’ On Asian Pride And Dating Across The Gender Spectrum
"As an Asian male, I can never get a date. As a female, it is so easy," she says. → Read More
Artist Who Carried Mattress Across Campus Explores Asian-American Identity In New Exhibit
"Why are we angry Asians? It comes from a place of being stepped on. There is a level of invisibility we have.” → Read More
Why The 'Mike Pence Rule' Is Particularly Dangerous In Korea
Avoiding one-on-one time with women in a country with a huge gender wage gap is not progress. → Read More
The 'Shib Sibs' Talk Asian Representation, Stereotypes And K-Pop
"Growing up as an Asian-American, there aren’t a lot of people that I was able to look up to," Alex Shibutani says. → Read More
Chloe Kim Is Proof There’s No Definable Way To Be Asian-American
An all-American hero who is also unmistakably Korean. → Read More
The #MeToo Movement Looks Different For Women Of Color. Here Are 10 Stories.
Some of the most affected have been left out of the movement, and it's time we talk about it. → Read More
East Asian-Americans On Identity And Learning To Love Their Eyes
"I used to use Scotch tape to make my eyes bigger. Then I said, ‘Hey, this is your face. This is how you look.’" → Read More
Jeremy Lin's Dreads And Kenyon Martin's Chinese Tattoo Are A False Equivalency
They had an honest discussion about race, but the reality is one offense carries more weight than the other. → Read More
Two Asian-Americans On Growing Up In The Midwest vs. Chinatown
What it’s like being one of a few Asian-Americans in school, contrasted with having a whole community you relate to. → Read More
Two Asian-Americans On Growing Up In The Midwest vs. Chinatown
What it’s like being one of a few Asian-Americans in school, contrasted with having a whole community you relate to. → Read More
When You're Queer And Undocumented, The DACA Stakes Are Higher
"For a lot of us, going back to our home countries isn’t an option because of our queerness." → Read More