- 1. 13 Women of Color-Owned and Operated Bookstores You Can Support Right Now
- (Books)
- The tragic and senseless killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery coupled with the rise in Asian American hate crimes amidst a literary censorship of voices of color; not only sparked ...
- Created on 04 February 2022
- 2. Happy Birthday, Octavia Butler! 4 Powerful Life Lessons From the Renowned Science Fiction And Afrofuturistic Feminist Writer
- (Living)
- ... As a Black woman author, Butler often questioned whiteness in sci-fi and discussed the intersection of race and representation within the genre. “Blacks, Asians, Hispanics, Amerindians, minority characters ...
- Created on 22 June 2021
- 3. Are You A Bibliophile Looking For A Fun, Book-Loving Online Community? Check Out These 10 Cool BookTubers!
- (Books)
- ... on her writing journey. Regardless of the topic, her commentary is both hilarious and insightful. She also runs the Asian readathon in May! Top photo: screenshot of Onyx Pages / YouTube More from ...
- Created on 12 May 2021
- 4. The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in Ameri
- (Feminism)
- ... vote until the federal Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. And first-generation Asian immigrants, male or female could not obtain citizenship and could not vote at all. Abigail Scott Duniway was the author ...
- Created on 18 August 2020
- 5. Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club" Remains Golden On 30th Anniversa
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- The Joy Luck Club: A Novel By Amy Tan (Penguin Books) Amy Tan’s bestselling novel turns 30 this year. Published at a time when Asian voices in American fiction were scant, The Joy Luck Club’s popularity ...
- Created on 15 October 2019
- 6. 11 Books By Women To Read This November
- (Books)
- ... She is black, but light-skinned, and is often mistaken for Hispanic or Asian. But though Clemmons tackles race and identity with insight, What We Lose is also a novel about grief. When Thandi is in college, ...
- Created on 14 November 2017
- 7. Sexy Backs, Headless Women And Book Covers
- (Books)
- ... how many novels don’t? — their covers are more likely to feature large font, maybe an abstract image, perhaps a landscape. In a survey of covers by South Asian writers, Mary Anne Mohanraj notes that the ...
- Created on 17 August 2017
- 8. This Artist Creates Art Meant For Smelling
- (Arts)
- ... and how they shape our physical perceptions. Her current exhibit at the Guggenheim, Life Is Cheap, incorporates a hand-crafted fragrance called "Immigrant Caucus." It is made up of scents from Asian American ...
- Created on 26 June 2017
- 9. Why Don't This Year's Oscar Noms Pass the Bechdel Test?! (...A Ran
- (Feminism)
- ... not enough to keep telling so very many stories derived from powerful Caucasian chaps and call it specific, call the lacks incidental. Such a defense is its own way of qualifying systematic oppression. ...
- Created on 20 February 2014
