- 21. Constance Wu's Message About "Crazy Rich Asians" Highlights the Importance of Representati
- (Movies)
- Today, Constance Wu posted a powerful message on Twitter talking about why her new movie, Crazy Rich Asians, means “so much to to so many people.” The movie—out August 15th—is the first Hollywood studio ...
- Created on 01 August 2018
- 22. Sandra Oh Is The First Asian Woman To Be Nominated For The Leading Role In A Drama Emmy
- (Entertainment)
- Sandra Oh just made history by becmoing the first Asian woman to be nominated for the Emmy for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama. She is nominated for her role as Eve Plastri in the BBC America ...
- Created on 13 July 2018
- 23. Lily Allen Comes Forward About Sexual Abuse, Says She's Forced To Work With Her Abuser: Link Roundu
- (Feminism)
- ... U.S. will be following in their footsteps soon. Read more at CNN. #GetALifeNerds: Star Wars Cast and Crew Rally Behind Kelly Marie Tran Kelly Marie Tran, the first Asian-American woman to have a principal ...
- Created on 08 June 2018
- 24. "Saturday Night Live" Has Never Had An Asian Woman Cast Member — And That Needs To Chang
- (TV)
- “Hello. I’m the new Hispanic cast member, and I’ll be playing Asian moderator Elaine Quijano. Because, baby steps.” Back in October 2016, Melissa Villaseñor went meta on Saturday Night Live when America ...
- Created on 07 February 2018
- 25. Some “Star Wars” Fans Are Being Super Racist About The Series' First Asian-American Woman Lead, Kelly Marie Tran
- (Movies)
- Kelly Marie Tran knocked down walls to become the first Asian-American woman to snag a leading role in the Star Wars franchise, but some racist losers aren’t enthused. Tran, who plays mechanic Rose ...
- Created on 20 December 2017
- 26. Senate Nominee Roy Moore Reportedly Molested 14-Year-Old Girl
- (Feminism)
- ... discriminatory and offensive judicial decisions, the Hill shared a video in which Moore refers to Native American and Asian people as “reds and yellows.” For more context, in a 2005 interview on CSPAN-2, ...
- Created on 10 November 2017
- 27. Dolores Huerta On Donald Trump And White Supremacy: BUST Interview
- (Movies)
- ... capitol in Atlanta. We had over a thousand people there. And it’s wonderful that so many of the people who are demonstrating are not people of color, they’re Caucasians — I want to thank them, because ...
- Created on 05 September 2017
- 28. Watch This Chinese Artist Come Out To Her Parents In An Incredibly Moving Video
- (Movies)
- ... her experience into an interactive project of visibility, including other Asian Americans unpacking their queer identities. Check out what she had to say about her experience and more about her project ...
- Created on 29 August 2017
- 29. 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
- 30. “Harmless Like You” Author Rowan Hisayo Buchanan On Inspiration, Reviews, And Her Love For Bald Cats
- (Books)
- ... media, but the main representation of Asian Americans at that time is yellowface in Breakfast at Tiffany’s - which is so bad that when I watched it, I didn’t even know it was yellowface, I just thought, ...
- Created on 25 May 2017
- 31. Hey, Scarlett Johansson — If You’re Choosing ‘Feminism Over Race,’ You’re Doing Feminism Wrong
- (Movies)
- ... #whitewashedOUT hashtag to discuss the problems with casting white actors to play Asian characters (a discussion that continued with Tilda Swinton’s casting Doctor Strange); Asian actresses including Constance ...
- Created on 09 February 2017
- 32. Nicki Minaj Is Back With A "Black Beatles" Remix Called "Black Barbie
- (Music)
- ... For Black And White Women’s Sexuality It Turns Out That Eleven From 'Stranger Things' Is The Real Monster Awkwafina Shows What It's Like To Be An Asian American Rapper In The Documentary 'Bad Rap': BUST ...
- Created on 17 November 2016
- 33. I'm Asian American And My Voice Counts In This Electio
- (Feminism)
- ... let it go. Turned the other cheek.” So many Asian Americans do turn the other cheek. As both a female and a racial minority in the US, I was taught by example that the easiest route is to shut up and ...
- Created on 02 November 2016
- 34. Being Forced to Hold a Funeral for Your Aborted Fetus — And 3 Other Ways Mike Pence Would Limit Your Reproductive Rights
- (Feminism)
- ... reasons for doing so. The ideology behind this legislation, however, is rooted in the racist notion of some cultures choose to abort based on gender -- particularly Asian-American women, most due to the ...
- Created on 05 October 2016
- 35. Why I Won't Be Watching The 'Ghost In The Shell' Rema
- (Movies)
- ... this new series of trailers has also given us our very first look at Scarlett Johansson as the film’s heroine. Johansson’s controversial casting in the lead role brought a lot of scrutiny from the Asian ...
- Created on 22 September 2016
- 36. 7 Moments We Actually Cared About From The Emmys
- (Entertainment)
- ... 1. Alan Yang serves sass for lack of Asian Americans onscreen Screenshot via YouTube Alan Yang and Aziz Ansari, creators of Netflix’s Master of None, won the award for Outstanding Writers, Comedy Series. ...
- Created on 19 September 2016
- 37. Awkwafina Shows What It's Like To Be An Asian American Rapper In The Documentary 'Bad Rap': BUST Intervi
- (Movies)
- Can you name an Asian rapper? While hip-hop is rooted in African American culture, it has spread globally. Director and producer Salima Koroma paired up with fellow producer Jaeki Cho to explore the ...
- Created on 29 April 2016
- 38. I Was Sexually Assaulted By My Rideshare Passenger
- (Living)
- ... their pleasant surprise from the expectation of being chauffeured by a middle aged Nigerian male, as if my millennial, Caucasian blondness is an extra treat. We are alone in my car. Our brief interaction ...
- Created on 20 January 2016
- 39. Which Of These 10 Suffragette Women Should Be On The $10 Bill? Vote For Your Favorite Here
- (Feminism)
- ... to expand women’s roles in the workplace, fought against child labor and promoted the civil rights of African Americans, Asian Americans and WWII refugees. Alice Paul (1885-1977) Alice Paul was the ...
- Created on 19 November 2015
- 40. Spring Valley Cop To Be Fired, But Can’t Be Racist – “He Has Been Dating An African American Female For Some Time Now”
- (General)
- In the most recent account of racially motivated physical violence, South Carolina Deputy Ben Fields was filmed dragging a young black woman out of her desk at Spring Valley High School, throwing her ...
- Created on 28 October 2015
