Which Asian American Women Influence You? Audrey's 8 Picks for Our Inaugural Women of Influence Series: Audrey Magazine's first annual series celebrating influential Asian American women highlights eight newsmakers, activists, leaders, and all-around badasses.
The One Thing White Writers Get Away With, But Authors of Color Don't: Bill Cheng's first novel, Southern Cross the Dog, is a novel set in rural black Mississippi. Most reviewers and interviewers are quick to point out that Cheng is a Chinese American from Queens, New York and question the novel's authenticity.
Ordway's 'Miss Saigon' angers Asian-American artists: Miss Saigon is a love story between an American G.I. and a Vietnamese would-be prostitute at the end of the war. The story sucks, and for some reason, Ordway and three other theater companies want to revive yet another production of this gem of a racist and misogynistic musical.
22 Lewd Chinese Women and Other Courtroom Dramas: For the last seven years, Judge Denny Chin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has been writing historic reenactments of Asian American trials. The newest one, "22 Lewd Chinese Women," will premiere at the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association's national convention in Kansas City this November.
Stoically Kissing Friends and Strangers: Photographer Tommy Kha's series "Return to Sender," aka "The Kissing Series," explores the ideas of intimacy, the role of the photographer in self-portraiture, and the ways in which Asians are portrayed in film and television. And it gives him the excuse to kiss a lot of different people.
YouTube Makeup Guru Michelle Phan on Becoming a Beauty Superstar: "My Only Goal Was to Help My Family: Over the past seven years, makeup tutorialist Michelle Phan has garnered a YouTube following of over 4.5 million subscribers. Here, she writes about her childhood, growing up poor, and now, launching a makeup line with L'Oreal.
EJ Koh Interview: Without a Plan: EJ Koh took a poetry class to fulfill a college requirement, and it's stuck ever since. Gumship interviews her on her path to writing and her latest novel,Red.
Why Asians Love 'Crazy Rich Asians': Kevin Kwan's debut novel, Crazy Rich Asians, contains a cast of characters who are pretty awful people. Apparently, Asian Americans love 'em.
The Casino as Lifeline: Photographer Yeong-Ung Yang has been documenting the "endless commute" of Korean and Chinese immigrants in Flushing who make a living by riding the daily casino buses and selling their free gambling/meal vouchers on the black market.
The Puzzle of Identifying as Chinese: "Much has changed since China began opening up to the world following the death of Mao Zedong in 1976. But deeply held cultural beliefs predating that isolationist era persist."
Remembering John Vietnam: One year ago, John "Vietnam" Nguyen, a University of Wisconsin student and rapper, passed away in a tragic drowning accident, cutting a promising career short. This year, the city of Madison declared August 30 John "Vietnam" Nguyen Day.
Finally, Someone Bottled Vietnamese Iced Coffee: Huan Le is the man behind a new coffee drink, Caphin, a $4 bottle of Vietnamese iced coffee. And he has plans to make the beverage go national.