The Complexity in 'Where Are You From?'
"My father is gone now, but I've wondered what he would make of the coronavirus. He surely would have worried about his family more than himself. It would have pained him that relations have cratered between his ancestral and adopted homelands, causing a backlash against Asian-Americans. 'Go back to where you came from!' we're told. But where did we come from, and why does it matter?"
On Preserving Taiwanese Through Romanization
"Like the island itself, my father's life was shaped by occupation and silence. He is as shrouded and multilayered as Taiwan's history. Taiwanese identity is of great importance and pride to him, but as an American-born daughter of immigrants, I found the definition of Taiwanese-ness kind of blurry."
'Good-looking for an Asian': how I shed white ideals of masculinity
Asian American masculinity has been linked to the model minority myth and a hierarchy of racist stereotypes.
"So many stories I didn’t know'
Kao Kalia Yang started out writing her family's refugee memoir. Now she's sharing the journeys of others. The Minnesota author's new book, Somewhere in the Unknown World, began when she collected her uncle's story about fleeing Laos. Then she spoke to a Liberian hospital worker, a Karen parent from school, a Jewish singer from Ukraine -- and created "a collective refugee memoir."
Why Hollywood Must Reimagine Asian-Inspired Stories
Asian American audiences are no longer looking for representation through a Western lens, and other takeaways from a Variety panel with Asian American Hollywood insiders.
Why "Over the Moon" is the film my son and I desperately needed
After months in lockdown, Michelle Yang found comfort for herself and her family in the Netflix animated feature, Over the Moon.
How a Chinese myth inspired Phillipa Soo's pop star in Netflix's ‘Over the Moon'
The inspiration behind Phillipa's Soo's pop star character in Over The Moon was Chang'e, a goddess of Chinese mythology who lives forever on the moon.
Jenny Yang Cares a Lot About Social Justice and Also Food
An interview with comedian Jenny Yang, who's adapted her hustle during quarantine to hosting Comedy Crossing, a stand-up comedy show inside a Nintendo game.
Karen Chee's Favorite Quarantine Comedian Is Her Mom
Comedian Karen Chee talks about the best and worse advice she's received, and how her mom has told some of the best jokes she's heard during quarantine.
Steven Yeun wants to tell human stories
In Minari, Steven Yeun unlocked the key to the kind of artist he wants to be.
The New Blackpink Documentary Proves It's Time for a Cultural Reset
The eagerly anticipated Netflix documentary, Blackpink: Light Up the Sky, dropped on Wednesday, and one thing is clear: K-pop is a force to be reckoned with.
