I can’t be the only one left with the last song syndrome with Mariah’s Always Be My Baby’s iconic track after seeing the recent Netflix rom-com hit Always Be My Maybe, starring Ali Wong and Randall Park amongst a full Asian American casted film. It felt like 500 Days of Summer and Celeste & Jesse […]
Gingee Gingee is a multi-talented Filipina DJ, producer, kulingtang artist, and vocalist among her many artistic talents. Her work is a reflection of the sounds and cultures she has been exposed to growing up in Los Angeles. Gingee’s productions incorporate the sounds of percussion instruments such as the kulintang (gongs native to the Philippines), kettle […]
When I first saw Jianyu aka Jason Mendoza in The Good Place, he was everything I was far connected from a television character yet envied and felt strongly about as time went on. I encountered the Filipino actor, Manny Jacinto, playing a failed DJ from Jacksonville, Florida turned into a Buddhist monk after seeing his […]
Have you seen Mindy Kaling’s nationwide open casting call for her Netflix show? Yes, the actress will be casting real people in her new coming-of-age comedy and we’re all excited about it! I’m not here to go over all that because while we wait for yet another show from Mindy, I want to talk about […]
We’ve reached 2019 and it’s about goddamn time to break out of the all-white TV/film shows and embrace diversity because there’s so much more kick-ass, talented, actors of different race and colors that are deserving of space, stories, narratives, and representation on screen. Gemma Chan is one of the women that’s been making waves in […]
I was five years old in kindergarten when all the girls in my class had to perform a cheer dance routine. We had to wear fitted leotards tucked in short pleated skirts. I was too young to notice how skinny my classmates’ arms and legs were, or how flat their stomachs are until the boys, […]
The number of times I repeatedly watched the magic that is Russian Doll may have equated to the number of times Maxine gleefully exclaimed “Sweet birthday baaabbbyyyyy!” in the show. It’s a shame to believe it introduced me to Greta Lee only then. The show’s real MVP, the true breakout star and life of the […]
I say these next words not just because he was part of the reason I fell in love with spoken word poetry: Phil Kaye is an extraordinary wordsmith. New York City-based poet Kaye is best known for his viral YouTube videos and for co-directing Project VOICE. A California native, Kaye has had a flourishing career: […]
I recently had the wonderful opportunity to interview Tanya Zhang, co-founder of Nimble Made. The fashion brand is known for its actually slim dress shirts, catering to the professional AAPI man with unique sizing issues. Inspired by the slimmer Asian American men in her circles, Tanya saw even the “Slim Fit” at most fashion retailers […]
Even with the wave of women of color the midterm results have brought into office, women of color still remain the minority in the United States political system. 7.1% of the 535 members of Congress are women of color and of the six US governors that are women, only one of them is a woman […]
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