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Bruce Lee: A flesh and blood folk hero
Written By: Nathan Liu Bruce Lee. What more do I need to say? You all know him, the actor and martial artist whose hit films helped bridge the gap between East and West. He’s the man who created Jeet Kune Do, the hybrid fighting style that paved t ...
Farewell to ‘Fresh Off the Boat’
Written By: Saiya Floyd Looking back, the 2010s were a jolt of energy that catapulted Asian American media representation solidly into the mainstream. Of course there had been a few breakthrough stars before the 2010s, and a few movies and TV shows th ...
‘Nora from Queens’ is the best quarter-life crisis therapy session we could get
Nora’s a loser, and that’s okay. We’re all losers too. Written By: Demi Guo from Queens Awkwafina is fresh off her roles as Peik Lin in “Crazy Rich Asians,” Constance in “Ocean’s 8” and literally every Asian American ever in “The Farewell.” One wou ...
‘Parasite’ and the power of the Internet to uplift voices
Written By: Nathan Liu When Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite,” a Korean thriller about a poor family lying their way into a rich family’s employ, was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, and Bong himself was nominated for Best Director, I had two ...
Sessue Hayakawa: America’s forgotten sex symbol
Written By: Nathan Liu In a 2015 interview with the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, actor Daniel Dae Kim described how he thought it was time for Asian performers to take leading roles. Specifically, he insisted that it was time for Asi ...
Capturing the ever-changing ‘Chinatown Vibes’
Written By: Demi Guo “Another one,” the frowny face seemed to say. Chinatown Vibes’ Instagram story featured yet one more neighborhood business closed down for good. Sheng Lin spent much of his early life in Chinatown. It felt only right to documen ...
A New York minute with Celia Au
Written By: Saiya Floyd The first thing that strikes you when you see Celia Au in person is that she’s cool. She strides into Housing Works Bookstore and Cafe in SoHo, in a mostly black ensemble (a requisite for any New Yorker), made unique with bold ...
Looking back at Filipino American History Month with ‘Intersections’
Written by: Demi Guo and Michelle Ahn Kalaya’an means “freedom” in Tagalog. That’s as much as I know, as I shake hands with him and sit down in the Kusina Pinoy Bistro in Queens. He chose this name for himself, to reflect his roots and faith. He is ...