"The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu is a fantasy short story that incorporates Asian American struggles with magical realism. In 2012, this renowned story won the Hugo Award, Nebula Award and World Fantasy Award, making it the first and only work of fiction to win all...
The highly watched trial of Students for Fair Admissions versus Harvard University has put the policy of affirmative action into the spotlight. This policy was first introduced in 1961, by President John Kennedy to secure employment free of discrimination, and later...
"Crazy Rich Asians" star Awkwafina, or Nora Lum, opened up about Asian American representation on screen, speaking out and seeing girls like her lead the way, in a MTV News video. Now she’s the one with a chance to carry the torch and blaze the trail. Born to a...
Author Jenny Han is redefining the archetype of the "All American Girl" and bringing diversity and representation to mainstream film and literature. As Asian American stories are being shared onscreen, a generation's search to find their tribe and identity is...
"Crazy Rich Asians" star Gemma Chan, who plays captivating It-Girl Astrid in the film, has paved her way in Hollywood with hard work and dedication but she is not without a mischievous streak, and takes to characters who are self-possessed and strong yet playful...
if all girls could ... learn to dream to lead and to believe that they are connected by a network of thousands of spiderwebbing arteries and capillaries filled with the sweet nectar of sisters and eden's garden that swan necks, slips of shadows dipping their feet in...
Mahila Divas means Women's Day in Hindi. I'm grateful I had the opportunity to share these words with women in parts of India such as Delhi, Coimbatore and other parts of Tamil Nadu, and Munipur and that they resonated so deeply with them. Mahila Divas — महिला दिवस...
"ILLUSTRIOUS" is a poem written by 14-year-old poet and women's advocate Anya Thakur. She works to empower and uplift communities as founder of GirlUp Dallas, a UN Women organization, and a MetoWe partner with ArtRising, which provides arts enrichment to...
"Ode to Fearless Women" is a poem written by 14-year-old poet and women's advocate Anya Thakur. She works to empower and uplift communities as founder of GirlUp Dallas, a UN Women organization, and a MetoWe partner with ArtRising, which provides arts enrichment to...
Anya Thakur works to empower and uplift communities as founder of GirlUp Dallas, a UN Women organization, and a MetoWe partner with ArtRising, which provides arts enrichment to underprivileged communities and creates diverse programming for South and East Asian women....
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