A Gilded Innocence
At six years old, you would’ve seen me playing with Barbies, wearing rainbow shirts and horizontally striped skirts, and enjoying my...
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Lora Kwon
- Aug 2, 2022
- 3 min
Taxes for Undocumented Immigrants
Dear Asian Youth, Immigrants have always been labeled as “other.” In a court of law, they are still called “aliens,” a dehumanizing term...
Shruti Dubey
- Jul 27, 2022
- 9 min
The Dowry System & Sexual Violence Towards Women in India
TW: marital rape, sexual assault and violence, dowry deaths, suicide, gender-based violence
Current Events Editorial Staff
- Mar 3, 2022
- 7 min
The Pandemic of Violence Against East and Southeast Asian Women in the US
On the morning of Sunday, February 13th, 35-year-old Christina Yuna Lee was stabbed to death inside her Lower Manhattan apartment in...
Kriesha Pradhan
- Sep 28, 2021
- 2 min
broken english
This is the start of a tragic story. In a land amidst the high peaks and valleys, the sound of bells rang through the streets. Voices...
Hannah Govan
- Sep 26, 2021
- 23 min
The Asian Virgin: Sex as a Solution in Western Storytelling
Hannah Govan discusses how film & television write Asian characters as undesirable, and use sex to 'solve' a character's arc or sexuality.
Chris Fong Chew
- Sep 16, 2021
- 2 min
Disturbed
I wish I could say what was hidden behind the view The view of perfectly cut lawns and cookie cutter houses Behind the nice landscaped...
Hannah Govan
- Aug 13, 2021
- 15 min
Send Noods: Love Letters to Three Dishes
Hannah Govan writes three love letters to three different noodle dishes with the historical background behind each dish.
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