AAPI Heritage Month

Why Do We Ignore Donald Glover’s Fetishization of Asian Women?

Vera Pavlovich, Loyola University Maryland

Not many fans are aware of Donald Glover’s problematic and harmful past with Asian culture and fetishization.…

May 30, 2024

Doing it for the Green Card: The Evolution of Feminism From Asian War Brides to Mail-Order Wives

Emily Diaz, DePaul University

Once defined by war, always defined by their American husbands, Asian women marrying their way into U.S. citizenship changed the face of immigration rights, cultural pluralism and “American” marriages through profound feminism. …

May 29, 2024

A Retrospective Review of R.F. Kuang’s ‘Babel’

Vera Pavlovich, Loyola University Maryland

Two years ago, R.F. Kuang’s New York Times Best Seller Babel sparked a controversy that is still worth talking about.…

April 17, 2024

A photograph of a young woman sitting and reading a book.

On Feeling Excluded From AAPI Heritage Month

Julia Concepcion, Virginia Commonwealth University

I don’t, as a biracial woman, feel accepted into this group that is meant to be celebrated.…

May 23, 2023