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Yale Establishes Scholarship Fund in Memory of Annie Le

Thu, 10/08/2009 - 12:46

By now, most of us have heard the tragic news that Annie Le, a young, promising PhD student in pharmacology at Yale University, was apparently murdered just days before her wedding.  On September 25, a memorial service was held for Ms.


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Annie Le and the Media's Blind(Eye) on Asian Women

Thu, 09/17/2009 - 13:02

After chatting with my friend MT, a fellow hardcore Asian American feminist, it was apparent that these kinds of stories about Asian women (much like the depiction of Asian women in non-news media) get sensationalized only when the story helps enforce the role or and reaffirm the archetype of the Asian as a racial exception and the Asian woman as an uncomplicated victim. Sound like APIA feminist studies 101? I wish there were such a thing.


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Questions about the Murder of Annie Le at Yale

Wed, 09/16/2009 - 00:07

By now everyone has heard about the horrifying and tragic murder of Annie Le, a graduate student at Yale who was found murdered in a basement wall of her office building on what would have been her wedding day.


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