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ECAASU 2010: What it means to be APIA in America

Sat, 03/13/2010 - 20:57

Many students have spent these past few days in the library studying for midterms and writing papers, and although I shall now be joining them in doing so as well, I’ve spent these past few days at the East Coast Asian-American Student Union’s 2010 Conference and have come out with a greater understanding of what it means to be an Asian-American, of America, of the place of APIA’s in America, and of humanity as a whole.


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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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