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Why the Annie Le Lawsuit Matters

Sun, 09/18/2011 - 08:18

According to recent national news outlets, the family of Annie Le is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against Yale University for failing to provide adequate safety measures. However according to today's Yale Daily News report by Everett Rosenfeld, "Le relatives do not support suit" (http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/sep/15/le-relatives-do-not-support-suit/).


The 4 million women you can thank for your last meal

Mon, 11/22/2010 - 15:35

From the Restore Fairness blog-

They’re the backbone of our food supply. Their hands sliced the chicken breast we had for lunch. Their sweat brought the fresh tomato to our plates. Their backs bent to pick the lettuce in our salads. They are America’s undocumented workers.


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Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority

Mon, 10/12/2009 - 14:26

Cross-Posted: Reappropriate


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Subjugating APA Women One Meal At A Time

Thu, 10/08/2009 - 15:21

Cross-posted: Reappropriate

‘Cuz when I go out to dinner, I’m looking for a little bit of racism with my sushi entree.


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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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The Problem: Mainstreaming Feminism

Mon, 11/24/2008 - 15:37

In a recent article in Time magazine entitled, The New Liberal Order, Peter Beinart asserts t


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