Award-winning author of GIRL IN GLASS (@BloomsburyPub) & A THREAD OF SKY (@penguinusa). Essays in @nytimes @Slate @TIME @The_Millions. Mama of 3. She/her
London, England
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A new book about a daughter born prematurely is a "profound work of philosophy" and "an exquisite memoir." nyti.ms/221XFoi
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Featuring novelist & memoirist, @deannafei. Thrilled that she's offering consults through @OnwardLiterary. Check out her profile for the chance to work with this critically-acclaimed writer. #amwriting #writingcommunity #onwardliterary #mentors #writing
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“I get it—the joke is more important than our existence.” Devastating, brilliant, necessary piece by @bichminhnguyen @NewYorker : America Ruined My Name for Me newyorker.com/culture/person…
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I wrote about why names matter, & the story of mine.
Recorded before the Atlanta shootings, aired tonight on @NewsHour:
What's in a name? In this essay, @tepingchen says that "for so many years, my name has felt like a flag that's stuck out, bristling, from any form or name tag."
"But that's okay," she says. "It's a name that's made me think hard about identity."
“Misogyny and racism have never lived neatly in their separate categories; they ravage by mutually reinforcing a narrative of a dehumanized ‘other.’ A wrenching, necessary piece by @JiayangFan @NewYorker newyorker.com/news/daily-com…
Find me an AA woman who’s EVER experienced racism separate from the reduction of her humanity to how well she might serve a white man’s sexual fantasy. #GTFOH #nameit #stopasianhate #StopAAPIHate
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I don't know what to say. Asians in America have been saying the same thing for so long and so often get dismissed or ignored. The current wave of anti-Asian rhetoric and violence is really an ongoing one.
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For everyone who needs a space and a moment of solidarity with one another, there are a few different events being planned. Here are a few of them. I will keep adding as I get fliers for other ones. – at Tappan, NY
At 6 & 7, my kids already had “slant eyes” pulled at them, “ching chong” jabbered at them, heard “Chinamen bow like this” so many times that, for too long, they internalized the shame & wished they were white. #StopAsianHate #StopAAPIHate
If you’ve read Dr. Seuss to your kids w/o discussing the gross caricatures; if you don’t own books by AA authors; if you haven’t taught them abt, say, the Chinese Exclusion Act; if you think you don’t need to teach them abt anti-Asian racism bc they would never do that ...
They don’t need anyone to connect the dots from the history of anti-Asian violence in America to their formative childhood experiences to “Kung flu” and dead women at spas. They know it in their blood. #StopAsianHate #StopAAPIHate
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Here are local Asian American organizations in Atlanta to support:
➡️ @AAAJ_Atlanta advancingjustice-atlanta.org…
➡️ @napawf_atl napawf.org/donate
#StopAsianHate
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I will never be ashamed of being hated for my race. This shame belongs to the racist. It is not my shame.
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please talk to your children if you haven't already done so, Asian babies across America are being told by classmates that they're to blame for the pandemic & for the deaths of millions. @nicolesjchung has really good advice on why "there’s no neutral choice or position here"
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How about instead of posting a yellow square and leaving it at that you stop laughing along with your lil friend's racist jokes and call that shit out variety.com/2021/tv/opinion/…
