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Blaming Coronavirus on Confucius-ft. Amanda @catcontentonly (Escape From Plan A, Ep. 154)

Blaming Coronavirus on Confucius-ft. Amanda @catcontentonly (Escape From Plan A, Ep. 154)

The coronavirus panic has enabled some of the dumbest Sinophobic takes in the prestige press. And few have been better at calling out this…
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Plan A Editors
The Oscars Didn’t Deserve ‘Parasite’

The Oscars Didn’t Deserve ‘Parasite’

While it was nice that an Asian film won Hollywood’s most coveted prize, there are now some traps that Asian Americans must avoid.
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Chris Jesu Lee
The Coronavirus Tears The Masks Off

The Coronavirus Tears The Masks Off

If confrontation is healthy, then there’s an argument that the coronavirus crisis has healing properties for Asian American discourse
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Lorem Ipsum
‘Kim Ji-young, Born 1982’ Has Important Things To Say About The Everywoman

‘Kim Ji-young, Born 1982’ Has Important Things To Say About The Everywoman

A reflection on the Korean film ‘Kim Ji-young, Born 1982’
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ec l
Chinese Dragons & White Gangsters: Envisioning a New America Through AsAm Children’s Literature

Chinese Dragons & White Gangsters: Envisioning a New America Through AsAm Children’s Literature

In English Language Arts school curriculums, American children have read the same classics of the white American dream for decades. We have…
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Anna Young
The Decade in Southeast Asian American Political Resistance

The Decade in Southeast Asian American Political Resistance

A summary of the most impactful Southeast Asian organizations, activists, and artists working for change in America.
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J Maraan
The Entertaining Dead-End of Ultra-Nationalism — On Wolf Warrior 2 and Uri: The Surgical Strike

The Entertaining Dead-End of Ultra-Nationalism — On Wolf Warrior 2 and Uri: The Surgical Strike

RK Upadhya reviews two recent hit films from China and India, and examines what they represent about contemporary nationalism.
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RK Upadhya
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FUCK YEAH FRIDAYS  —  11/3/2017

FUCK YEAH FRIDAYS  —  11/3/2017

I met a hermit named Kermit McDermott with a learner’s permit Curb swervin’ in a purple Suburban, slurpin an orange sherbert
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Jon Kim
The Danger of Asian American Conformity

The Danger of Asian American Conformity

The Asian American desire for harmony at all costs is not only subordination, but also makes confidence impossible.
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Five Alive
FUCK YEAH FRIDAYS - 6/1/2018

FUCK YEAH FRIDAYS - 6/1/2018

I'll keep pushing on, I am moving on without you Days go one by one, I can be strong enough without you Where there's smoke, there's fire…
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Jon Kim
'Downsizing' and Using Women of Color as Shields

'Downsizing' and Using Women of Color as Shields

Do not let the American elite use opportunistic feminism to protect itself from #MeToo and #TimesUp.
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Chris Jesu Lee
Book Review: 'Big Little Man' by Alex Tizon

Book Review: 'Big Little Man' by Alex Tizon

Alex Tizon's autobiography is the search for a good Asian masculine identity.
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Aldovar
China Realism—ft. Carl Zha (Escape From Plan A, Ep. 94)

China Realism—ft. Carl Zha (Escape From Plan A, Ep. 94)

Special guest Carl Zha, creator of the popular “Silk and Steel” podcast, joins Teen and Diana in talking about China.
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How Sinophobia Affects Non-Chinese Asians (Escape From Plan A, Ep. 136)

How Sinophobia Affects Non-Chinese Asians (Escape From Plan A, Ep. 136)

Oxford, C.S. and Filip talk about how they feel about Sinophobia as non-Chinese Asians and what the real motivations behind Sinophobia are.
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Plan A Editors
Life As You Turn 30 (Escape From Plan A, Ep. 139)

Life As You Turn 30 (Escape From Plan A, Ep. 139)

Ray, C.S., and Oxford discuss what they’ve learned about career, family, and writing as they’ve entered their 30s.
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Plan A Editors
The Deeper Roots of the Celeste Ng Controversy

The Deeper Roots of the Celeste Ng Controversy

How suppression of genuine dialogue about real problems in the Asian American community has caused lasting damage
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Chris Jesu Lee
Fetishization of Mixed-Race Asian Women—ft. Sharon H. Chang and Annabelle Schmitt (EFPA Ep. 96)

Fetishization of Mixed-Race Asian Women—ft. Sharon H. Chang and Annabelle Schmitt (EFPA Ep. 96)

Sharon H. Chang and Annabelle Schmitt talk about the unique fetishization they face as mixed-race Asian women. Oxford hosts.
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Plan A Editors
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