I spent my nineteenth birthday at my grandparents’.
Reporting on Jaahnavi Kandula’s death and subsequent responses across the nation. Connecting to history of violence against APIDA in the United States.
Sandy Liang is a Chinese American clothing designer who has risen in popularity in the last couple years. Her pieces are largely inspired by her upbringing in an AAPI immigrant household in New York, and have led the resurgence of femininity and nostalgia in fashion. As she is one of the few famous AAPI designers in the industry right now, Sandy Liang and her brand demonstrates the complex issues of diversity, inclusion, respectability politics, and tokenization.
Heart-shaped boxes full of sweet treats may only seem fitting for Valentine’s Day, but Korean markets and street food stalls say otherwise. Starting in…