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Closing the Gates to Chinatown: How 2025’s Tariffs May Affect Historic Communities

June 4, 2025 Sophie Vansomphone
Creative

唔該 / Thank You

June 4, 2025 Amy L. Wong
Arts & Culture Reviews

Book Review: “Other: an Asian & Pacific Islander Prisoners’ Anthology”

June 4, 2025 Seth Tang
In Creative October 29, 2023

In Paralysis

By Chelsea Chau Tran

A short comic about Ông Kẹ and how he used to haunt me as a child.

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In Opinion October 27, 2023

Toxic Asian Friend Groups: The Weaponization of the Minority Experience

By Amber Phung

Recently, Asian American teens shared their bad experiences with all-Asian friend groups on TikTok, and how toxic and enabling they could be/ how they weaponized their shared culture. I discuss these experiences as well as my own personal ones.

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In Creative Poetry & Prose October 24, 2023

Can’t You Use Chopsticks?

By Sophie Vansomphone

A satirical poem detailing the ways a specific APIDA culture is interpreted amongst different perspectives.

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In Arts & Culture September 29, 2023

GUTS: Pushing Norms and Redefining Music

By Anisha Menath

From Barbie to Taylor Swift’s Eras tour and Beyonce’s Summer Renaissance, women have been ruling the media worldwide. The summer concluded with the highly…

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In Opinion June 4, 2023

Beef and How it Changes the Call for Asian Representation

By Sophie Vansomphone

Perfection is a natural ideal people strive for. It can be in their physical appearance, their education or even their whole personality, but no…

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In Arts & Culture June 1, 2023

How the Santa Monica 626 Night Market falls flat

By Amber Phung

As a resident of the San Gabriel Valley of California, I am no stranger to the 626 Night Market, named after the area code…

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