How I Learned To Love My Monolids (Vogue)

weekly recap of Asian American news & newsmakers

Headlines

“‘Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens’ Returns With 2-Episode Season 2 Premiere (VIDEO)” - TV Insider

AAPI Headlines

• Two Asian American Women Robbed at 99 Ranch Market in San Gabriel (Yahoo! News)

• Hate crimes against Asian Americans in California spiked by 107% in 2020, new data shows (The Sacramento Bee)

• New video released in search for man suspected of hate crime in assault on Asian American woman in Culver City (KTLA)

Politics

• Nearly 200,000 Asian Americans scramble for citizenship under aging-out visa policy (Yahoo! News)

• White House releases staff salaries, touts closing the gender wage gap (NBC News)

• GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Who Used ‘Yellow’ to Refer to Asian Virginians in Interview Calls Out Dems (Yahoo! News)

• The Most Complete Picture Yet of America’s Changing Electorate (The Atlantic)

• A proactive plan to battle AAPI hate in New York City needs more funding to work (Aldi News)

Business

• 28 LGBTQ-owned brands and businesses to support in 2021 (NBC News)

• Next-Generation Of SexTech Entrepreneurs Is Here, Disrupting The $37 Billion Sexual Wellness Market (Forbes)

• ‘I’ve never had so much work’: the young Aussies getting rich on TikTok (The Sydney Morning Herald)

• Inequality and hate crimes against Asian Americans could wipe out $700 billion from the US economy (Insider)

• Hostility to Asian Americans: an urgent workplace problem (Human Resource Executive)

Entertainment

• 'Nevertheless' On Netflix: Get To Know Actor Song Kang (Tatler)

• The Sexy and Scandalous Evolution of Teen Dramas on TV (Decider)

• Northeast Ohio native Anne Hu explores Taiwanese-American identity in upcoming short film (Cleveland)

• ‘Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens’ Returns With 2-Episode Season 2 Premiere (VIDEO) (TV Insider)

• 'No one comes to our aid': Olivia Munn speaks out about challenges Asian women face in special (USA Today)

• Maya Erskine on Boundaries, Asian American identity, and Overcoming Her Inner Critic (The Hollywood Reporter)

Music

• My 10 favorite albums from Asian/Asian American musicians since 2010: Top 4 (The Stanford Daily)

• Olivia Rodrigo proud of her Filipino heritage (Entertainment News)

• Billie Eilish apologizes after video containing racial slur resurfaces (NBC News)

• Ed Sheeran Spoils New BTS Song Title He Wrote, Fans Meme Big Hit Entertainment’s Reactions (Next Shark)

Sports

• Suni Lee Makes History as First Hmong American to Make the US Olympic Gymnastics Team (Yahoo! News)

• Yanks, Karis stand up to anti-Asian hate (MLB)

Health / Science

• ASIAN AMERICAN NURSES BATTLE RACISM AGAINST CLINICIANS, PATIENTS (Health Leaders)

• Workplace Wellness Needs to Work for Everyone—Including People of Color (EHS Today)

• Mental Health Resources for People of Color and Indigenous People (Psych Central)

• ‘Domino effect of discrimination’: Polling shows mental health and career impacts of anti-Asian hate (NBC Make It)

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Culture

“How I Learned To Love My Monolids” - Vogue

Culture / Lifestyle

• Velma of 'Scooby-Doo' has a history of pushing identity boundaries. Not everyone is happy about it. (NBC News)

• #PINNED: 7 interesting Filipino-American history facts Pinoys should know (GMA News Online)

• The story of the son of Chinese restaurant workers turned Rolling Stone journalist (NBC News)

• The Urgent Question Gay Asian-American Men Are Asking Themselves (Esquire)

• BD Wong Makes Television Directorial Debut in Season 2 of ‘Awkwafina is Nora from Queens’ (Next Shark)

Family

• Being a father is my favorite job, yet is more challenging now as a Filipino-American (Lansing State Journal)

• Triplets celebrate simultaneous pregnancies (CBS News)

Food

• F&W Game Changers: Sahra Nguyen (Food & Wine)

• ‘Top Chef: All Stars L.A.’ winner Melissa King continues to bring attention to big causes (Whittier Daily News)

• Tiger and Wife Shines Light on Longmont With Asian American Bakehouse and Eatery Concept (303 Magazine)

• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Coconut Milk (Eater)

• Meet the Women Leading LA’s Barbecue Revolution (Eater LA)

Art / Literature

• The best books of 2021—so far (Fortune)

• BWW Exclusive: Lea Salonga Will Host All-Asian American Production of A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (Broadway World)

• Museum hopes to spread rich history of Asian Americans in the Mid-Willamette Valley (Salem Reporter)

• Timeless Photos Squash Stereotype of Asian Americans as ‘Perpetual Foreigners’ (Next Shark)

Fashion

• Opening Ceremony (Vogue Runway)

Beauty

• As an Asian Woman, It's Hard to Focus on Self-Care While My Community Is Grieving (InStyle)

• What It's Really Like to Be Asian American in Beauty (InStyle)

• I Used Makeup to Hide My Asianness - Here's Why I Don't Anymore (Yahoo! Life)

• How I Learned To Love My Monolids (Vogue)

Love

• In WA’s history of interracial marriage, pride and prejudice (Crosscut)

• Fear And Longing: Online Dating As An Asian Woman Got Even Worse After Atlanta (Elle)

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