The Increased Inclusion of Women in Entertainment and how that Shifts the Focus

A little over five years since the MeToo Movement and the most recent statistics on an industry long known for its 'boys club' mentality certainly…
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From the Film Industry to the Independent Filmmaking Sphere

Expanding on a previous article I published, I am joined by Kayla Abuda Galang, a second-generation Filipino American filmmaker, to understand the Asian American experience…
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Will Congress Have Its First Transgender Representative in 2024?

LOS ANGELES, Calif. | The 2022 elections commemorated many political milestones for the LGBTQ community, including the number of transgender candidates increasing by 100% since…
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Meet Yola Lu: How A Bucket List Item Turned Into a Career

The recent breakthrough of Ronny Chieng’s Speakeasy generated more public interest in Asian American comedians. In this article, I sit down with Yola Lu to…
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Meet Smrithi Upadhyayula: An Informative Interview on Publishing

In a previous article I published on Balance Now, I analyzed the representation of Asian Americans in the U.S. publishing industry. I found that while…
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How Represented are Asian Americans in the U.S. Publishing Industry?

Recent monumental social events such as the Stop AAPI Hate movement and the latest Marvel blockbuster movie, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,…
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How Diversity in Casting Changes The Story of Waitress

Diverse casting in previous white roles can expand on stories and create more spaces for actors of colour in the industry. It’s important to open…
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Horror & Corporatized Feminism, part 3

Simply Men Bob Clark’s 1974 horror masterpiece Black Christmas has been remade twice: once in 2006 by Glen Morgan and again in 2019 as a…
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Adoptees Don’t Need to be Saved, Even In Hollywood Films

There are hundreds of books and films with plots focused on adoption, but it is easy to neglect the importance of focusing on the adoptee…
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The Rise of Female Rage Fiction

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In the last few years, the term “female rage fiction,” or “feminist rage fiction,” has been coined by bookstores, book clubs, and readers worldwide to…
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