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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How Disability-Friendly Are Broadway Theatres?

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The Relationship Between Dystopian Fiction and People of Colour

The unjust society written in young adult dystopian fiction can very much be our own world told through the wrong perspective – where are the…
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Behind Blonde – The Exploitation and Trauma of Marylin Monroe

Andrew Dominik’s Blonde has been making controversial headlines since its initial announcement. Upon release, the internet has made an uproarious rejection of Hollywood’s poor reflection…
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