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Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · 8d

I appreciated this take on One Battle After Another from @ellenejones.bsky.social, one of the few voices to treat the film critically—and delve into its racial subtext. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

Jezebels, race kink and Cardi B: in One Battle After Another, Black women are still stereotypes

With its hyper-sexualised Black female revolutionary and fetishised depiction of interracial relationships, Paul Thomas Anderson’s much-lauded latest raises questions about how white male directors de...

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 27d

In time for the BFI season on Anna May Wong, I spoke with her biographer @kayteesal.bsky.social about her key style moments, for The Face Magazine:

theface.com/culture/the-...

The many reinventions (and looks) of Anna May Wong

The legendary Chinese-American actress subverted stereotypes through fashion and – eventually – an unapologetic rejection of Western attitudes towards…

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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · Sep 3

On Anna May Wong for the Guardian www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

‘I was killed in virtually every film’: how trailblazing Chinese-American star Anna May Wong upended cinema

A retrospective at the BFI celebrates how Wong – whether typecast in orientalist fantasies or breaking taboos with a kiss – could always steal the show

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Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · Sep 4

It was nice little treat to read this review of my book from @pamhutch.bsky.social in @silentlondon.bsky.social: silentlondon.co.uk/2025/08/20/s...

silentlondon.co.uk

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Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you, Helen!

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Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hope to see you there!

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Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · Sep 3

To celebrate the UK paperback release of Not Your China Doll, my biography of film star Anna May Wong, I’m giving away two copies! Here’s how to enter:

1) Subscribe to my newsletter Half-Caste Woman: halfcastewoman.substack.com

2) Comment on my most recent post by Friday, Sept. 5: bit.ly/464TtuU

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Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · Sep 2

I’m giddy with excitement for the British Film Institute’s monthlong season of Anna May Wong films this September! To celebrate the film festival, I talked with Dr. Xin Peng about programming the season’s selections and what moviegoers can expect: halfcastewoman.substack.com/p/the-art-of...

The Art of Reinvention

a season of Anna May Wong’s films at the British Film Institute

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Aug 6

"She says each tent had eight large cages, which hold 35 to 38 inmates, which means each tent holds close to 300 detainees."

...Like “an oversized kennel.”

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Aug 6

A former “Alligator Alcatraz” worker says detainees are subject to “inhumane” conditions — packed by the hundreds into cages without sunlight, with overflowing toilets and limited access to showers.

Former 'Alligator Alcatraz' worker describes 'inhumane' conditions inside

In an exclusive report, NBC6 spoke with a former corrections officer who says she saw hundreds held in cages with no sunlight, backed up toilets and little access to showers.

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Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · Aug 6

Which is more interesting:

AI writing that mimics human writing

Human writing that mimics AI writing

Neither

Or:

In five years, there will be no difference between the two.

Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · Jul 11

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Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thanks for having me on the podcast @infinite-women.com!

Infinite Women @infinite-women.com · Jun 10

This week on the podcast, Katie Gee Salisbury (@kayteesal.bsky.social), author of Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong, joins us to talk about Hollywood’s first Asian-American movie star. (1/2)

Listen now: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/inf...

Katie Gee Salisbury on Anna May Wong by Infinite Women

Katie Gee Salisbury, author of Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong, joins us to talk about Hollywood’s first Asian-American movie star. More about Katie and her work: ht...

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Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · May 27

I pass by this building almost every day on my nightly walks and wonder who is going to pay the nearly $5M price tag so that they can be observed in a fishbowl by the entire neighborhood. And with no closets! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/r...

A Modern Townhouse Rises in Brooklyn and an Anonymous Critic Follows

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Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · May 15

The AI seems to have a moral compass…? Unlike its creator. Or at least a bullshit detector.

Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · May 5

Here’s the correct link! open.substack.com/live-stream/...

LIVE SOON: Darien Gee on Substack

Starting May 5 at 3:00 PM EDT

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Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · May 5

Join me and writers @aimeeliu.bsky.social and Darien Gee today at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET for our LIVE event on Substack - UNFILTERED: Life as a Published Author - where we’ll discuss all the messy, behind-the-scenes realities that go along with publishing a book. substack.com/@dariengee/n...

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Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · May 1

RED CAR is a fantastic book and a real treat for Anna May Wong fans, myself included!

Amy Fitzgerald @amyarielfitz.bsky.social · May 1

And Katie Gee Salisbury's interview with author Jennie Liu about THE RED CAR TO HOLLYWOOD made my week. You know you've done something right when Anna May Wong's biographer likes your book!

substack.com/home/post/p-...

@lernerbooks.bsky.social @kayteesal.bsky.social

Traveling Back in Time

Red Cars, Los Angeles geography, and Chinese American teenagers with Jennie Liu

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Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · Apr 24

The state of reading in 2025, from a Q train rerouted on the R line from Chinatown to Downtown Brooklyn: two women bonding over a book they both just started reading — @tonytula.com’s REJECTION. Then commiserating how you can’t start up conversations with people reading on devices. 📖✨👀

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Camille Bromley @chameauleon.bsky.social · Apr 23

A new post by @kayteesal.bsky.social on Anna May Wong's savvy self-promotion. camillelebromley.substack.com/p/the-chines...

The Chinese-American Actress

"Some say Anna May Wong was the most photographed Chinese woman of the 20th century."

camillelebromley.substack.com

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Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · Apr 17

The state of reading in 2025, a report from an Acela headed from NYC to Boston: A woman has a paperback novel splayed open on the table with one hand, while scrolling TikTok on her phone in the other.

Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · Apr 14

Me watching The Last of Us last night. But honestly, could be applied to anything that has happened in America in the last 90 days.

Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · Apr 10

Congrats, Michelle!

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Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · Apr 10

Scanning the program for the Association of Asian American Studies conference next week in Boston. One clear trend: academics in AAS really love using "re-orienting" in their panel titles. Guess no one is immune from a bad pun, not even scholars.

Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · Apr 8

Just added my name to this letter. So much of my work is informed by the books I'm able to check out from NYPL and BPL. I honestly don't know what I'd do without public libraries. www.nypl.org/speakout?utm...

Tell City Leaders: Invest in Public Libraries

New York City’s public libraries provide essential free services and resources for all, and they deserve increased funding and support.

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Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · Mar 31

Take a break from the dumpster fire/apocalypse/end of democracy and read a zine...?

My friend Camille produced this beautifully designed, “whip-smart little zine” called Know-It-All. I contributed a piece on the thing I know the most about—what else but Anna May Wong. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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