Asian Americana
@asianamericana.com
Asian Americana is a podcast about slices of distinctly Asian American culture and history. Founding member of the Potluck Podcast Collective. Hosted/produced by @Quincetessence.bsky.social
You can find and listen to our stories at asianamericana.com
You can find and listen to our stories at asianamericana.com
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HELLO!! 2025 is drawing to a close, people are buying gifts for the tweens in their lives, and DID YOU KNOW that a graphic novel named Fresh Start came out THIS YEAR?
⭐THREE starred reviews!
⭐about a kid who moves around a lot AND THEN HAS TO STAY IN ONE PLACE OH NO
⭐VERY FUNNY, LOTS OF DRAWINGS
⭐THREE starred reviews!
⭐about a kid who moves around a lot AND THEN HAS TO STAY IN ONE PLACE OH NO
⭐VERY FUNNY, LOTS OF DRAWINGS
November 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
HELLO!! 2025 is drawing to a close, people are buying gifts for the tweens in their lives, and DID YOU KNOW that a graphic novel named Fresh Start came out THIS YEAR?
⭐THREE starred reviews!
⭐about a kid who moves around a lot AND THEN HAS TO STAY IN ONE PLACE OH NO
⭐VERY FUNNY, LOTS OF DRAWINGS
⭐THREE starred reviews!
⭐about a kid who moves around a lot AND THEN HAS TO STAY IN ONE PLACE OH NO
⭐VERY FUNNY, LOTS OF DRAWINGS
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Alice Wong, writer and disability activist, has died. She was an educator and a communicator and a warrior who lit the way. I’m grateful to have crossed paths with her. Rest in peace.
November 15, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Alice Wong, writer and disability activist, has died. She was an educator and a communicator and a warrior who lit the way. I’m grateful to have crossed paths with her. Rest in peace.
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Thank you Alice for being my friend and comrade. You have been a beacon, a badass crip auntie who modelled incredible boundaries and offered the world such incisive wisdom and grace. We are all better for having known Alice.
#ConnectingGaza
#ConnectingGaza
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Thank you Alice for being my friend and comrade. You have been a beacon, a badass crip auntie who modelled incredible boundaries and offered the world such incisive wisdom and grace. We are all better for having known Alice.
#ConnectingGaza
#ConnectingGaza
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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A photograph of two Japanese American soldiers posing in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Date unknown, the photograph was likely taken by George Nakamura.
🗃 #skystorians
🗃 #skystorians
October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A photograph of two Japanese American soldiers posing in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Date unknown, the photograph was likely taken by George Nakamura.
🗃 #skystorians
🗃 #skystorians
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Today #ICE and Border Patrol descended on the plaza of the Japanese American Nat'l Museum. The very spot where Japanese Americans, including my family, were rounded up and sent to concentration camps with no due process in 1942.
The community wasn't having it. Read JANM's statement bit.ly/4oDsjng
The community wasn't having it. Read JANM's statement bit.ly/4oDsjng
August 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Today #ICE and Border Patrol descended on the plaza of the Japanese American Nat'l Museum. The very spot where Japanese Americans, including my family, were rounded up and sent to concentration camps with no due process in 1942.
The community wasn't having it. Read JANM's statement bit.ly/4oDsjng
The community wasn't having it. Read JANM's statement bit.ly/4oDsjng
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The teen-led Chinatown Oral History Project documents struggle and amplifies the voices of elder residents.
Chinatown teens, with support from librarian Lynn Nguyen and Conectopod, documented seniors’ stories and local activism through film, podcasts, and public forums.
Chinatown teens, with support from librarian Lynn Nguyen and Conectopod, documented seniors’ stories and local activism through film, podcasts, and public forums.
Teens spotlight stories of LA Chinatown seniors
Chinatown teens, with support from librarian Lynn Nguyen and Conectopod, documented seniors’ stories through film, podcasts, and public forums.
lapublicpress.org
July 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The teen-led Chinatown Oral History Project documents struggle and amplifies the voices of elder residents.
Chinatown teens, with support from librarian Lynn Nguyen and Conectopod, documented seniors’ stories and local activism through film, podcasts, and public forums.
Chinatown teens, with support from librarian Lynn Nguyen and Conectopod, documented seniors’ stories and local activism through film, podcasts, and public forums.
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A photograph of two Japanese American men on a row boat at Bass Lake, California. The photograph was taken sometime between July 28-30, 1941. Caption in album: "Camping at Bass Lake"
July 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A photograph of two Japanese American men on a row boat at Bass Lake, California. The photograph was taken sometime between July 28-30, 1941. Caption in album: "Camping at Bass Lake"
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We are deeply disappointed by Congress' vote to take back funding for public media. But we remain committed to elevating Asian American stories.
July 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We are deeply disappointed by Congress' vote to take back funding for public media. But we remain committed to elevating Asian American stories.
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"Andrea Chu, the Midwest organizing director for Asian American Advancing Justice Chicago, said that Wu’s death shows the “devastating” impact of the China Initiative."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/04/n...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/04/n...
Northwestern sued over suicide of professor targeted in China investigation
The estate of Northwestern University Professor Jane Wu, who died by suicide last year after being investigated in a controversial federal probe, is suing the school for allegedly discriminating ag…
www.chicagotribune.com
July 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"Andrea Chu, the Midwest organizing director for Asian American Advancing Justice Chicago, said that Wu’s death shows the “devastating” impact of the China Initiative."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/04/n...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/04/n...
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Such a hard story to read about a woman in science who was clearly passionate about what she did — and excellent at it — and had that taken from her because she was Chinese.
May she rest in peace. 🧪
May she rest in peace. 🧪
"Andrea Chu, the Midwest organizing director for Asian American Advancing Justice Chicago, said that Wu’s death shows the “devastating” impact of the China Initiative."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/04/n...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/04/n...
Northwestern sued over suicide of professor targeted in China investigation
The estate of Northwestern University Professor Jane Wu, who died by suicide last year after being investigated in a controversial federal probe, is suing the school for allegedly discriminating ag…
www.chicagotribune.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Such a hard story to read about a woman in science who was clearly passionate about what she did — and excellent at it — and had that taken from her because she was Chinese.
May she rest in peace. 🧪
May she rest in peace. 🧪
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Asian Americans have been here — and erased here — for so long. Researching the history of Asian American journalism was the first time I felt empowered by U.S. history. (Read it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1UaX5...)
A thread on the identities of those told our stories, and kept our history:
A thread on the identities of those told our stories, and kept our history:
July 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Asian Americans have been here — and erased here — for so long. Researching the history of Asian American journalism was the first time I felt empowered by U.S. history. (Read it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1UaX5...)
A thread on the identities of those told our stories, and kept our history:
A thread on the identities of those told our stories, and kept our history:
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in blog form: open.substack.com/pub/chowleen...
Who was Wong Kim Ark?
on birthright citizenship, and a Chinatown cook.
open.substack.com
June 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
in blog form: open.substack.com/pub/chowleen...
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I just gave, and I'm happy to support Asian American-run journalism doing SUCH important coverage!
Time for some real talk: @thexylom.com, the only Asian American-run news outlet covering science, climate, and the environment, will run out of funding in July if we don't secure $7,500 by the end of the month. I might lose my job at a time while waiting for a visa extension -- a nightmare scenario.
Urgent! Every Dollar Counts!
We grow science with words, and are the only Asian American-run science newsroom: independent, nonprofit, led by Gen-Z! The Xylom needs to raise $7,500 by the end of the month to stay afloat. Please…
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June 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I just gave, and I'm happy to support Asian American-run journalism doing SUCH important coverage!
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Time for some real talk: @thexylom.com, the only Asian American-run news outlet covering science, climate, and the environment, will run out of funding in July if we don't secure $7,500 by the end of the month. I might lose my job at a time while waiting for a visa extension -- a nightmare scenario.
Urgent! Every Dollar Counts!
We grow science with words, and are the only Asian American-run science newsroom: independent, nonprofit, led by Gen-Z! The Xylom needs to raise $7,500 by the end of the month to stay afloat. Please…
fundrazr.com
June 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Time for some real talk: @thexylom.com, the only Asian American-run news outlet covering science, climate, and the environment, will run out of funding in July if we don't secure $7,500 by the end of the month. I might lose my job at a time while waiting for a visa extension -- a nightmare scenario.
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Approximately one in every ten Indian immigrants in the United States experienced a violent expulsion in the early twentieth century.
publication day.
the history of racial violence against immigrants in the early 20th c. remains as important to history as it does to our present
academic.oup.com/jah/article/...
With many thanks to those who supported me on this journey.
the history of racial violence against immigrants in the early 20th c. remains as important to history as it does to our present
academic.oup.com/jah/article/...
With many thanks to those who supported me on this journey.
June 17, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Approximately one in every ten Indian immigrants in the United States experienced a violent expulsion in the early twentieth century.
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We're taking WhatsApp's misinformation ecosystem head-on. You can be the difference by helping us get to 100 text subscribers by the end of the month!
There's now an easier way to share our stories with your aunties and uncles.
Follow The Xylom on WhatsApp for text updates of our nonprofit, nonpartisan science reporting:
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Follow The Xylom on WhatsApp for text updates of our nonprofit, nonpartisan science reporting:
whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
The Xylom | WhatsApp Channel
The Xylom WhatsApp Channel. We grow science with words. The only Asian American-serving science newsroom: independent, nonprofit, run by Gen-Z! Get newsletter: thexylom.com/subscribe Be a sustainer:…
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June 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We're taking WhatsApp's misinformation ecosystem head-on. You can be the difference by helping us get to 100 text subscribers by the end of the month!
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It does not escape me that this area is in Little Tokyo, the neighborhood and home of another community that's been rounded up and locked away by the government without due process before.
LAPD sweeping people out of the MOCA parking lot- I’ll follow up, I believe that’s private property?
Mural says “who is beyond the law? Who is bought and sold? Who is free to choose…” etc.
Mural says “who is beyond the law? Who is bought and sold? Who is free to choose…” etc.
June 7, 2025 at 3:36 AM
It does not escape me that this area is in Little Tokyo, the neighborhood and home of another community that's been rounded up and locked away by the government without due process before.
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The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.
Tulsa announces reparations for the 1921 ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre
It took decades of research by historians and journalists — and reports by state and federal commissions — to uncover the violence that claimed more than 300 Black lives.
wapo.st
June 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.
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Infuriating - just learned from Renee Tajima-Peña that #PBSLearningMedia has disappeared the Vincent Chin teaching module.
May 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Infuriating - just learned from Renee Tajima-Peña that #PBSLearningMedia has disappeared the Vincent Chin teaching module.
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In 1885, white miners brutally murdered 28 Chinese miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Producer Harrison Vijay Tsui goes to Rock Springs to unearth this dark chapter of U.S. history. We’ll hear from Chinese Americans in Rock Springs today and the descendants of the Massacre across the country.
Producer Harrison Vijay Tsui goes to Rock Springs to unearth this dark chapter of U.S. history. We’ll hear from Chinese Americans in Rock Springs today and the descendants of the Massacre across the country.
The Ghosts of Rock Springs - Feet in 2 Worlds
In 1885, white miners brutally murdered 28 Chinese miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming. In 2025, producer Harrison Vijay Tsui goes to Rock Springs to unearth this dark chapter of U.S. history — and to ask...
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May 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
In 1885, white miners brutally murdered 28 Chinese miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Producer Harrison Vijay Tsui goes to Rock Springs to unearth this dark chapter of U.S. history. We’ll hear from Chinese Americans in Rock Springs today and the descendants of the Massacre across the country.
Producer Harrison Vijay Tsui goes to Rock Springs to unearth this dark chapter of U.S. history. We’ll hear from Chinese Americans in Rock Springs today and the descendants of the Massacre across the country.
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Today is Yuri Kochiyama's birthday.
Blue Scholars - Yuri Kochiyama (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
www.youtube.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Today is Yuri Kochiyama's birthday.
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The print is a collaboration with Agnes & Sherman, a new Asian American diner in Houston (co-founded by a friend). Felicia said she read my essay on Houston Asiatown as she worked on this print. ❤️ www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-cit...
The Story of Asiatown Is Very Houston
It's been 40 years since Chinatown and Little Saigon began moving west. Writer Melissa Hung reflects on this neighborhood refuge for food and family.
www.houstoniamag.com
May 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The print is a collaboration with Agnes & Sherman, a new Asian American diner in Houston (co-founded by a friend). Felicia said she read my essay on Houston Asiatown as she worked on this print. ❤️ www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-cit...
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Remembering Vincent Chin who should be 70 years old today.
Learn more about the story of Vincent and the ongoing movement for justice and the fight against anti-Asian hate in this handbook from the Vincent Chin Institute
www.vincentchin.org/legacy-guide
#APAHM
Learn more about the story of Vincent and the ongoing movement for justice and the fight against anti-Asian hate in this handbook from the Vincent Chin Institute
www.vincentchin.org/legacy-guide
#APAHM
May 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Remembering Vincent Chin who should be 70 years old today.
Learn more about the story of Vincent and the ongoing movement for justice and the fight against anti-Asian hate in this handbook from the Vincent Chin Institute
www.vincentchin.org/legacy-guide
#APAHM
Learn more about the story of Vincent and the ongoing movement for justice and the fight against anti-Asian hate in this handbook from the Vincent Chin Institute
www.vincentchin.org/legacy-guide
#APAHM