A young Chinese-American girl in the 1960s helps with her father’s Laundromat in the Bronx, which doubles as their family home. This was before household washers were ubiquitous; business is booming but […]
About a week ago, my dream girls/dream team Awkwafina and Margaret Cho released the anthem Asian women never knew they needed — a song and accompanying music video, “Green Tea.” […]
[to] customer service guy, fun fact: my race is not a conversation starter and I don’t care that your ‘best mate’ is getting married to an asian girl. When I […]
My PRX podcast on my father’s childhood and immigration story is featured on Bitch Media’s Popaganda Episode: Growing Up Immigrant. Listen here: https://bitchmedia.org/article/popaganda-episode-growing-immigrant “When politicians and pundits talk about immigrants, […]
Today in our Fresh Off the Boat roundtable, we discuss episodes 11 and 12. “Very Superstitious” (11) deals with Jessica’s superstitions as she continues her real estate career, and the […]
This week we’re looking at Fresh Off the Boat episodes 7 and 8. A quick recap: In episode 7, Louis proudly shows off his new Cattleman’s Ranch billboard, only to […]
This week our roundtable discussion of TV’s Asian American family looks at episodes 5 and 6. Read below for more on Shaq (Fu and Soda, respectively), “the talk,” and more. […]
