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So honored to have been documented by the incredibly talented Angel Trazo at AAAS. 💕

Percent of 4-year colleges & universities in the US that have dedicated programs for: Asian American Studies: 2% Latino Studies: 3% Native American Studies: 3% Ethnic Studies: 5% African American/Black Studies: 9% 🚨 NEW REPORT from @GCristinaMora et al. lrc.berkeley.edu/2023/04/05/lat…

would preorder this asap if i were you!! 🚨🚨🚨 nyupress.org/9781479808458/…

Please join us at @UCIHumanities on April 21-22 for “Worldingmaking Through #GlobalAsias: An Interdisciplinary Conference!” Keynote speakers are Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi and Erica Kanesaka 兼坂えりか 🌸

Reading this amazing article from Erica Kanesaka 兼坂えりか 🌸 ("Racist Attachments: Dakko-chan, Black Kitsch, and Kawaii Culture") and I am finding so many parallels with US anime fandom's acceptance/refusal of anime racialized identity.

I registered my course late so no one has signed up for it (yet) 🫠🙃 But I made a poster to attempt entrapment— ✨duke students: take my class! it’ll be much fun/very cool!🌱

Rachel Jane Carroll's new article unspools the history of nylon as a commodity between two Black feminist cultural expressions, Senga Nengudi's *R.S.V.P. series* and Audre Lorde's *Zami* | read.dukeupress.edu/social-text/ar…

Shueisha is selling a pinup girl (グラビアアイドル) magazine made entirely using AI. Except one "model", Satsuki Ai, just happens to look a heck of a lot like actual former guradoru Kabashima Hikari (formerly Asakura Ai) - and is even the same height.

Forthcoming Spring 2024 from Duke University Press: MADE IN ASIA/AMERICA: WHY VIDEO GAMES WERE NEVER (REALLY) ABOUT US. A collection edited by myself and Tara Fickle In print and fully OPEN ACCESS on e-book! Huge thanks to the editors @courtney_berger, TreaAndrea, and Jenn Malkowski

I'm excited to share the publication of CuteStudies.com, a digital resource created by undergraduate researchers in my Cute Studies course last spring! Come learn about cuteness from early Asian American history to kawaii characters and more. ✨ cutestudies.com/about

.Lucy Yu is the first Asian American woman-owned bookstore in NYC. On July 4, it was damaged by a fire in the building and must close for the next year. This store has carved an essential space in the Chinatown community. Let's help them rebuild: gofundme.com/f/yu-me-books-…

Tragic news from Tokyo, Japanese talent Ryuchell was found dead of an apparent suicide today at the age of 27. Ryuchell had been extremely popular in Harajuku, was previously married to a Harajuku kawaii icon, and has a young child born in 2018. 🙏🙏🙏🙏 japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/obitua…

In a move that shocked its organizing partners, the Smithsonian canceled the Asian American Literature Festival, scheduled to take place in just a few weeks, "due to unforseen circumstances." I asked them why: washingtonpost.com/books/2023/07/…

On July 5th the Asian American Literature Festival was suddenly canceled by Smithsonian leadership, just weeks in advance. Without explanation, they erased months of planning work and canceled a unique and historically significant event. washingtonpost.com/books/2023/07/…

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いよいよ本の発売日を迎えました！Please join me in celebrating the official launch of my first monograph, Manga, Murder and Mystery! Bloomsbury Books UK Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies Asian Studies Program | University at Buffalo BootmakersOfToronto JSHC月例会@2025/6/14ハイブリッド月例会 Follow Mimi O. on IG for fun videos bloomsbury.com/9781350325098