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    Filipino Representation in American Pop Culture
    Crystal Sipin
    • Mar 5

    Filipino Representation in American Pop Culture

    It’s one thing to watch the Filipino channel on your TV but there’s quite a different sentiment to seeing Filipinos represented in...
    Redefining What It Means to Be a: Mestiza
    Crystal Sipin
    • Feb 11

    Redefining What It Means to Be a: Mestiza

    How funny is it to think that one word can be used to define more than one thing? A “block” could describe a piece of material used for...
    The “Family” in Filipino
    Crystal Sipin
    • Dec 5, 2021

    The “Family” in Filipino

    What constitutes a family? Some may argue that your family consists solely of your immediate family--your parents, your siblings, and...
    ARTventure Down the Mekong, Chopsticks Alley Art’s First Art Book
    Harleen Kaur
    • Sep 6, 2021

    ARTventure Down the Mekong, Chopsticks Alley Art’s First Art Book

    The wait is over! Chopsticks Alley Art’s first ever book project, ARTventure Down the Mekong, is releasing today on Labor Day! ARTventure...
    Watching The Debut Twenty Years After its Release
    Zachary Anderson
    • Jul 6, 2021

    Watching The Debut Twenty Years After its Release

    In Gene Cajayon’s 2001 film “The Debut,” second-generation Filipino American Ben Mercado (played by Dante Basco who is best known for his...
    A Diaspora
    Zachary Anderson
    • May 13, 2021

    A Diaspora

    Author’s Note: The following is a prose poem separated in six stanzas that describes the Filipino American story. It is not the intention...
    Seasons of the Manongs
    Zachary Anderson
    • Mar 30, 2021

    Seasons of the Manongs

    From co-editor Asela Lee Kemper: “Seasons of the Mangongs” by Zach FR Anderson focuses on the importance of Filipino migrant workers....
    Art History Remake Challenge in honor of Anita Magsaysay-Ho
    Amanda Pascual
    • Oct 20, 2020

    Art History Remake Challenge in honor of Anita Magsaysay-Ho

    Photographer EJ Villanueva and I teamed up to do the art history remake challenge back in August and I was determined to highlight a...
    Joshua Luna: Opening Conversations Through Comics
    Asela Lee Kemper
    • Sep 25, 2020

    Joshua Luna: Opening Conversations Through Comics

    When it comes to combining social justice with art, Joshua Luna is not afraid to speak up through his comics. Luna is a comic book...
    Drag Up Your Life: Filipinx American Representation in Drag Race
    Asela Lee Kemper
    • Sep 21, 2020

    Drag Up Your Life: Filipinx American Representation in Drag Race

    Many people may have heard the term drag from the popular US reality competition show RuPaul’s Drag Race. Drag is used as entertainment...
    In His Own Words: How family and identity shaped the Filipino American writer Carlos Bulosan
    Admin
    • Aug 3, 2020

    In His Own Words: How family and identity shaped the Filipino American writer Carlos Bulosan

    When it comes to representation, Carlos Bulosan’s work is cemented into American literature. Bulosan is known for creating Filipino...
    Barya Kitchen and Rod Reyes: What is Authentic Filipino Food?
    Keana A. Labra
    • Aug 7, 2019

    Barya Kitchen and Rod Reyes: What is Authentic Filipino Food?

    The Bay Area is a rich melting pot of different ethnicities, which allows for cultural crossovers and introductions. Over the past five...
    America Is In the Heart a Novel by Carlos Bulosan: The Filipino Family, Home and Manhood
    Rachel Egoian
    • Oct 17, 2018

    America Is In the Heart a Novel by Carlos Bulosan: The Filipino Family, Home and Manhood

    In our recent story on the novel, America Is not the Heart by Elaine Castillo, we explore the experiences shared by Filipino women that...
    Elaine Castillo's America Is Not the Heart: What Does It Mean to Be a Filipino Woman?
    Rachel Egoian
    • Oct 14, 2018

    Elaine Castillo's America Is Not the Heart: What Does It Mean to Be a Filipino Woman?

    In Elaine Castillo’s debut novel, America is not the Heart, it delves into the themes of Filipino suffering and survival in which we...
    Photography and Colonialism in the Early 19th Century Philippines - Art or Documentation?
    Rachel Egoian
    • Oct 10, 2018

    Photography and Colonialism in the Early 19th Century Philippines - Art or Documentation?

    In the Filipino culture, art and photography lack the support from our communities in which we place our focus towards health and...
    Philip Vera Cruz: Inspiring Youths about the Filipino Farmworkers Movement, the Minority Within a Mi
    Rachel Egoian
    • Jun 11, 2018

    Philip Vera Cruz: Inspiring Youths about the Filipino Farmworkers Movement, the Minority Within a Mi

    A Filipino history lacks visibility in the eyes of society and more importantly for today’s Filipino and Filipino Americans. Why is this...
    A Review of Dogeaters, a Novel by  Jessica Hagedorn, an American Book Award Winner from the Before C
    Rachel Egoian
    • Jun 11, 2018

    A Review of Dogeaters, a Novel by Jessica Hagedorn, an American Book Award Winner from the Before C

    Having read Jessica Hagedorn’s controversial novel, Dogeaters, I found myself struggling with the the novel’s complex structure of the...
    Storm Over Leyte; Filipino Guerrillas Played an Important Role in WWII. Why Were Their Efforts Omitt
    Keana A. Labra
    • Jun 11, 2018

    Storm Over Leyte; Filipino Guerrillas Played an Important Role in WWII. Why Were Their Efforts Omitt

    In all my years of education, this quote remained ubiquitous in my social studies courses: “History is written by the victors.” There...

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