Crystal SipinMar 5Filipino Representation in American Pop CultureIt’s one thing to watch the Filipino channel on your TV but there’s quite a different sentiment to seeing Filipinos represented in...
Crystal SipinFeb 11Redefining What It Means to Be a: MestizaHow 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...
Crystal SipinDec 5, 2021The “Family” in FilipinoWhat constitutes a family? Some may argue that your family consists solely of your immediate family--your parents, your siblings, and...
Harleen KaurSep 6, 2021ARTventure 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...
Zachary AndersonJul 6, 2021Watching The Debut Twenty Years After its ReleaseIn Gene Cajayon’s 2001 film “The Debut,” second-generation Filipino American Ben Mercado (played by Dante Basco who is best known for his...
Zachary AndersonMay 13, 2021A DiasporaAuthor’s Note: The following is a prose poem separated in six stanzas that describes the Filipino American story. It is not the intention...
Zachary AndersonMar 30, 2021Seasons of the ManongsFrom co-editor Asela Lee Kemper: “Seasons of the Mangongs” by Zach FR Anderson focuses on the importance of Filipino migrant workers....
Amanda PascualOct 20, 2020Art History Remake Challenge in honor of Anita Magsaysay-HoPhotographer EJ Villanueva and I teamed up to do the art history remake challenge back in August and I was determined to highlight a...
Asela Lee KemperSep 25, 2020Joshua 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...
Asela Lee KemperSep 21, 2020Drag Up Your Life: Filipinx American Representation in Drag RaceMany people may have heard the term drag from the popular US reality competition show RuPaul’s Drag Race. Drag is used as entertainment...
AdminAug 3, 2020In His Own Words: How family and identity shaped the Filipino American writer Carlos BulosanWhen it comes to representation, Carlos Bulosan’s work is cemented into American literature. Bulosan is known for creating Filipino...
Keana A. LabraAug 7, 2019Barya 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...
Rachel EgoianOct 17, 2018America Is In the Heart a Novel by Carlos Bulosan: The Filipino Family, Home and ManhoodIn our recent story on the novel, America Is not the Heart by Elaine Castillo, we explore the experiences shared by Filipino women that...
Rachel EgoianOct 14, 2018Elaine 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...
Rachel EgoianOct 10, 2018Photography 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...
Rachel EgoianJun 11, 2018Philip Vera Cruz: Inspiring Youths about the Filipino Farmworkers Movement, the Minority Within a MiA Filipino history lacks visibility in the eyes of society and more importantly for today’s Filipino and Filipino Americans. Why is this...
Rachel EgoianJun 11, 2018A Review of Dogeaters, a Novel by Jessica Hagedorn, an American Book Award Winner from the Before CHaving read Jessica Hagedorn’s controversial novel, Dogeaters, I found myself struggling with the the novel’s complex structure of the...
Keana A. LabraJun 11, 2018Storm Over Leyte; Filipino Guerrillas Played an Important Role in WWII. Why Were Their Efforts OmittIn all my years of education, this quote remained ubiquitous in my social studies courses: “History is written by the victors.” There...