For @aaartsalliance.bsky.social’s The Amp, my interview with Katarina Zhu, the triple threat behind the indie film Bunnylovr, which premiered at @sundance.org earlier this year: www.aaartsalliance.org/magazine/sto...

Filmmaker Katarina Zhu on Girlhood, Bunnies, and Process

Asian American Arts Alliance supports the work of New York City's Asian American artists. Since 1983.

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Today is Loving Day and the 59th anniversary of the decision in Loving v. Virginia, the landmark Supreme Court Case that ended the ban on interracial marriage in the U.S. This is a picture of my parents and me circa 1986—a family that would have been illegal in 16 states before 1967. lovingday.org

I always enjoy talking about Anna May Wong, so this was fun to record. Give it a listen this weekend!

Holley Snaith@holleysnaith.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Before Hollywood was ready for her, there was Anna May Wong. In this episode, I speak with @kayteesal.bsky.social about the life and legacy of Hollywood’s first Asian American movie star, the barriers she faced, and why her story still matters today. 🎙️Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/7q0R...

My take on what the Academy Awards’ Best Picture Winner One Battle After Another is really about. halfcastewoman.substack.com/p/the-mixed-...

The Mixed Race Body in One Battle After Another

what the cinematic darling of 2025 is really about

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Could 2026 be the year of #OscarsNotSoWhite? One can dream. variety.com/lists/2026-o...

Oscars Predictions: Final Voting Continues Following Actor Awards and PGA Ceremony

2026 Oscars predictions include contenders such as "One Battle After Another," "Hamnet," "Frankenstein," "Sinners" and "Marty Supreme."

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If I were a congressperson questioning Pam Bondi, I'd use my time to slow clap and congratulate her on her Oscar-worthy performance.

Who knows what demons drive us to write books. I’m already knee-deep into my next one—a cultural history of mixed race identity in the U.S. More on that and my creative journey in this latest Substack post: halfcastewoman.substack.com/p/im-turning...

I’m Turning the Page

a reintroduction of sorts & what I’m working on next

halfcastewoman.substack.com

It just cost me $41 to mail 10 signed bookplates and 10 postcards to a bookseller in the UK. What is wrong with America. For reference, I went across the street to buy dim sum, enough for two people, which cost $33.

I appreciated this take on One Battle After Another from @ellenejones.bsky.social, one of the few voices to treat the film critically—and delve into its racial subtext. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

Jezebels, race kink and Cardi B: in One Battle After Another, Black women are still stereotypes

With its hyper-sexualised Black female revolutionary and fetishised depiction of interracial relationships, Paul Thomas Anderson’s much-lauded latest raises questions about how white male directors de...

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In time for the BFI season on Anna May Wong, I spoke with her biographer @kayteesal.bsky.social about her key style moments, for The Face Magazine: theface.com/culture/the-...

The many reinventions (and looks) of Anna May Wong

The legendary Chinese-American actress subverted stereotypes through fashion and – eventually – an unapologetic rejection of Western attitudes towards…

theface.com

On Anna May Wong for the Guardian www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

‘I was killed in virtually every film’: how trailblazing Chinese-American star Anna May Wong upended cinema

A retrospective at the BFI celebrates how Wong – whether typecast in orientalist fantasies or breaking taboos with a kiss – could always steal the show

theguardian.com

It was nice little treat to read this review of my book from @pamhutch.bsky.social in @silentlondon.bsky.social: silentlondon.co.uk/2025/08/20/s...

To celebrate the UK paperback release of Not Your China Doll, my biography of film star Anna May Wong, I’m giving away two copies! Here’s how to enter: 1) Subscribe to my newsletter Half-Caste Woman: halfcastewoman.substack.com 2) Comment on my most recent post by Friday, Sept. 5: bit.ly/464TtuU

I’m giddy with excitement for the British Film Institute’s monthlong season of Anna May Wong films this September! To celebrate the film festival, I talked with Dr. Xin Peng about programming the season’s selections and what moviegoers can expect: halfcastewoman.substack.com/p/the-art-of...

The Art of Reinvention

a season of Anna May Wong’s films at the British Film Institute

halfcastewoman.substack.com

"She says each tent had eight large cages, which hold 35 to 38 inmates, which means each tent holds close to 300 detainees." ...Like “an oversized kennel.”

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 12mo ago

A former “Alligator Alcatraz” worker says detainees are subject to “inhumane” conditions — packed by the hundreds into cages without sunlight, with overflowing toilets and limited access to showers.

Which is more interesting: AI writing that mimics human writing Human writing that mimics AI writing Neither Or: In five years, there will be no difference between the two.

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Thanks for having me on the podcast @infinite-women.com!

Infinite Women@infinite-women.com · last yr.

This week on the podcast, Katie Gee Salisbury (@kayteesal.bsky.social), author of Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong, joins us to talk about Hollywood’s first Asian-American movie star. (1/2) Listen now: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/inf...

I pass by this building almost every day on my nightly walks and wonder who is going to pay the nearly $5M price tag so that they can be observed in a fishbowl by the entire neighborhood. And with no closets! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/r...

A Modern Townhouse Rises in Brooklyn and an Anonymous Critic Follows

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Join me and writers @aimeeliu.bsky.social and Darien Gee today at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET for our LIVE event on Substack - UNFILTERED: Life as a Published Author - where we’ll discuss all the messy, behind-the-scenes realities that go along with publishing a book. substack.com/@dariengee/n...

RED CAR is a fantastic book and a real treat for Anna May Wong fans, myself included!

Amy Fitzgerald@amyarielfitz.bsky.social · last yr.

And Katie Gee Salisbury's interview with author Jennie Liu about THE RED CAR TO HOLLYWOOD made my week. You know you've done something right when Anna May Wong's biographer likes your book! substack.com/home/post/p-... @lernerbooks.bsky.social @kayteesal.bsky.social

The state of reading in 2025, from a Q train rerouted on the R line from Chinatown to Downtown Brooklyn: two women bonding over a book they both just started reading — @tonytula.com’s REJECTION. Then commiserating how you can’t start up conversations with people reading on devices. 📖✨👀

A new post by @kayteesal.bsky.social on Anna May Wong's savvy self-promotion. camillelebromley.substack.com/p/the-chines...

The Chinese-American Actress

"Some say Anna May Wong was the most photographed Chinese woman of the 20th century."

camillelebromley.substack.com

The state of reading in 2025, a report from an Acela headed from NYC to Boston: A woman has a paperback novel splayed open on the table with one hand, while scrolling TikTok on her phone in the other.

Me watching The Last of Us last night. But honestly, could be applied to anything that has happened in America in the last 90 days.

Scanning the program for the Association of Asian American Studies conference next week in Boston. One clear trend: academics in AAS really love using "re-orienting" in their panel titles. Guess no one is immune from a bad pun, not even scholars.

Just added my name to this letter. So much of my work is informed by the books I'm able to check out from NYPL and BPL. I honestly don't know what I'd do without public libraries. www.nypl.org/speakout?utm...

Tell City Leaders: Invest in Public Libraries

New York City’s public libraries provide essential free services and resources for all, and they deserve increased funding and support.

nypl.org

Take a break from the dumpster fire/apocalypse/end of democracy and read a zine...? My friend Camille produced this beautifully designed, “whip-smart little zine” called Know-It-All. I contributed a piece on the thing I know the most about—what else but Anna May Wong. substack.com/home/post/p-...

“White Supremacist Hopeful Becomes Target of His Own Hate.” That's all you really need to know about Chisa Hutchinson's brilliant play AMERIKIN. My review for Observer: observer.com/2025/03/revi...

Review: ‘Amerikin’ Asks Questions About Identity, Family And Race

A would-be white supremacist finds out his own identity isn’t quite what he thought it was in this tragicomedy that registers closer to reality than fiction.

observer.com

Amused that this guy thinks the title of my book — NOT YOUR CHINA DOLL — is “horribly devisive.” But why is it divisive . . . Because you realized Anna May Wong is not your personal China doll? Nor is any Asian woman?