Women's History Month: Check-in

Just wanted to check in on a couple of fronts before I proceed with the profiles (which got derailed by the beginning of the fillum festival, but is now back on track.)

Firstly, there's an Asian Women Blog Carnival brewing. "What is a blog carnival?" you ask. Well, it's where someone proposes that everyone blog about a topic, and then all the bloggers send in URLs to their posts on that topic, and the person who proposed it then posts links to all the blog posts on that topic in one place. That's a carnival. So yeah, post something about Asian women (and yes, you have to be an Asian woman, see the link for a definition of who qualifies) and send the link on in. Deadline is April 3. PLEASE DON'T POST A LINK HERE. I WILL NOT BE COLLECTING LINKS FOR THE CARNIVAL MYSELF!

Secondly. I got a few suggestions for profiles:

Maxine Hong Kingston
Amy Tan
Helen Zia
Sugar Pie DeSanto
Queen Liliuokalani
And a request for Michelle Kwan and Vera Wang together!

This is an interesting spread. I might could do alla dese. BUT. All of these suggestions, except for Sugar Pie DeSanto and the Queen, are Chinese. That's bad juju, that is.

What do you guys think? Who's missing here? Whom do you want to see? Can we get some South Asian, and Southeast Asian, and Central Asian, and North Asian American woman role models? Hmmm? And about whom are YOU going to blog? And can you please post a link to your blog posts here?

Thanks, all!

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Anonymous wrote 4 years 10 weeks ago

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Vivienne TamYeohlee TengMonique LhuillierJessica HagedornHanae MoriYayoi KusamaNikki S. LeeShirin NeshatYoko OnoM.I.A.Renee Tajima-PenaAung San Suu KyiTheresa Hak Kyung Cha

Barbara Jane Reyes wrote 4 years 10 weeks ago

re: Women's History Month: Check-in

I second Yoko Ono. I am interested in her as the conceptual artist and not simply John's wife. I've written about her work/the book Grapefruit in the past. I also second Teresa Hak Kyung Cha.Other suggestions: Reetika Vazirani. Bhanu Kapil. Vangie Buell.I've just written about M. Evelina Galang's novel, ONE TRIBE, so it isn't a profile but about her work itself.

Claudia wrote 4 years 9 weeks ago

re: Women's History Month: Check-in

I know she's Chinese American too, but you should look into adding Grace Lee Boggs to your list. She's pretty freakin' amasian.

claire wrote 4 years 9 weeks ago

re: Women's History Month: Check-in

thanks, guys! I'll definitely look into those.also, i'd still like to do a links post to other profiles, so please send me links as you write stuff!

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