Hi all,

Just one essay for your attention this month :) I'm starting a new series at East Wind - Everything Asian American Psychology All At Once or EAAPAAO!

MOSF 17.13: EAAPAAO Part 1: Dutybound Model Minorities, Dependent Sense of Self, and Dying Inside  
erin Khuê Ninh (pronounced “AIR-in KWAY NING”) Associate Professor and Chair of Asian American Studies at UC Santa Barbara, does a stellar cartography of pain points in the Asian American psyche in her two monographs to date, Passing for Perfect: College Impostors and Other Model Minorities (2021), and Ingratitude: The Debt Bound Daughter in Asian American Literature (2011). Both books trace uncomfortable, agonizing, and familiar territory, especially for Asian American immigrants and children of immigrants, who comprise over 2/3rds of Asian America, particularly for girls and women, and those who care about them.

Enjoy the end of 2022! And if you haven't seen my film, I would be delighted if you took a look -

 The Bandaged Place: From AIDS to COVID and Racial Justice is available on-demand, and with the discount code “Awake” you can get a 20% discount.

Warmly,

Ravi