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h o l i d a y spotlight
#AsianAugust MAIN:
#holidaythrowback
the CRAZY RICH SCOOP
(click the images below to be directed to the interviews)
Selena Tan is Auntie Alix!
Auntie Alix says she’s got a private investigator to get the info on Rachel Chu! but did you know that #irl, the actress Selena Tan used to be a lawyer!😱 click here to read more!
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Kheng Hua is (Rachel Chu’s mother) Kerry Chu
Actress Kheng Hua has really got Mama Chu down to a T. on top of that, she shares the story of how she turned her life around at 30 when she quit her corporate job to pursue acting full-time! 😱 aaaaaand she’s just getting started, you guys! click here to get inspired!
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Janice Koh is Auntie Felicity
aaaaaaaand asienne can assure you, she’s definitely wayyy less intimidating than Auntie Felicity…😅click here to read about her Singaporean adventures with the cast!
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throwback spotlight:
the first two stories from the very first issue (july 2018)
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#BeKind21
click here or the photo on the right to read asienne‘s interview with Miami Heat’s Brittany Lue-Choy
click here or the photo on the left to read asienne‘s interview with Born This Way Foundation’s Executive Director Maya Smith
#linkinbios longreads/longform articles/blogs
Asian-Canadian mommy blogger, Katharine Chan, writes a brief, but detailed 31-pager e-book on how to better understand our Asian parents (subscribe to her newsletter here to receive it on your inbox) bonus: her grounding self care tips as a full-time working mother and blogger featured last month on our insta page
Celeste Ng: When Asian Women are Harassed For Marrying Non-Asian Men
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#AsianAugust
PART 3:
Jackie Dallas +Long Beach Comic Con
🇵🇭Filipino corner (from the first (July 2018) issue)
Maritte Go
(#femalefilmmakerfriday)
& HBO APA Visionaries Winners
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🏳️🌈 Metro Manila Pride 2k18
(Bi Visibility Day)
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#AsianAugust
PART 2:
🇵🇭🏳️🌈 Gio Espiritu
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a very candid welcome, asiennes!
welcome to asienne! here‘s a candid conversational intro note. some spring 2018 updates and summer 2018 updates with an #asianaugust update found below aaaand with fall updates to come soon!
#asianaugust was in full-force with Crazy Rich Asians (out in theaters August 15th), John Cho’s Searching (out nationwide August 31st) and Hollywood’s new darling, Henry Golding’s second feature film A Simple Favor (out September 14th). there’s also the immediate Netflix hit, To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (also out in August)!!!! aaaaaand to top that off: Sandra Oh’s hit TV series Killing Eve on BBC America which gained her the historic title of #THEFIRSTASIAN Lead Actress Emmy Nom. (more on this later)
#AsianAugust
Part One
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