Diamond Yao 🌈

aka 姚蒙恩 | lost 上海人 in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal) | she, elle, 她, 伊 | freelance journo, journaliste pigiste EN & FR | #VeryAsian | [email protected]

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On @SierraClubCan's 🌳THE ENVIRONMENT IN CANADA🌳 ep66 @graceofyul discuterons avec Michael Wexler + Louis-Philippe Tessier, les deux cofondateurs de Mulo, un nouveau système de location libre-service de vélos-cargos électriques à Montréal

https://t.co/xelxWSS8fF 🔶

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@yilinwriter !!!!!!

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@lolaannamendez EXACTLY. So we have to take matters into our own hands. I wrote this piece about a group of women who are doing just that

https://t.co/5dFSM4AC84

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Stoked that my copy of Ruth Lor Malloy’s 1997 book Hijras: Who We Are finally arrived! It’s about the realities of this Indian queer community from their own perspective.

Thank you Ruth for sending me this! You were doing anti-oppressive journalism before it was even a thing!

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It was so nice today to give a workshop on trauma-informed, decolonial and anti-oppresive journalism to @ricochet_en, @PivotQc and @IndigiNewsMedia.

If you are a newsroom interested in such a workshop for your team, email me at [email protected].

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For @joysauce_, I talked to several members of the Asian diaspora sporting community about what the Washington plane crash of Jan. 29th means for Asian American sports.

Thank you @ma_jimmy, @LaetitiaVu & Prof Christina Chin for talking to me about this!

https://t.co/tn6GYiER69

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For @joysauce_, I wrote about what it’s like to be South Asian and have an eating disorder. Thank you Sravya and Kaiden for sharing your stories with me!

https://t.co/u9PoB9mPeG

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Today I had the opportunity to meet Jack Seto, editor of The Asianadian, an Asian Canadian magazine that ran in the 1980s - just like Sticky Rice Magazine now! It’s so nice to see that there were people before us who did this work, who can inspire us & who we can learn from.

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For @joysauce_, I talked to some members of the Chinese diaspora about their feelings and thoughts regarding the "TikTok refugees" that migrated to Xiaohongshu (aka Rednote) during the TikTok ban.

https://t.co/Ikn87iW1U8

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I am so honoured to finally have been able to meet the legendary Ruth Lor Malloy (upper right of the picture, next to her daughter Linda Malloy). Now in her 90s & a respected elder, Ruth was one of the FIRST EVER Asian Canadian journalists to work in Western Canadian media!

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Pétition pour demander à la FPJQ de dénoncer les violences contre les journalistes/la liberté de presse commise par Israël à Gaza et ailleurs. La FPJQ a pris la parole quand ça s’est passé en Ukraine, mais pas pour Gaza. Option de signer anonymement.

https://t.co/9jksLPuShP

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@yilinwriter Oof I’m sorry. This is very shitty timing.

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@yilinwriter Ugh. You should not have to fight this hard to get basic respect

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@yilinwriter Ayomaya! You should not have to deal with that

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For @joysauce_, I had the chance to discuss with The Oh Collective about empowering Asian women/femmes to own their sexuality & democratizing culturally-informed sexual & reproductive health education.

Thank you for speaking to me about this!

https://t.co/5dFSM4B9XC

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If any editors are listening, I am up for writing a piece where I interview Chinese diaspora about their thoughts on this, especially what the migration exposed about racism, politics and propaganda.

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I wish all Chinese diaspora who are getting whiplash from seeing white people migrate to Xiaohongshu a very blessed day. Two worlds you never thought would cross paths unexpected did, and here you are, being some of the only folks out there who actually understand BOTH worlds.

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I wish all Chinese diaspora who are getting whiplash from seeing white people migrate to Xiaohongshu a very blessed day. Two worlds you never thought would cross paths unexpected did, and here you are, being some of the only folks out there who actually understand BOTH worlds.

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Earlier this week, a client reached out to collaborate & I felt impostor syndrome. Then, I recalled a white man with 0 degrees/expertise in the topic who confidently pitched himself as a suitable candidate for an Indigenous affairs editor position - and told myself “I got this”.

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Je couvre les voix marginalisées, l’intersectionalité, la diaspora, les communautés asiatiques, les enjeux 2SLGBTQIA+, les arts et la culture, le développement durable et la justice sociale.

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Rédacteur.trice.s de mon réseau, je suis disponible pour des assignations sur le Nouvel An Lunaire ET la St-Valentin.

Écrivez-moi au [email protected]!