Martin Yan shaped Asian American cooking as we know it. I always wondered what it was like being among the only Asian faces on food TV in the 80s and 90s. I spent a few days getting to know the version of Martin with the cameras off, and learned a lot.
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Tomorrow! Stop the economic violence of closing the beating heart of Chinatown. #SaveJingFong by re-opening the dining room and hiring back the 100+ workers. The community offered a plan to keep it open, why do Jonathan+Alex Chu continue to hide? Join our rally: 12pm 183 Centre
1 - Welcome to #ThreadTalk, muslin edition. Muslin has been all over my feed, so let me cut to the chase:
The finest fabric in human history was perfected by the Bengali people but tragically lost in the wake of imperialism & economic ruin at the hands of the English.
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One of my Asian friends just encountered someone on the subway yelling “I DONT CARE THAT THEY MURDERED YOU”. She was going back home from the stop Asian hate rally.
Doing a logo for your parents means spending 5 minutes to show how the logo would look mocked up on a t-shirt and 50 minutes explaining you don't know who the guy wearing the t-shirt is it's just someone you found on the internet
I was in Brooklyn on June 2 and watched as NYPD officers repeatedly struck a protester who was already on the ground. Then a commanding officer stepped on his neck.
The NYPD says officers used restraint at the protests. Here's what 64 videos show: https://t.co/yEvl1vXCQo
Roger Stone. Found guilty by a jury on 7 federal criminal counts. No jail time.
Kalief Browder. Accused of stealing a backpack. Couldn’t post bail. Spent 3 years at Riker’s awaiting trial. Ultimately committed suicide after released.
We have two justice systems in our country.
In this country Viagra is covered by insurance without question, but birth control coverage is dependent upon the religious ideals of employers/institutions.
If that sounds:
- misogynistic
- discriminatory
- irresponsible
- indicative of systemic sexism
that’s because it is!
realizing that when padma took me on a food tour around new york, she was showing me what the her new show taste the nation would be about and i 😭 https://t.co/7amsDj0CHS
“What makes ‘Taste the Nation’ brilliant is that it refuses to be another shiny, happy, escapist series about food bringing everyone together... This is [her] rebuttal to the fear-mongering from Washington.” https://t.co/dkXL7ZuKgB
In situations of injustice, like the one we are currently facing, our first inclination is to design something. But before that, it’s important to identify the work that really needs to be done to understand how to use our skills most effectively.
Blacks Who Design — Inspiring new designers, encouraging people to diversify their feeds, and aiding discovery of amazing individuals for hire. #BlacksWhoDesign@BlacksWhoDesign https://t.co/Jf3XQNxeKJ