Kim Truong has held some of the most pampered hands on the planet. As a go-to nail artist for celebs such as Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Kerry Washington, and Dua Lipa (to name a few), she’s spent much of her career being an integral part of transforming people into their most glamorous selves. She also … Read more
In early June 2011, I opened an email that changed my life. It was sent by a woman who worked at the adoption agency that rehomed me when I was a newborn. She was looking for someone with my maiden name who’d been orphaned in South Korea 38 years ago and shipped overseas wearing a … Read more
The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Rita Lin, who previously fought for marriage equality in federal court, to a lifetime federal judgeship. Lin, 45, is now the first Chinese American woman to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Lin was confirmed in a 52-45 vote. Every Democrat present voted … Read more
My friend’s son was upset. That day, he’d been goofing around with his buds in the crowded halls of his elementary school in Brooklyn, New York, when one of his friends called him a name. The real bad one, one that immediately put the focus on the fact that my friend’s son ― let’s call … Read more
Sherry Cola’s stage name originated in a pretty mundane way. “My legal first name is Sherry,” she told me in a recent interview. “Around 2011, I was making a Yelp account. I was asking my friend Kim from college — I was like: ‘What should my username be for Yelp? I want it to be … Read more
A few weeks ago, during one of my regular visits back to Seoul, I stopped by the local mogyoktang for a routine deep-body scrub. I entered the bathhouse and went through standard protocol — disrobe, shower and soak. But as soon as I opened the glass doors and stepped onto the dark concrete floor of … Read more
In 1982, Wayne Wang’s “Chan Is Missing” became the first feature film by an Asian American director to get a mainstream theatrical release. A decade later, Wang broke more ground when he directed “The Joy Luck Club,” widely considered the first major Hollywood studio movie featuring an all-Asian cast. (Famously and embarrassingly, it took 25 … Read more
To read about the other Culture Shifters, return to the list here. When Jenny Lam was 8, she turned down a job offer from Walt Disney Animation Studios. Her father had mailed sketches of her cartoon cats to three Disney animators, including Eric Goldberg, who drew the Genie in “Aladdin.” Soon after, Lam’s mother received … Read more