A petition is calling for the UK media to stop using images of Asians in Coronavirus-related news. The petition, which has garnered over 1900 signatures, criticises UK media outlets including the BBC and The Guardian for using photography of East and South East Asians when discussing the virus. “It is damaging and hurtful for our British East & South East Asians…
A Change.org petition has been created to urge Sony to correctly cast Jill Valentine in their upcoming Resident Evil movie reboot. Started by Suzy A, the petition highlights that the video game character was created as a French Japanese American. “Canonically she is a French-Japanese American character, created by Shinji Mikami and Isao Ohishi over twenty years ago!” Suzy writes. Valentine is…
Thousands of women are standing up against being forced to wear high heels at work The Guardian reports that thousands of Japanese women have signed a petition to protest against requirements for female staff to wear heels at work. Trending as #KuToo, the KuToo campaign is a play on the Japanese word ‘kutsu’ and ‘kutsuu’ which mean shoes and pain respectively. Actor and…
Over 700 people have signed a high school petition for Asian American studies to be taught. According to the LA Times, more than 700 have signed a petition for Asian American studies to be taught at high school. At Northwood High School in the Irvine Unified School District, a group of Asian Americans are pushing for more representation in history class….
“Did you see the article in the UK Chinese Times?” my father asked me last week. “To cook a frog in slowly boiling water. That’s what this is.” He was referring to the headline on 3 March, publicising the cuts to Charing Cross library, notably the Westminster Chinese Library. It was a foregone conclusion that Westminster Council would be cutting Westminster Libraries’…
A new release of Disney’s live-action Mulan script reveals a new character that could renew fan’s fears of whitewashing. Recently, many fans were relieved when Disney promised to cast a Chinese actress as Mulan. It seems that the petition pleading Disney to cast a Chinese Mulan had been successful. However, in a classic case of one step forward and two steps…
