Growing up, did you pay attention to things like Asian-American representation in media and pop culture? Growing up, I was a huge consumer of movies and television.
For a while, my parents owned a video rental store, so I had access to a lot of movies. I also grew up on a steady diet of afterschool cartoons, sitcoms and cop shows. But even back then, it was always apparent to me that there was a significant lack of Asian faces on the screen -- not a lot of people who looked like me. So when I saw them, for better or for worse, it always felt like a big deal. You blog about a range of topics and, it seems, for a broad audience. Who are you writing for? Anyone who cares to read it, frankly.
I'm not trying to attract any particular kind of audience, though it helps if people get where I'm coming from. The simple guiding principle behind my content has always been to write about what I, as a reader, would want to read about.
So it definitely skews more towards media and pop culture topics, but also covers politics, crime, art, and everything in between for the average "Asian Americanist. For the first couple of years, I didn't tell them about it. Not that I thought they'd disapprove. I just didn't want to explain it. I thought they wouldn't get it. But I should have given them more credit -- now that they know, they totally get it.
My mom apparently reads my blog every day. You've said the audience response surprised you, that so many were turning to you as a source of information. What was the moment you realized your re ach? In the beginning, I was surprised that anyone other than my friends were reading it at all.
Over many years, growth and reach has just been a steady climb. I realized that the blog could be used as a rallying point for folks wanting to learn more about the shirts, and what they could do about it. Our Region. Our Diverse Community. Contact Us. Admission Expand Navigation.
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