Jenn Fang

Jenn Fang

Jenn is a proud Asian American feminist, scientist and nerd who currently blogs at Reappropriate.co, one of the web’s oldest AAPI feminist and race activist blogs. Follow her on Twitter @Reappropriate

12 posts
Fighting for AAPI abortion care means disaggregating data
Gender & LGBTQIA+

Fighting for AAPI abortion care means disaggregating data

AAPIs overwhelmingly support abortion access, but recognizing differences across our communities is key to fighting for abortion care

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9 Min
By: Jenn Fang
Without community-specific health policies, Asian Americans remain vulnerable in the pandemic
Politics & Democracy

Without community-specific health policies, Asian Americans remain vulnerable in the pandemic

Uniform treatment of Asian Americans hides considerable complexities in how different communities’ health has been impacted by COVID-19

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9 Min
By: Jenn Fang
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Politics & Democracy

Disaggregation is essential to achieve data justice for Asian Americans

Treating Asian Americans as “the same” within data leaves them vulnerable to social and political exclusion

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7 Min
By: Jenn Fang
Reproductive justice advocates can’t afford to ignore how abortion bans affect Asian Americans
Gender & LGBTQIA+

Reproductive justice advocates can’t afford to ignore how abortion bans affect Asian Americans

Racist stereotypes and erasure obscures how much Asian Americans rely on reproductive health services.

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8 Min
By: Jenn Fang
Southeast Asians are helping Afghan refugees seeking asylum in the U.S.
Immigration

Southeast Asians are helping Afghan refugees seeking asylum in the U.S.

Southeast Asian organizers say they can relate to many of the same traumas Afghan refugees are facing.

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9 Min
By: Jenn Fang
Graduate student workers still struggle without benefits and a living wage
Economy & Workers' Rights

Graduate student workers still struggle without benefits and a living wage

Graduate students are turning to unions to fight for protections and discourage the exploitation of their work.

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8 Min
By: Jenn Fang
Activists claim hate crime legislation isn’t the best way to combat racist violence
Crime, Reform & Abolition

Activists claim hate crime legislation isn’t the best way to combat racist violence

Shared histories of police violence spark Asian American and LGBTQ+ groups to call for more community-focused solutions to anti-Asian attacks.

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6 Min
By: Jenn Fang
Activists are ramping up the fight to bring Asian American history to the classroom
Education

Activists are ramping up the fight to bring Asian American history to the classroom

New England joins a growing number of regions incorporating Asian American history into school curriculum in response to the rise in anti-Asian hate and violence.

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7 Min
By: Jenn Fang
Social media sites popular with Asian Americans have a big misinformation problem
Race

Social media sites popular with Asian Americans have a big misinformation problem

The spread of right-wing radicalism in Asian American communities through WeChat is a problem, but progressive Asian Americans are largely left to fight misinformation on their own.

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7 Min
By: Jenn Fang
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Politics & Democracy

Mobilization of Asian American voters was key to Biden’s victory

Asian Americans are the fastest-growing electorate in the country, especially in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona, and Georgia, and currently total more than 11 million eligible voters nationwide. In several battleground states, voters in urban areas where Asian Americans are highly concentrated proved to be the key in swinging those traditionally Republican-leaning

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6 Min
By: Jenn Fang
Asian Americans could play a crucial role in the 2020 election
Politics & Democracy

Asian Americans could play a crucial role in the 2020 election

Asian Americans—a broad racial group that includes over 30 distinct ethnic subgroups—are the fastest-growing electorate in the country, and currently comprise nearly 5% of all American voters. Researchers believe the Asian American electorate could play a crucial role in the 2020 election: While still mostly concentrated in coastal

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7 Min
By: Jenn Fang
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Race

AAPI communities fight COVID-19 racism with mutual aid and coalition building

May typically marks the start of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month—a month filled with festivities that honor the histories and heritages of AAPI communities. This year’s AAPI Heritage Month feels much more somber, however, as the nation enters its fifth month of the COVID-19 pandemic,

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6 Min
By: Jenn Fang

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