The Chinese filmmakers’ “Hamnet” reframes Shakespeare’s story through his wife Agnes, exploring loss, legacy, and the “inner forest” that lies within each of us.
Asian Americans are reshaping workplaces, but barriers to leadership remain. Mentorship and community can help break the bamboo ceiling.
Asian American sci-fi writers are crafting futures and galaxies where we exist and belong — meet the storytellers reshaping the genre.
One of the most comprehensive lists of Asian American memoirs, featuring powerful stories of identity, culture, and resilience. From bestselling authors like Michelle Zauner and Phuc Tran to graphic memoirs by Thi Bui and Mira Jacob.
The Chinese filmmakers’ “Hamnet” reframes Shakespeare’s story through his wife Agnes, exploring loss, legacy, and the “inner forest” that lies within each of us.
Mari Yamamoto, Takehiro Hira, and Akira Emoto, stars of Hikari’s latest film exploring Japan’s rent-a-person industry, discuss loneliness, performance, and connection.
This fall, Ramona Young joins Peacock’s “The Paper” while Kahyun Kim returns to NBC’s “St. Denis Medical.” Together, they reflect on how comedy helps them bring honesty, heart, and joy to the screen.
“Shell” FilmOct. 3, 2025 Desperate to reclaim her career, once-beloved actress Samantha Lake (Elisabeth Moss) is drawn into the glamorous world of wellness mogul Zoe …
Visa crackdowns push Asian international students to rethink their futures. Our story traces revoked visas, activism risks, and where students will go next.
The dismantling of affirmative action harms all communities, including Asian Americans. This piece debunks myths, exposes racial wedge politics, and calls for cross-racial solidarity.
Police responses to Asian Americans in crisis reveal deadly gaps in mental health care, disability justice, and systemic accountability.
A personal narrative on motherhood, migration, and memory through the meals shared with her daughter — a bridge between generations and worlds.
Despite being the fourth-most spoken language in the U.S., Tagalog isn’t taught at most colleges. At Brown University, students are working to change that.
Living in Japan reveals both its beauty and its biases. Malia M. Ogawa confronts sexism, xenophobia, and the myth of a perfect society.
Speaking Spanish as a young 5-foot tall Chinese woman wearing a Smith College hoodie got me confused stares and raised eyebrows more than once when …
In this powerful poem, Laotian American Noel Hongmoungkhoune reflects on the uniquely diasporic experience of missing a home you’ve never been to.
Annabelle Vuong (King), a Vietnamese adoptee, writes about how leaving her birth mother impacted her racial identity and sense of “home.”
At Mochi Mag, we are defining what it means to be Asian American. Grace Lee Boggs once said “History is not the past. It is the stories we tell about the past.” Together, we are amplifying Asian voices to build community and inspire change, recovering and remembering our shared histories, and working to be a resource in the fight for racial justice.
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