Kristin Leong
Stories
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Arts & Life
'Attractive for an Asian man’: Photographer reframes Asian American masculinity
Chinese American photographer Andrew Kung is reclaiming representation of the all-American man one portrait at a time.
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Race & Identity
On Asian America: Sex, gender and the 'exotic other'
From adult films to a portrait series on Asian men, stereotypes of Asian identity are being disrupted in surprising and creative ways.
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Race & Identity
Meet the Newsmaker: Kristin Leong on Asian representation in schools, Feb 11, 2:00 PM PST
Is the "minority myth" still alive today? Let's talk about it.
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Race & Identity
Whitewashing of Asian Students and the Report that Launched a Reckoning
A school district sparked fury after grouping Asian and white students together. The message was clear: 'person of color' meant underperforming.
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Race & Identity
Bellevue School District responds to questions about Asian student equity
The majority of students in the Bellevue School District are Asian.
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Arts & Life
Film: Curiosity Club Turns Strangers into a Community Following a Fraught Election
KUOW brings together ten strangers for a virtual dinner party to talk about pandemic roller skating, the #MeToo movement, and Seattle's shifting political landscape.
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Race & Identity
Empathize with Trump voters? A Progressive and a Libertarian agree to disagree
Two multiracial Biden voters in Seattle meet at Curiosity Club and learn that a political disagreement can be the start of a conversation instead of the end of one.
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Bridging the American divide: A search for civic responsibility
An exploration of unsettling shifts and signs of hope in word and song
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Arts & Life
With marriage and a gender transition behind them, they dined at Canlis
After Maura Hubbell transitioned, her wife Lisa Jaffe couldn't find her "inner lesbian." This is the story of their marriage and the queerness of connecting after getting divorced.
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Arts & Life
After a tense election, ten strangers come together for a nerdy dinner party
KUOW's 4th cohort of Curiosity Club will reflect on the last four years and imagine what's next for 2021.