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Author: Serena Kim

Serena Kim was the editor-in-chief of Character Media.

Review: Mitski’s ‘Be the Cowboy’ is Powerful Art About Personal Weakness

Music by Serena Kim

About two-thirds of the way through Mitski’s fifth album, she makes a naked confession: “My God, I’m so lonely/ So I open the window to hear sounds of people.” […]

Ronny Chieng Weaves Comedy Gold From His ‘International Student’ Stories

TV by Serena Kim

Sporting a razor-sharp, closely fitted gray suit, Ronny Chieng dribbles and moves with ease around the hoop in the parking lot of KORE in the soupy heat of Gardena, […]

Review: ‘Minding the Gap’ Is a Love Letter to Skateboarding 12 Years in the Making

Movies by Serena Kim

Skateboarding tends to attract the rebels of the world—the outcasts, the iconoclasts, the freaks, the weirdos, the kids with no dads, and the kids who don’t fit in with […]

Cover Story: Don’t Get Comedian Jo Koy Started About Paying Dues

Movies, TV by Serena Kim

If you take a long and winding road way up into the tree-lined North Hollywood hills, you will arrive at a meandering driveway lined with big, fancy cars. You […]

Linda Dong Makes Comedic Videos That Young Girls Can Relate To

Comedy, YouTubers by Serena Kim

It started with a camcorder her dad bought her when she was 11 years old. Vietnamese Canadian actress Linda Dong, 22, who has garnered 590,000-plus subscribers and 78 million […]

Dr. Ken’s Family Comes to ABC This October

TV by Serena Kim

Give a warm welcome to the second network show this year featuring an Asian American family. Less than a year ago, it was hard to say whether Fresh Off […]

Audrey Fall 2015 Cover Story: Constance Wu

Fashion, Movies, Style, TV by Serena Kim

  Constance Wu has had one surreal year. As Jessica Huang on the hit ABC comedy Fresh Off the Boat, Wu not only jumped from a relative Hollywood unknown […]

The Road Untraveled: These Artists Prove That It’s Never Too Late to Chase Your Dreams

Art by Serena Kim

  It may be cliché to say that as Asian Americans, we’re often pressured to forgo our more artistic or creative passions for a stable career path. And yet […]

LAST DAY TO VOTE for your Favorite Hottie!

Style by Serena Kim

  We’re collecting votes until Tuesday, August 25 (TONIGHT) at 11:59PM PST to see who we should pursue for our 2016 Haikus with Hotties calendar. Time to rally the […]

Can Hari Kondabolu Stay In the Top Five, Plus Dan Choi and Cary Fukunaga Join the Pack

Style by Serena Kim

  We’re collecting votes until Tuesday, August 25 at 11:59PM PST to see who we should pursue for our 2016 Haikus with Hotties calendar, and we’re giving you Daily Hot Five charts […]

Haikus With Hotties Nomination #6: Cary Fukunaga

Style by Serena Kim

  In case you hadn’t heard, we successfully funded a Kickstarter in less than 3 days on August 18, 2015, and now we’re making a 2016 calendar out of […]

Haikus with Hotties Nomination #5: Dan Choi

Style by Serena Kim

  In case you hadn’t heard, we successfully funded a Kickstarter in less than 3 days on August 18, 2015, and now we’re making a 2016 calendar out of […]

Ryan Higa Fans Organize, and Chef Viet Pham Joins The Hot Nominees

Style by Serena Kim

  We’re collecting votes until Tuesday, August 25 at 11:59PM PST to see who we should pursue for our 2016 Haikus with Hotties calendar, and we’re giving you Daily Hot Five charts […]

Haikus With Hotties Nomination #4: Viet Pham

Style by Serena Kim

  In case you hadn’t heard, we successfully funded a Kickstarter in less than 3 days on August 18, 2015, and now we’re making a 2016 calendar out of […]

Eugene Yang Fans Unite As He Overtakes the #1 Spot

Style by Serena Kim

  We’re collecting votes until Tuesday, August 25 at 11:59PM PST to see who we should pursue for our 2016 Haikus with Hotties calendar, and we’re giving you Daily Hot Five charts […]

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