…March 4, 2018 “The tomfoolery has begun,” comedian Jenny Yang wrote on her Twitter. “This felt inevitable,” Phil Yu, the blogger behind Angry Asian Man, tweeted. They did the…
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#WeNeedDiverseBooks: A Hashtag That Sparked a Literary Movement
…her own identity as a Korean American. Ellen Oh, co-founder and current president of We Need Diverse Books. (Photo by Robin Shotola) In a guest post for Phil Yu’s blog,…
Kollaboration to Launch EMPOWER Leadership Conference
…Kim, vice president of current programs at CBS; Andrew Rose, director and producer at Scooter Braun Projects; Christine Chen, producer at Wong Fu Productions; Phil Yu, a.k.a. Angry Asian Man;…
[VIDEO] Asian Americans React to Yellowface
…Emma Stone in Aloha? BuzzFeed recently gathered a group of Asian Americans, including Phil Yu of Angry Asian Man, comedienne Jenny Yang and Eugene Lee Yang, to react to various…
The Comedy Comedy Festival Kicks Off Aug. 27 in L.A.
…Under Sunset. The showcase’s lineup of storytellers includes Phil Yu (Angry Asian Man), Naomi Ko, Jason Y. Lee of Jubilee Project, Sean Miura, AJ Rafael, Christine Chen of Wong Fu…
Golden Globes 2014: Where are all the Asian People?
…was discouraging. Phil Yu, founder of the popular Angry Asian Man blog, tweeted “Playing “Asian Spotting” while watching the Golden Globes is like the most boring game ever.” The lack…
How a Two Minute Youtube Video Became a Feature Length Film
…production team that included Phil Yu of Angry Asian Man, what was initially a two-minute vlog developed into a feature film starring some of the very names that the duo…
Backlash over whitewashing plagues ‘The Great Wall’
…campaigns like #StarringJohnCho taking over social media. Phil Yu, writer of Angry Asian Man, told an equally frustrated Jen Yamato at the Daily Beast that “the white savior conceit is…
Here’s where we are with Disney’s live-action ‘Mulan’ right now
…about its supposed plot change. The blog Angry Asian Man, which is run by Korean American blogger and producer Phil Yu, hosted a guest post by an anonymous writer earlier…
LA Times Under Fire For Printing Letters Defending Japanese Internment
…in hopes that you can see the pain that was inflicted upon my family as a result of the Japanese American concentration camps.” Popular Korean American blogger Phil Yu, of…
Commentary: Why ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ is a Big Deal
…he co-hosts with “Angry Asian Man” Phil Yu), “The romantic comedy genre is the whitest genre in Hollywood.” The Observer Effect This quantum physics concept states that all entities behave…
‘Turning Red’ Captures All the Magic—and Madness—of Tweendom
…Asian Man blogger Phil Yu to one of the film’s stars, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan—wasted no time refuting his claims. But O’Connell’s words did spark wider conversations about the significance of on-screen…