Well, this is confusing.
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Melissa Hung
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Writer & Journalist. Founding editor, Hyphen. Writing about immigrant communities, Asian America, food, culture, disability & more.
A friend sent this to me. I can't even see all of these when I search. The first one, I think, was my original account, which was on masthead.social, which went dark for many weeks this spring (leading me to create this account), but it's back now? Don't know what the last one with 0 followers is. Did not make that. Anyways, I'm over on bluesky as melissahung
Another devastating fire in Manhattan Chinatown. This time, Yu & Me Books, a gem of a bookstore needs help: https://www.gofundme.com/f/yu-me-books-recovery-fund
These are the aunties I speak of: https://jellyfishreview.wordpress.com/2020/09/25/the-aunties-at-the-ymca-by-melissa-hung/
On a recent swim, I observed the aunties in their floral bathing suits taking over the fast lane to do their water walking. One of them was even water walking backwards. Nature is healing.
I wrote about a neighborhood that means a lot to me & many others: Houston’s Asiatown. It’s been 40 years since the first Chinese businesses opened on a stretch of Bellaire Blvd, moving west from the original Chinatown at the edge of downtown. https://www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-city-life/2023/05/houston-asiatown-chinatown-history #houston
Like many Chinatowns, the Chinatowns in Philadelphia & Seattle are at risk of displacement. These two were named among the most endangered historical sites in the country by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Philadelphia Chinatown is wary of plans for a new 76ers basketball arena, which would be built at its southern edge. “Every few years, somebody wants to dump a big project like that in our community that threatens our existence. We are pretty tired of it.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/endangered-us-historic-sites-include-two-chinatowns-rcna84873
In remembrance of Yuri Kochiyama, whose birthday is May 19, here's a profile I wrote back in the day.
"I like [marching] because it’s a people’s thing. It’s not an individual thing. It’s all the things that people do together that gives you strength.” https://eastbayexpress.com/the-last-revolutionary-1/
The Last Revolutionary | East Bay Express | Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda
Yuri Kochiyama possesses one of the boldest voices raised against the war on terrorism. As a former internment-camp prisoner and peer of Malcolm X, she brings history and vitality to what little remains of "The Movement."
Love when I get to work with a fact-checker. Not enough publications invest in this. (This is also an announcement that I have a reported essay coming out soon — a victory after spending much of this year dealing with a debilitating health mystery.)
A harrowing & heartbreaking story of a "ghost boat” that appeared in the Caribbean with the bodies of migrants. "These migrants are as invisible in death as they were in life. But even ghosts have families." Excellent reporting by the AP. https://apnews.com/article/adrift-investigation-migrants-mauritania-tobago-663a576e233cb4b363f5eda8d5969b5a
