My current read is Wanna Peek Into My Notebook?: Notes on Pinay Liminality by the incredible Barbara Jane Reyes. As a pinxy child of the diaspora, this book puts language and shared stories to my rage at society, at politics, and at academia. As we move through Asian American Pacific Islander Month, I call into question what AAPI, Asian American, Asian American Literature means. There is a whole essay/eloquent rant about this very categorization/separation. We should celebrate our heritage but society should not and cannot ignore the violence and injustice towards BIPOC, immigrants, disabled, trans, queer, marginalized folx. Keep raging on, yo.
