Happy #AAPIHeritageMonth! Throughout this month I’m going to highlight AAPI women leaders, teachers, creatives, writers, scholars—those who’ve impacted and inspired me, and those I’m recently discovering.
The first book I read by an Asian American woman was The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong Kingston)—it tells the stories of five women, including herself.

I was a 1st year in seminary when a Korean American sister gave it to me. This was in 2001. #AAPIHeritageMonth
When I first read Postcolonial Imagination and Feminist Theology by @KwokPuiLan I felt like my world had turned upside down. It gave me a way to see and speak that I didn& #39;t know was available to me! I continue to be deeply informed by her and her work.

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lê thi diem thúy& #39;s book was suggested by my one of my exam readers Cynthia Wu, Professor of Gender Studies, Asian American Studies, and Director of Race, Migration, and Indigeneity, one of the kindest, most encouraging and present teachers I know. https://gender.indiana.edu/about/faculty/wu-cynthia.html">https://gender.indiana.edu/about/fac... #AAPIHM https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">
Feel really fortunate that there are stellar AAPI humanities faculty at @IUBloomington: @ellendwu, @CaraCaddoo, @CountessCanuck, Jennifer Lee, Karen Inouye, Ranu Samantrai Dina Okamoto, Hyeyoung Kwon, Sonia Song-Ha Lee, Stephanie Li, Purnima Bose. #aapihm https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">
A couple of semesters ago Michael Ing @IU_RelStud invited Marie Alohalani Brown, @mariealohalanib. She gave a COMPELLING talk on “Ethnocentricity and Religious Bias—The Politics and Poetics of Märchen in Hawaiian Newspapers.” http://www.hawaii.edu/religion/faculty/brown/">https://www.hawaii.edu/religion/... #aaPIheritagemonth
@NatashaSaelua gave an incredible talk on schools in the Pacific and what it says about military and imperial projects in February for the @IUBAsianAm symposium. These are such important voices -- do you have more Pacific Islander women recs? @jonmabuni

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Grace Lee Boggs—scholar, writer, and activist—did so much in her lifetime, and continues to be an inspiration for the fight against white supremacy. #asiansforblacklives #yellowperilsupportsblackpower #AAPIHM https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> #AsianHeritageMonth https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/06/27/417175523/grace-lee-boggs-activist-and-american-revolutionary-turns-100">https://www.npr.org/sections/... @katchow
Today I’m thankful for my sis, Rev. Dr. Christine Hong, Assistant Professor of Christian Ministry at @CTSeminary, a @Presbyterian minister, mother, advocate, and someone who always knows where to go to eat good. https://www.ctsnet.edu/faculty/hong-christine-j/">https://www.ctsnet.edu/faculty/h... #AAPIHM https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> #AsianHeritageMonth https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> #conferencewife
We were babies in 2008. @ciaochiyo https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💕" title="Two hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Two hearts">
Met NYT best-selling author @Jennyhan in 2008 at a small girls hangout—I remember being floored that here was a KA woman writing fun YA fiction. I& #39;ve gobbled up all her books. She is beautiful, kind, and hilarious. @toalltheboys for our AAPI girls! #aapihm https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> #asianheritagemonth https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">
More church ladies that are near and dear to my heart, who I love and admire so much. They are BADASSES: @GailSongBantum, lead pastor at Quest Church (Seattle) and @lmcheifetz, Assistant Dean of Admission at @vudivinity. #AAPIHM https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> #AsianHeritageMonth https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">

Oh, also, they& #39;re hot. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Fire" aria-label="Emoji: Fire">
Today& #39;s AAPI woman is provocative artist and writer, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. I have a feeling her work will figure prominently in my dissertation because of what she does with language, identity, and women& #39;s stories. https://update.lib.berkeley.edu/2018/02/04/theresa-hak-kyung-cha-at-berkeley/">https://update.lib.berkeley.edu/2018/02/0... #aapihm https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> #asianheritagemonth https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">
Good morning! Today& #39;s AAPI woman: comedian, advocate, designer and artist, and author, @margaretcho.

I first watched her on All-American Girl in 10th grade. So grateful for her incredible evolution.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️‍🌈" title="Rainbow flag" aria-label="Emoji: Rainbow flag">

An amazing human being. https://margaretcho.com/ ">https://margaretcho.com/">... #aapihm https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> #asianheritagemonth https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">
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