Jessie Lau

Jessie Lau is a writer and journalist from Hong Kong. She writes about human rights, politics and culture from Asia, Europe and the U.S. for The Guardian, BBC, The Economist and others. She posts @jessielauwrites and writes a newsletter on reading power from the margins.

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Fetishized

The racialized sexualization of Asian women in the West has a very long history. A recent memoir grapples with the cost of internalizing that narrative, and asks what has changed.

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30 Oct, 6:30-8pm; Asia Society, NYC

Adrift in the South: China’s Migrant Literature

Join us for a conversation about the rising phenomenon of China’s migrant worker literature, by the author and translator of “Adrift in the South,” Xiao Hai’s account of his years as a migrant laborer, working 17 jobs in seven different cities across China. Moderated by Alec Ash, use code CBR15 for a $15 discount.

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Fetishized

Adrift in the South: China’s Migrant Literature

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