Paula Young Lee (page 2)

Paula Young Lee is the author of "Deer Hunting in Paris," winner of the 2014 Lowell Thomas "Best Book" award of the Society of American Travel Writers. She is currently writing outdoor adventure books for middle grade and young adults. Follow her on Twitter @paulayounglee

Ghost in the Shell, Dr. Strange
"More than just racism in movies": Asian American protest #WhiteWashedOUT goes beyond Hollywood's diversity fails Paula Young Lee
“Have They Run out of White Poets Yet?”: Asian and Asian-American writers mock Calvin Trillin's New Yorker poem on Chinese food Paula Young Lee
Donald Trump
Donald Trump's "insult haiku": Scholars are having a field day parsing the poetics of Trump's "idiolect" Paula Young Lee
Robert Townsend
"Snitches, basketball players, drug dealers": Robert Townsend reflects back on taking "the bull by the horns" to make "Hollywood Shuffle" Paula Young Lee
Ashima
Thomas the Tank Engine, neocolonial fantasy: What his new international pals, and the backlash against them, signal Paula Young Lee
Justin Lin
Justin Lin: If we want more diversity in Hollywood, "the general public has to demand it" Paula Young Lee
Oscars Kids
Deeper than awful Asian jokes at the Oscars: Hollywood's vanilla reflex doesn't just hurt artists—it's bad business, too Paula Young Lee
Exposed
The price of Hollywood whitewashing: How this complex drama about a Latina woman became just another Keanu Reeves cop movie Paula Young Lee
The Revenant
Leo owes his Oscar to the bear: "The Revenant" told an American story the Academy couldn't help but devour Paula Young Lee
Janelle Monae, Ava DuVernay, Stevie Wonder
#JusticeForFlint's radical love: While Oscar's glamour beckoned, the real artists helped Flint be seen and heard Paula Young Lee
Antonin Scalia
Scalia's elite hunting pals: Meet St. Hubertus, patron saint of rich guys with guns Paula Young Lee
Donald Trump
America has a white guy problem: From Donald Trump to #OscarsSoWhite, our "diversity problems" are all connected Paula Young Lee
A white buddy for Miles Davis: Don Cheadle's struggle to get "Miles Ahead" financed is absurd — and not surprising Paula Young Lee
"Your manuscript is not a good fit": How "we need diverse books" can move beyond wishful thinking Paula Young Lee
Kiss Sculpture
The science of swooning: We don't really know why some kisses lead to back kicks, toe curls and weak knees Paula Young Lee