#AAPI Month

[rachy-chel]

Maysia 2: new year

[art]

Meet the Artist: @nyangjinart

Hi everyone! My name is Jin (she/her) and I'm a Korean American artist from NYC. I love drawing magical retro aesthetic art and cute animals that are colorful and vibrant. Art has been my comfort zone and passion for as long as I can remember, so I hope that my art can give that sense of comfort and nostalgia for others! I would have never thought my art journey would bring me to such a community of vast people who also love what I love, so I hope that I can make more connections!

Nice to meet you, Jin! Below are some pieces she has picked out for you all.

Check out more of Jin's work over at her Tumblr, @nyangjinart!

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We are highlighting some of Tumblr’s talented artists of Asian descent all month as part of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month!

[melonnabar]

Roy and Lian for AAPI

[everynya]

happy APIDA Heritage Month aka Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month to my asian selfshippers, my asian american selfshippers, my pacific peoples who selfship, my desi selfshippers, my native hawaiian selfshippers and everyone else who falls under this umbrella! lots of love and joy to you all this month, your f/os would be happy to learn about your culture and can’t wait to spend lots of time with you!

let’s remember to uplift people of color when it matters most and just because the name APIDA groups them together does not mean they all share the same cultures or experiences, it makes the community not only open for everyone but safe as well to remember this and to support these groups in not only this month but every month. 💗

[whaleofatjme1920]

It’s Asian American Pacific Islander heritage month that means you can’t forget SEAsians, West Asians, Central Asians, South Asians or Pacific Islanders or I will bring plague to your homestead!!!

AAPI is MORE than East Asia!!

Being part of AAPI is a celebration for all of us; happy May <3

[mindboogling]

Kamaʻāina E Komo Mai Welcome Home, Kamaʻāina

🌺Happy AAPI Month!🌺 I've had this piece in mind since I visited home last year. Among the chaos of the airport's baggage claim and shuffling between impatience, a screen greets each guest in yellow text, saying those very words: "To our returning Kamaʻāina, welcome home." My heart ached when I had to leave, leading me to draw this with a lot of plant life and flowers from my nostalgia. Now I'm back on my island, reuniting with my family, and embracing my culture - I'm Kānaka Maoli and couldn't be more grateful to be home.

[sew-much-to-do]

DIY Easy Milk Bread Loaf

Make some freshly baked and irresistibly fluffy and fragrant milk bread at home without needing to fuss around with tangzhong!

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sew-much-to-do: a visual collection of sewing tutorials/patterns, knitting, diy, crafts, recipes, etc.

[duckprintspress]

Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with 22 Great Queer Reads!

May is wrapping up, and with the end of May comes the end of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. There are so so so many great books coming out by AAPI authors starring AAPI characters, and so – here’s a list of some of our favorites! All of these are either BY AAPI authors, have AAPI main characters, or – in most cases – both! The contributors to this list are: Shadaras, Tris Lawrence, Nina Waters, D.V. Morse, Terra P. Waters, theirprofoundbond, Annabeth Lynch and an anonymous contributor.

Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad series) by C.B. Lee

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee

“Eldest Daughter Seeks Her Wife” by N. C. Farrell from She Wears the Midnight Crown

Babel by R.F. Kuang

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang

Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

If You’ll Have Me by Eunnie

Roadqueen: Eternal Roadtrip to Love by Mira Ong Chua

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger & Steven Scott

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

Away With the Fairies by Annabeth Lynch

Meal by Blue Delliquanti & Soleil Ho

Firebird by Sunmi

After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang

Iron Widow (Iron Widow series) by Xiran Jay Zhao

The Problem with Wishes by Annabeth Lynch

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Hold Me (Cyclone series) by Courtney Milan

Sea Change by Gina Chung

Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by C.B. Lee

See a book you can’t live without? You can buy it through our Bookshop.org affiliate shop!

You can view this list, and all our other lists, as shelves on Goodreads.

[jaydencoolguy]

Okay, I need to be annoying for a bit since I'm Asian and it's AAPI Month. PLEASE start having more Asian characters or Asian headcanons. I almost never see them unless it's to push a stereotype, and it's absolutely infuriating. Yes, you absolutely can have a smart or nerdy character be Asian but they should NOT be the only Asian character in the cast. It's weird! I almost never see people make, for example, big and strong characters Asian. It's always the pathetic, nerdy, and scrawny characters. Or it's just one Asian character in a large cast. The only time I don't see this issue is when the person is Asian themselves.

Out of all POC, Asians seem to be one of the the least prevalent when it comes to Western media. This is extremely upsetting, especially when Asia is one of, if not THE largest and most diverse continent in the world. Also, you have to remember that there are way more than just East Asians (China, Japan, Korea, etc.); there's Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia, Central Asia, etc. I'm Chinese and I love seeing Chinese HCs, but show some love to all the other Asians too!! They're just as deprived of representation as I am.

I almost never see anyone talk about this issue because almost no one ever thinks about Asians when it comes to interpreting or making characters unless the person themself is Asian, seemingly because people only think of East Asians, who are not "POC enough". This is why I'm "annoying" about my Asian HCs or characters because I almost never see them. I want to see more good Asian representation in Western media. If you're not Asian and worried about accidental stereotyping or offensiveness, RESEARCH. ASK ASIANS QUESTIONS. LISTEN TO US. It's so easy. I understand the fear of accidentally being offensive, but you won't be if you actually put the effort in. Just don't make a character a literal racist caricature. Also almost no one listens to us when we talk about racism against Asians, which needs to be changed. I really want non-Asians to make Asian characters and representation too. Everyone, please start making more characters Asian. Thank you.

[crustacean-crush]

happy aapi heritage month! 🌏

[rachy-chel]

Maysia 1: OOTD/what’s in my bag

Hello everybody look at all this stuff I got❗️

[art]

Meet the Artist: @kiisaes

Hi there, I'm Min / Becki (any pronouns)! I like drawing both fan and original art! I'm primarily a cartoonist and illustrator, and I aim to craft narratives that are fun and entertaining but also speak to the human condition. Comics are my one true love; I adore reading and making them, but also nerding out about the technical stuff like paneling, lettering, thumbnailing... You know, the stuff no one cares about. I post my comics on tumblr, and I have a longer comic in the works that you can check out at @chimerakingdom, if you're interested! In my free time, I like to draw (duh), play pirated DS games on my PC, read comics / manga, and hang out with my friends. I have several Kirby and shrimp plushies, but what I really want is a cat I can call some silly name like Bread.

Pleased to meet you, Min! Below are some pieces they have picked out for you all to appreciate.

For more of Min's work, be sure to check out their Tumblr, @kiisaes!

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We are highlighting some of Tumblr’s talented artists of Asian descent all month as part of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month!

[melonnabar]

Viet solidarity!!

[tearaheart]

Identity

[d-criss-news]

chris_kong: Closing out AAPI Heritage Month by celebrating some of our recent VIP AAPI alumni, @ darrencriss and @ constancewu!

(BTS 📸 courtesy of @austin_boatwright!)

#AAPI #AAPIheritagemonth #representationmatters #representationonstage #celebrateasianjoy #mylifeonthepodium #littleshopNYC #kongdadoo

[summerongrand]

This episode had zero Bailey

90% Monica ✨✨✨✨Lucy's heritage not just seen on screen through her in every episode but actually acknowledged in THIS episode and during AAPI Month✨✨✨✨ A Chenford elevator scene that proves they are still very much in love and are 1100000% each other's person and even though Lucy is mad at Tim, she won't be mad at him forever and I am crying just thinking of that Chenford elevator scene because Lucy Chen is Tim Bradford's safe place. That was a husband/wife hug. A villain named ERIC

Gang bangers who look like my best friend's uncles

Wade/Angela/Nyla WHOOPING that weasel detective's ass

John Nolan being a badass

Twice more Smitty content than Tim