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Born in Saigon, 1974, Nguyen earned her education at University of California, Berkeley and master’s degree at New York University. She is a professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Dartmouth College. She is a published author and her first book, ''The Gift of Freedom: War, Debt, and Other Refugee Passages'', has won multiple awards including Outstanding Book Award in Cultural Studies from the Association of Asian American Studies. In 2024 she came out with her second book ''The Promise of Beauty'' and is part of an editorial collective for ''Bangran Remixed: A Critical BTS Reader''. Nyguen has been published in many magazines as well. She has also been a co-editor on issues such as ''positions:'' ''asia critique'' and ''Alien Encounters: Pop Culture in Asian America''. Consistent themes within her work are feminism, diversity, suppression, and what it means to be an Asian American. Most notably she has been making zines since 1991 including ''Slander'' and ''Race Riot''. She is a significant figure within the Riot Grrrl movement. ''Race Riot'' is her most notable work. | Born in Saigon, 1974, Nguyen earned her education at University of California, Berkeley and master’s degree at New York University. She is a professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Dartmouth College. She is a published author and her first book, ''The Gift of Freedom: War, Debt, and Other Refugee Passages'', has won multiple awards including Outstanding Book Award in Cultural Studies from the Association of Asian American Studies. In 2024 she came out with her second book ''The Promise of Beauty'' and is part of an editorial collective for ''Bangran Remixed: A Critical BTS Reader''. Nyguen has been published in many magazines as well. She has also been a co-editor on issues such as ''positions:'' ''asia critique'' and ''Alien Encounters: Pop Culture in Asian America''. Consistent themes within her work are feminism, diversity, suppression, and what it means to be an Asian American. Most notably she has been making zines since 1991 including ''Slander'' and ''Race Riot''. She is a significant figure within the Riot Grrrl movement. ''Race Riot'' is her most notable work. | ||
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Summary
Evolution of a race riot sought to attack and deplore the racism and homophobia present in the punk rock world and riot grrrl movement by including various works by women of color expressing their frustrations through fiery prose, poetry, and visual art. The work included in this collection dug to the visceral heart of socially normalized discrimination in its many forms and served as a manifesto of angry, nonwhite LGBTQ+ feminism. It was also a way for these women to lift one another up and empower those who felt ignored and harassed outside and inside the realm of riot grrrl. The contributors found that within riot grrrl, zines discussing the damage of racism and misogyny were few and hard to come by. And even when they did, they were dominated by white women and did not express the many experiences and struggles of people of color. Therefore, these women decided to create their own zine exposing racism as it truly was and challenging the riot grrrl group for being activists who actively discriminated against those who wanted to be members.
- ↑ Ngyuen, Mimi. Evolution of a Race Riot. 1997, Berkeley, California, USA.
Biography of the Creator
Born in Saigon, 1974, Nguyen earned her education at University of California, Berkeley and master’s degree at New York University. She is a professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Dartmouth College. She is a published author and her first book, The Gift of Freedom: War, Debt, and Other Refugee Passages, has won multiple awards including Outstanding Book Award in Cultural Studies from the Association of Asian American Studies. In 2024 she came out with her second book The Promise of Beauty and is part of an editorial collective for Bangran Remixed: A Critical BTS Reader. Nyguen has been published in many magazines as well. She has also been a co-editor on issues such as positions: asia critique and Alien Encounters: Pop Culture in Asian America. Consistent themes within her work are feminism, diversity, suppression, and what it means to be an Asian American. Most notably she has been making zines since 1991 including Slander and Race Riot. She is a significant figure within the Riot Grrrl movement. Race Riot is her most notable work.
- ↑ Mimi Thi Ngyuen. [No Date], Dartmouth College.
