PinnedDerek LuinPop Culture LemonadeI Do It For YouAs I embark on this teaching journey, I can’t help but be flooded with emotions. Excitement about meeting my students, nervousness for the…Aug 16, 2021Aug 16, 2021
PinnedDerek LuinPop OffWaiting for Superman and Finding MyselfLearning to love myself as a queer Asian American man, in spite of Hollywood.Jun 29, 2021Jun 29, 2021
PinnedDerek LuAmbient Affect, Racial Disaffection and Attacks on Asian AmericansThis is my attempt to make sense of the so-called senseless attack that resulted in the deaths of 6 Asian women in Atlanta, GA on 3.16.Apr 3, 2021Apr 3, 2021
PinnedDerek LuinPop OffThe Flight Attendant (2020) — LoveDrunk Murder on Cloud 9The show compellingly blends a Hitchcockian murder mystery with an intimate character study on surviving addiction and trauma.Dec 24, 2020Dec 24, 2020
Derek LuinPop OffTop Songs of 2020: Black Women Reigned SupremeMy picks for this year’s best songs include pop’s reigning king, artists who reinvented themselves and the most important voice in country.Dec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2020
Derek LuinAn Injustice!Monsoon (2020) — a solemn meditation on mourning, identity, and dislocationHong Khaou’s quiet indie drama reflects on the ways in which loss and trauma become internalized and inexpressible over a lifetimeDec 22, 2020Dec 22, 2020
Derek LuinPop Culture LemonadeThe STEM to Riches Pipeline: Model Minorities Dream of White PrivilegeScience, Technology, Engineering and MathSep 21, 2020Sep 21, 2020
Derek LuinPop OffTo #BoycottMulan or Not? A ‘Reflection’Reasons not to boycott Mulan: Christina Aguilera’s magnificent re-recording of Reflection.Sep 12, 20201Sep 12, 20201
Derek LuinAn Injustice!Insurgency: Audre Lorde, Megan thee Stallion, and Combating MisogynoirThis piece bridges the writings of Audre Lorde on Black womanhood with the shooting of Megan thee Stallion and the toxicity of misogynoirAug 28, 20201Aug 28, 20201
Derek LuinPop Culture LemonadeMisogynoir: Where Racism and Misogyny MeetWe need to talk about misogynoir. No, not misogyny, but misogynoir — the racially specific, gender-based oppression that Black women face.Jul 25, 2020Jul 25, 2020
