In English, it s spelled out Hwang Ki Sun, or Ki Sun Hwang if you switch my surname around, which is the structure in many Asian cultures where the family name comes first. It s pronounded Gkee Suhn the first name is like a mix between Guy (the French name) and key.
It means to shine brightly with kindness on this earth, always.
Ironically, for most of my life, my name was something I wanted to hide.
I remember dreading the first day of school, when I d have to explain to my new teachers that I had an English name that they could call me by, please and thanks.
“Asian Enough” is a podcast about being Asian American, featuring conversations with special guests like Kamala Harris, Sandra Oh and Viet Thanh Nguyen.
She joined a nearby #StopAsianHate rally and was moved to speak, leading fellow demonstrators in a chant that quickly went viral: “I am proud to be Asian. I belong here.”
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“To be able to raise your voice and say something is physicalizing the first act of what it is to declare your space,” said Oh, “and your personhood in a crowd of people.”
The film and TV star spent 10 years beaming into homes as Dr. Cristina Yang on “Grey’s Anatomy” and has no plans on making a return as other cast alum have done. “I left that show, my God, seven years ago, almost,” she said. “I have moved on.”
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MGM Worldwide Television Company is collaborating with Korea’s SM Entertainment to create a competition series to scout young American men for a U.S.-based K-pop group, in the new business agreement to highlight K-globalization. pop’s
In other words, this means that NCT-Hollywood will be the newest subunit of SM’s hit “concept” group NCT, a growing collective of members (currently numbered 23) who can be merged into various subunits: NCT 127 (based in Seoul), NCT Dream (originally a teen-only group), and WayV. (China-based).
Males aged 13 to 25 will be eligible for the talent hunt, which will be open to “America’s most promising young artists.” Contestants will be flown to Seoul for K-pop Bootcamp training at the SM campus, where they will participate in dance, vocal, and style tests and be judged and mentored by SM creator Lee Soo-man and current NCT members in each episode.
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SM Entertainment & MGM Worldwide Television Group have teamed up for the series, which will scout young American men for the new group NCT-Hollywood.
In the latest business deal to underscore the globalization of K-pop, MGM Worldwide Television Group is partnering with Korea’s SM Entertainment to develop a competition series to scout young American men to form a U.S.-based K-pop group.
To be more precise, the new boy group, NCT-Hollywood, will be the latest subunit of SM’s hit “concept” group NCT, a growing collective of members (currently numbering 23) who can be combined into various subunits: NCT 127 (Seoul-based), NCT Dream (originally a teen-only group) and WayV (China-based).
21 Black Futures a series of monologues by Black writers starring Black actors which Calgary arts and theatre critic Jenna Shummoogum said is vital to overcoming the overrepresentation of white actors in Canadian theatre.
And a recent wave of transgender representation in the media including Canadian photographer Wynne Neilly s Time magazine photo of Elliot Page is beginning to challenge
conventional beauty norms in the face of alarming rates of hate crimes against gender-diverse people.
Even Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke about the importance of representation, tweeting that we should continue to #SeekMore representation in the stories on our screens, after
Kim s Convenience left the air.