#  Recommended Readings on Violence Against AAPI Women 

 



 In response to the mass shooting targeting Asian and Asian American women in the Atlanta region, WGS faculty have compiled a list of recommended reading (and viewing), on the intersections of gender and anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) violence. We hope that these resources will support students, scholars, the media, and the wider public in critically analyzing the role of constructs of women, gender, and sexuality in this horrifying act of violence, and in ongoing violence targeting AAPI individuals and communities.

 **Public statements and media commentary**

 [Statement on the importance of intersectionality for understanding the Atlanta shootings](https://twitter.com/sandylocks/status/1373076361640693761/photo/1) by Kimberlé Crenshaw

 [Unlearning Scarcity, Cultivating Solidarity: A Toolkit for the Asian American Community](https://www.studioatao.org/post/unlearning-scarcity-cultivating-solidarity-a-toolkit-for-the-asian-american-community) by Jenny Dorsey, Sarah Hong, Emily Chen, and Sarah Koof of Studio ATAO

 [The Atlanta Shooting and the Dehumanizing of Asian Women](https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-atlanta-shooting-and-the-dehumanizing-of-asian-women?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_032221&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5be9d2ff3f92a40469e2551f&cndid=26236994&hasha=523d0653805abf0e9aa7539dac76d149&hashb=6b5004580b6a71e5454b1d4a1a32ea04e5d15ec9&hashc=f0028e0a44566b73ab093084fe8038d5c05c1106b99cf6505e650a1b1193cbc7&esrc=AUTO_PRINT&utm_term=TNY_Daily) by Jiayang Fan

 Intersectionality and Incommensurability: Third World Feminism and Asian Decolonization by Grace Kyungwon Hong in *[Asian American Feminisms and Women of Color Politics](https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295744353/asian-american-feminisms-and-women-of-color-politics/),* Lynn Fujiwara and Shireen Roshanravan, eds.

 [The Story Does Not Begin in Georgia: A Letter to Students About the Recent Shootings](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/3/20/kim-letter-to-students/) by [Ju Yon Kim](https://english.fas.harvard.edu/people/ju-yon-kim)

 [Critical Race Theory is not Anti-Asian ](http://reappropriate.co/2021/03/mari-matsuda-critical-race-theory-is-not-anti-asian/)by Mari Matsuda

 [It's Time to Reckon with the History of Asian Women in America](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a35913981/its-time-to-reckon-with-the-history-of-asian-women-in-america/) by [Durba Mitra](/people/durba-mitra), Genevieve Clutario, and [Sara Kang](https://scholar.harvard.edu/sarakang)

 [Why this Wave of Asian-American Violence Feels Different](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/cathy-park-hong-anti-asian-racism/618310/) (interview with Cathy Park Hong) by Morgan Ome

 [Don’t forget — the Georgia shootings are a hate crime against sex workers ](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-03-19/tracy-quan-dont-forget-the-atlanta-shooting-is-a-hate-crime-against-sex-workers)by Tracy Quan

 [Red Canary Song Response to Shootings at Gold Massage Spa, Young's Asian Massage, & Aroma Therapy Spa](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_Q0mFJnivTZL5fcCS7eUZn9EhOJ1XHtFBGOGqVaUY_8/edit?fbclid=IwAR3Lyw3Dfm5zx6oSLZpuNLbODIN168dEhTBeu-VlL7J-Q6Fd6cDJFHZWt_c) by Red Canary Song

 [A Sociologist's View On The Hyper-Sexualization Of Asian Women In American Society](https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/979340013/a-sociologists-view-on-the-hyper-sexualization-of-asian-women-in-american-societ) by Nancy Wang Yuen

 **Academic readings**

 [Ornamentalism](https://global.oup.com/academic/product/ornamentalism-9780190604615?cc=us&lang=en&) by Anne Cheng

 [Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation; On the Social and Psychic Lives of Asian Americans](https://www.dukeupress.edu/racial-melancholia-racial-dissociation) by David Eng and Shinhee Hong  
  
[Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605371/minor-feelings-by-cathy-park-hong/) by Kathy Park Hong

 [Traffic in Asian Women](https://www.dukeupress.edu/traffic-in-asian-women) by Laura Hyun Yi Kang

 [The Managed Hand: Race, Gender and the Body in Beauty Service Work](https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520262607/the-managed-hand) by Miliann Kang

 [The Making of Asia America](http://www.erikalee.org/the-making-of-asian-america/) by Erika Lee

 Heterogeneity, Hybridity, Multiplicity: Asian American Differences by Lisa Lowe, chapter 3 in Lowe's *[Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics](https://www.dukeupress.edu/immigrant-acts)*

 [This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color](https://www.sunypress.edu/p-6102-this-bridge-called-my-back-four.aspx) edited by Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa

 [Sinister Wisdom 120: Asian Lesbians](http://www.sinisterwisdom.org/SW120), edited by Vi Khi Nao

 [The history of fetishizing Asian women](https://www.vox.com/22338807/asian-fetish-racism-atlanta-shooting) (interview with Celine Parreñas Shimizu) by Rachel Ramirez

 **Additional resources**

 [Research Report and Resources for Disentangling Anti-Asian Violence](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e796f78a90d43267d2dbd38/t/605aedda0a239b4815f07ad0/1616571923874/ACP%20Report%20and%20Anti-Asian%20Violence%20Resource%20Guide_Mar2021.pdf) by The AAPI-Covid 19 Research Project

 [Asian American Feminist Antibodies {care in the time of coronovirus}](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59f87d66914e6b2a2c51b657/t/5e7bbeef7811c16d3a8768eb/1585168132614/AAFCZine3_CareintheTimeofCoronavirus.pdf), by the Asian American Feminist Collective (PDF)

 [Educate Yourself and Get Involved](https://support-aapi.carrd.co/#educate) by Kelsey Ichikawa, Kelsey Chen, Cynthia Chang, and Alice Cheng from the [Building AAPI Collective Power](https://support-aapi.carrd.co/) website

 [Asian Americans](https://www.pbs.org/weta/asian-americans/) (television series) by PBS