An Intersectional and Transnational Feminist Perspective: Reflections on Loving Sister’s Coverage of anti-Asian Racism and Thoughts on How to Address it

Yafang Shi

Yafang Shi

Abstract

Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, the persisting but usually inconspicuous anti-Asian racism has become salient and Asians in North America have been subjected to aggressions from racial slurs to violent physical attacks, some of which were fatal. Loving Sister (www.lovingsister.com), a mission-driven, independent, not-for-profit news and commentary website, which aims to help build an equitable and inclusive world since its foundation in 2012, has paid close attention to this troubling social phenomenon and its root cause. Loving Sister’s coverage draws upon an intersectional and transnational feminist perspective. Particularly, Loving Sister’s editorial interest and content have been shaped by the lived experiences of women of color, especially those who are members of the Chinese diaspora.

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Author Biography

Yafang Shi

Yafang Shi is a Chinese settler who lives and creates in Aurora, part of the treaty lands of the Mississaugas and Chippewas, recognized through Treaty #13 and the Williams Treaties of 1923. As a journalist, artist and poet, her work considers gender, race, class, censorship, body, and identity from a decolonial, intersectional and transnational feminist perspective. She worked for various media organizations including CBC’s Radio Canada International and is the founder and editor of www.lovingsister.com. Her works have been exhibited at art galleries, universities, public libraries, and other public spaces. She has a MSc in sociology from the LSE.