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Queens, Art, Love, and Mother’s Day: This Week at Immigrantly
Dear Hyphenly Readers,
This month we are celebrating a year of Hyphenly!
We can’t believe it’s been a whole year since we first launched our newsletter! Our focus has always been on highlighting immigrants—the struggles and the accomplishments—and giving fresh recommendations for art, music, films, and food. It’s been a joy to create Hyphenly and we want to continue reaching our audience.
This month is also special because it is celebrated as National Asian American and Pacific Islander Month. We were spotlighted by Apple Podcasts for our continued commitment to delivering news about the AAPI community. We couldn’t be more thrilled to be recognized for doing what we love!
But while May brings with it festivities, it can also be a bittersweet month. In this month of rejuvenation and spring, we celebrate Mother’s Day. But being a mother can be challenging. In a world that is pushing young women to reproduce, we don’t talk about what those challenges can really mean for new parents. Especially not for immigrant parents. In a special essay, Saadia wrote about her entry into motherhood while being in her mid-twenties on a dependent visa. Read it here.
“I questioned every decision I made for my kids. Which neighborhood, school, and sports. I agonized over the tradeoff between chess and math as if one wrong choice would tip their futures. Whether to let my girls do sleepovers, go to late-night parties—how much freedom was American enough without losing what I wanted to pass on. It was learning the norms alongside my kids, refusing some, adapting to others.”
IMMIGRANTLY
What does it look like when someone walks away from a prestigious career, on principle, and comes back fighting? Chuck Park did exactly that. A son of Korean immigrants who sold T-shirts on Canal Street, he rose to become a U.S. diplomat, then resigned in 2019 after the El Paso mass shooting and published his letter in The Washington Post. Now he's running a 100% grassroots campaign for Congress in New York's 6th District—Queens against a seven-term incumbent. No corporate PACs. No AIPAC money. No focus-grouped talking points. In this conversation, Saadia sits down with Chuck Park to talk about what it means to run as a true outsider: abolishing ICE (and why that's not the same as open borders), calling Gaza a genocide out loud, the Working Families Party's closed-door betrayal, and why dumplings might be the most radical political tool in Queens right now.
You can connect with Saadia on X @swkkhan or email her at [email protected] to share your thoughts about the episode.
SPORTLY
How Art But Make It Sports Matches Viral Sports Moments to Fine Art
Listen on Spotify and Apple
Length: 40 mins
The creator of "Art But Make It Sports", LJ Rader, is a lifelong sports professional who has worked for NBC Sports, won an Emmy, and spent nearly a decade at Sportradar, all while quietly teaching himself art history through museum visits, auction houses, and gallery trips. What started as a personal joke on his Instagram—pairing sports photos with fine art—became Art But Make It Sports, an account that now reaches hundreds of thousands of followers and has earned him the admiration of educators who use his posts to teach kids about art history.
You can reach the host, Kavitha, at [email protected]
LOVE-LY
If Part 1 was about the battle Clayton fought in public, Part 2 is about the one he's still fighting inside. This week, Mehak continues her conversation with Clayton Echard (@claytonechard), and things get real fast. What does it actually look like to unlearn years of seeking validation, stop performing for the people around you, and start showing up as the person you actually are? Clayton's still figuring it out. And he's not pretending otherwise. He opens up about stepping away from dating apps, learning to be around women without an agenda, and why the more self-aware you become, the smaller—and more honest—your dating pool gets.
You can connect with Mehak @whatthemehak on TikTok and @whatthemehak_ on IG
Hyphenly curates the latest news, art, and businesses from immigrants around the world. Have a tip or story we should feature? We’d love to hear from you.
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This newsletter was curated by Suhasini Patni.
Hyphenly curates the latest news, art, and businesses from immigrants around the world. Have a tip or story we should feature? We’d love to hear from you.
Visit us at www.immigrantlypod.com
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