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10 Years and Counting A message from us It all started ten years ago when we met by chance at an Asian American function in NYC. There weren't many publications for Asian Americans at the time, much less for Asian American women. We wanted to create something that would be by and for Asian American women, something that would give us a place to be seen and heard by as many as possible. No one an fully understands Asian American women except Asian American women. With that in mind, we decided to create JADEmagazine.com, chosing to deliver our content online rather than print. While we hoped to be a long-lasting e-zine, an actual number never popped into our heads. But here we are, still going strong a decade later. Looking back, it has been a fun and fast ten years. We've covered Asian women in the entertainment industry (Lucy Lui, Sandra Oh Joan Chen) to Asian American woman in the government (Elaine Chao, Pasty Mink). We've also showcased our sisters behind the news (Zain Verjee, Lisa Ling) as well as just regular women in not-so-regular jobs (NYPD Det. Agnes Chan). But our most favorite and most popular articles have always been those that touched on personal experiences. We have all really enjoyed reading about situations that surprisingly mirrored our own. Some favorite include: "A Word on Eyebrows" by Wena Poon, "A Lemon's Point of View" by Caroline Hong, and "The Struggle to Mary Asian" by Ben Chan. Of course, we wouldn't have been able to keep things going for so long without the help of our many wonderful writers, editors and coordinators. We have been so incredibly lucky to have such talented and supportive people stick with us over the years. Our gratitude goes to Dina Gan, John Ma, Yasu Maskay, Connie Leung, Irene Kim, Jenny Song, SeJin Kim, Radhika Pradhan-Chitnis, Wena Poon, Elsa Hwang, Karen Lam, Ben Chan, Kathy Vichakchon, Kat Avila and Lan Nguyen for their hard work and unending support of the magazine, as well as all the contributing writers who have been so generous in sharing their work with us. Many things have changed in the past ten years. Mass media is more inclusive of Asians. There are now more Asian faces on television (and not just newscasters) and in advertising campaigns. And with websites and blogs being so easy to create and so easy to access, there's a huge Asian presence compared to a decade ago. However, there's still room for improvement. And so we continue to plug along at JADEmagazine.com. Even though we've grown older, started families and moved around the U.S., we've taken those experiences and used them to our advantage in moving JADE Magazine forward. While the pace may not always be as fast as we would like, we are determined to keep going and are committed to providing you, our wonderful readers, with pieces that hopefully reflect your interests and experiences. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for reading JADE magazine. We hope that we are making a difference in how we, Asian American women, see ourselves and how others see us. |
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