A Fun (and Kinda Deep) Convo with My Teen Daughters about “KPop Demon Hunters”

On July 20, 2025July 20, 2025 By Feminist Asian Dad

This transcript of my conversation with my daughters has been edited for length, clarity, and many uses of the word “like” – of which there are still almost 50 occurrences. Here’s a key to the abbreviations:

FAD = me, Feminist Asian Dad.

JJ = my older daughter, a college sophomore. I call her JJ here because in Mandarin Chinese, 姐姐 (Jiě Jie) means “big sister.”

MM = my younger daughter, a high school junior. I call her MM here because 妹妹 (Mèi Mei) means “little sister.”

WARNING: Major spoilers for the Netflix movie KPop Demon Hunters follow.

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L.A. Clippers Assistant Coach Natalie Nakase: The F.A.D. Interview

On June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 By Feminist Asian Dad5 Comments

I’ve had the privilege of interviewing several outstanding Asian American women for my blogs over the years. A couple of weeks ago, I was delighted to chat via phone with Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach Natalie Nakase. She’s made herstory as the first woman of color to serve in such a capacity in the National Basketball Association (NBA); her ultimate goal is to someday become a championship-winning head coach in the league. We covered a lot of ground in our conversation, including the main themes of this blog: gender, race, and parenting that empowers Asian American girls and women.

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One Small Step: One Giant Love on Display

On December 19, 2018April 8, 2019 By Feminist Asian Dad

Some of you have seen this animated short already, but I had not until this morning. It’s made the short list of potential Academy Award nominees in its category as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences whittles down submissions to the final group that will be in the running for the Oscar. Without a single spoken word, TAIKO Studios‘ One Small Step says so very, very much about what being a feminist Asian dad means to me.

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