Tag: politics

The Government’s Defunding My Beloved Public Radio Station Hurts.

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As many of you know, I have been involved in several ways over the last ten years with the largest of Southern California’s local public radio stations – 89.3 FM KPCC, now known as the multi-platform news outlet LAist. I am absolutely gutted by the presidential and congressional actions to take back previously approved monies to fund public media, including LAist, National Public Radio (NPR), and the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). It is a devastating blow that will force numerous layoffs nationwide and make thoughtful reporting and useful programming in the radio, television, and online spheres even more rare than it is now.

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Repost: Feminist Asian Dad and Daughter Read Ali Vitali’s Book “Electable”

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A bit more than a year ago, my older daughter (now a high school graduate) and I read and discussed with each other Electable: Why America Hasn’t Put a Woman in the White House … Yet by NBC News correspondent and occasional anchor Ali Vitali. I repost here that wonderful conversation between my daughter and me, in light of the exciting candidacy of Kamala Harris for the presidency:

Why has it taken so long?
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Feminist Asian Dad and Daughter Read Ali Vitali’s Book “Electable”

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A few months ago, my 16-year-old daughter and I posted our conversation about the movie She Said on this blog, and several readers encouraged us to do the same thing for other topics! That meant a lot to us, so here’s a transcripted version of our latest chat. It’s about the popular 2022 nonfiction book by NBC News correspondent Ali Vitali titled Electable: Why America Hasn’t Put a Woman in the White House … Yet. Our discussion has been edited for length and clarity, and as in our previous convo, I’m denoted by F. A. D. (Feminist Asian Dad) and my daughter by J. J. for 姐姐 (Pinyin: jiĕ jie), which means older sister in Chinese.

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