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Untangling the Threads of Cultural Appropriation of the Kimono: Japan’s Colonial History and Cultural Reparations in Fashion This essay...

It's been thrilling to have my "Cultures Aren't Costumes Checklist" included in Britt Hawthorne's New York Time's best selling book,...

Download and share these updated Cultures Aren't Costumes Checklists in English and Spanish! Scroll below to download.

After the murder of six Asian women in Atlanta, I felt strongly that I needed to update this letter; most of the updates are toward the...

Last year I shared the fliers I created for my school community so that families could learn more about interrupting cultural...

Several years ago I became passionate about speaking out against cultural appropriation as an educator, especially around Halloween...

Thank you once again to Matter Prints for offering a space for this piece to live. I started and stopped this essay many times and am...

Thank you to Matter Prints for inviting me to write this piece for their journal!

Thank you, Ysolda, for inviting me to share my current thoughts on the cultural appropriation of the kimono and Japanese culture on your...

Thank you, Pom Pom Magazine, for interviewing my about cultural appropriation, a topic I am very passionate about! Link here:...

I am grateful to Elizabeth Suzann for engaging with me about her obi-inspired belt. I offered the name, Asawa Tie Belt, in order to...

In the fall of 2018, I had a rich dialogue with Jenny Gordy of Wiksten, about changing the name of her Kimono Jacket Sewing Pattern to...

After reading my guest blog post for Densho Blog, Matter Prints changed the name of their Kimono Jacket, to Haori Jacket. Read about it...

This past January I was invited by Densho Blog to write this guest piece on the cultural appropriation of the kimono in fashion:...