Lilian Min
闵一笛
freelance writer + reporter
based in the bay area
Features
CULTURE
The Outline: Who the drugs kill
Racked: The Complicated World of Niche Cosplay
LA Weekly: What Today’s Protesters Can Learn From the History of L.A.’s Asian-American Movement
Splinter: The strange story of how internet superfans reclaimed the insult 'trash'
The Atlantic: Always the Sidekick
Garage Magazine: Rihanna Is the Ultimate Anime Style Icon—Or Is She?
Cosmopolitan: Getting to the Root of the Millennial Plant Obsession
Bitch Magazine: Steven Universe’s Quiet Gender Revolutions
The Atlantic: A Story That Could Only Be Told Online
MUSIC
THE RADICAL: Inside Hatsune Miku's Hologram World
witchsong: Bad Witch Aesthetics and Modern Music, or Ugliness as Power
FOOD
TASTE Magazine: Ube, Taro, Beni-Imo
GOOD Magazine: From Butterbeer To Turkish Delight, Fans Bring Fantasy Food To Life
The Toast: Women Who Cook: Dismantling the Myth of the Bitch in the Kitchen
Extra Crispy: At East Asian Bakeries, You’ll Find Home in the Pastry Case
The Toast: The Politics of Ugly Food
BEAUTY
Racked: Immigrant Women on Navigating American Beauty Standards
Broadly: Lip-Smackeringly Good: Why Women Crave Junk Food Beauty Products
Interviews
Shondaland: Getting 'Eye Level' With Jenny Xie
VICE: The Complex Femininity of Japanese Lolita Fashion
THE RADICAL: Emmy the Great explores desire, heritage, and her world post-“Second Love”
DIY: Bleached: “There’s No Way You Could Do Music If You Didn’t Have A Calling”
Hyphen Magazine: The Sound and Fury of Mitski
Essays
Winter Tangerine: The Eating Scene
Catapult: Family, Fate, and Two Astrologies
The FADER: How My Quest For Tradition Taught Me To Embrace My Family’s Past
The Hairpin: Feminine Clean and the Foul Bachelorette
BuzzFeed: My Eyes Are Asian Because I Am
Racked: Anime Helped Me Embrace a Stranger Kind of Beauty
BuzzFeed: Love and Loss with Peggy Olson
Fiction
The New Inquiry: Dream Political Party
Other Projects
Zodiac Cafe: a collaborative multimedia project exploring Asian-American identity through the lens of the Eastern Zodiac
Comic Practice: a writing and art prompt exchange with artist Diane Zhou
