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Lena Chen

@lenachen

Feminist Artist 👠 UC Berkeley PhD candidate studying sex work, performance art, & Asian womanhood 🥡 Director, The Last Mayor of Chinatown 🐯 Tiger MILF

Berkeley, CA Katılım Ekim 2007
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Lena Chen
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Presented on Asian American BDSM and artist archives for the Association for Asian American Studies conference in Boston!
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Psyched to virtually present my documentary “The Last Mayor of Chinatown” today at my alma mater for @English_CMU Bridges & Borders conference on the theme of the archive. My subject Shirley Yee is retiring from CMU this year so it feels very full circle! eventbrite.com/e/bridges-and-…
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Also, F Paw Patrol, but that's a separate thread
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I'm that mom at the Chuck E. Cheese Bday party, posted up in the corner explaining sex worker rights to someone’s dad because, honestly, I have no idea how to talk about mortgage rates or Paw Patrol. Pass me a slice of cardboard pizza and let's dismantle the patriarchy, Greg.
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Speaking on this roundtable at @AmerStudiesAssn #ASA2024 on artistic programming in the academy aka how to support artists I love with institutional funds while avoiding tokenization (and often failing)
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Outfit check from day 2 of @AmerStudiesAssn in Baltimore. My Lyft driver gave me recs for crab cakes and strip clubs 🦀
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Empress Wu • NYC@TheBitchEmpress·
Driving with a jar of leeches in my lap
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I have a co-authored chapter with @kass_sparks_on sex worker gift economies and mutual aid in this edited volume on sex work ✨ Get a free copy when it comes out next month with NYU Press. Edited by @barbbrents Bernadette Barton & @drjonessoc.
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Presenting in-progress research next week for this virtual series at University of Toronto! I’ll discuss representations of Asian sex workers, the artistic activism of @RedCanarySong, and the founding of JADED Pittsburgh after the 2021 Atlanta shootings eventbrite.ca/e/whorestory-e…
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Lena Chen, AARC graduate student affiliate, has won three awards for her film, "The Last Mayor of Chinatown," which tells the story of the rise, decline, & rediscovery of Pittsburgh’s Chinatown. @lenachen lenachen.com/the-last-mayor…
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Lena Chen@lenachen·
My documentary on Yuen Yee, the last honorary mayor of Pittsburgh’s Chinatown, is screening across the Midwest this fall ❤️ Catch the film in-person in Ohio and Minneapolis or online during @VAFFvancouver 🎥 We hope to complete a Chinese translation by the end of the year!
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The Singaporean performance artist and @BerkeleyTDPS PhD student Zihan Loo will be sharing thoughts on Ye’s work.
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Kim Ye will be sharing an exclusive look at her latest video work “Mother Fucker,” created as part of her @stanfordccsre Mellon Arts Fellowship!
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Lena Chen@lenachen·
@raquelita You’ve been such a trailblazer and dedicated to platforming others’ work for so long! Yes, through publishing but also through hosting events and being a general cheerleader for folks ❤️
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@rachelkramerbussel on Threads and Bluesky
I’m grateful I’ve gotten to edit 70+ erotica anthologies with writing by 800+ authors. Some have done well sales-wise, some haven’t. I feel like I’ve accomplished what I set out to and it’s been an honor to be trusted with so many stories, especially by first-time authors.
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very excited to be a part of this cohort working and learning with so many people i admire and respect!
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Filmed on a day when the museum was closed to the public, the project was originally commissioned by We Have Always Been Here, an exhibition at the Schwules Museum. We’ll be showing at 9am on Saturday June 29 in the Weird Sexy Shorts block of Feminist Border Arts Film Festival.
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as a powerful feminine figure and the marginalization of her queer and sex worker consorts. The ritual features a procession through the museum halls, offerings of music and dance to the goddess, and the planting of a succulent known as the “Mother of Thousands.”
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Lena Chen@lenachen·
Thrilled to announce that Mother of Whores - a video performance at the Ishtar Gate in the Pergamon Museum - is debuting at the Feminist Border Arts Film Festival this Saturday, June 29th at New Mexico State University! fba.nmsu.edu See thread for details:
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