The time has come: Plan A Magazine has started a Patreon at $5/month. We are beginning an experiment. The idea is to use Patreon to create an Asian American writers fund. It's one thing to encourage and platform writers; it's another thing to pay them. Oxford, Jess, Mark, Teen, and Plan A's newest editor, Diana talk about the Patreon, as well as white people ranking Southeast Asian cuisine, and a U.S. State Dept. official calling China the first "non-Caucasian" competitor.

LINK TO PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/planamag

Intro Voice Track: Nicole Ponseca

Outro Voice Track: Minimum Wage

TWITTER:

Oxford (@oxford_kondo)

Jess (@cogitatotomato)

Mark (@snbatman)

Teen (@mont_jiang)

Diana (@discoveryduck)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

I Took On the American Cheeseburger, and It Defeated Me (by Frankie Huang)

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-took-on-the-american-cheeseburger-and-it-defeated-me

Culture and race can’t be ignored in US-China rivalry – American official Kiron Skinner is right (by Chi Wang)

https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3009382/culture-and-race-cant-be-ignored-us-china-rivalry-american

Nothing Unites Southeast Asians Faster Than Seeing a White Man Insult Their Food (by Arzia Tivany Wargadiredja)

https://www.vice.com/en_asia/article/xwnw8j/southeast-asia-cousine-ranking-twitter-offensive

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