Katie Gee Salisbury
@kayteesal.bsky.social
Author of ✨NOT YOUR CHINA DOLL✨ a new biography of Anna May Wong, first Asian American movie star, available wherever books are sold. Words in NYT, Vanity Fair, The Believer & elsewhere.
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I appreciated this take on One Battle After Another from @ellenejones.bsky.social, one of the few voices to treat the film critically—and delve into its racial subtext. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
Jezebels, race kink and Cardi B: in One Battle After Another, Black women are still stereotypes
With its hyper-sexualised Black female revolutionary and fetishised depiction of interracial relationships, Paul Thomas Anderson’s much-lauded latest raises questions about how white male directors de...
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October 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I appreciated this take on One Battle After Another from @ellenejones.bsky.social, one of the few voices to treat the film critically—and delve into its racial subtext. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
Reposted by Katie Gee Salisbury
In time for the BFI season on Anna May Wong, I spoke with her biographer @kayteesal.bsky.social about her key style moments, for The Face Magazine:
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The many reinventions (and looks) of Anna May Wong
The legendary Chinese-American actress subverted stereotypes through fashion and – eventually – an unapologetic rejection of Western attitudes towards…
theface.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In time for the BFI season on Anna May Wong, I spoke with her biographer @kayteesal.bsky.social about her key style moments, for The Face Magazine:
theface.com/culture/the-...
theface.com/culture/the-...
Reposted by Katie Gee Salisbury
On Anna May Wong for the Guardian www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
‘I was killed in virtually every film’: how trailblazing Chinese-American star Anna May Wong upended cinema
A retrospective at the BFI celebrates how Wong – whether typecast in orientalist fantasies or breaking taboos with a kiss – could always steal the show
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
On Anna May Wong for the Guardian www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
It was nice little treat to read this review of my book from @pamhutch.bsky.social in @silentlondon.bsky.social: silentlondon.co.uk/2025/08/20/s...
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September 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It was nice little treat to read this review of my book from @pamhutch.bsky.social in @silentlondon.bsky.social: silentlondon.co.uk/2025/08/20/s...
To celebrate the UK paperback release of Not Your China Doll, my biography of film star Anna May Wong, I’m giving away two copies! Here’s how to enter:
1) Subscribe to my newsletter Half-Caste Woman: halfcastewoman.substack.com
2) Comment on my most recent post by Friday, Sept. 5: bit.ly/464TtuU
1) Subscribe to my newsletter Half-Caste Woman: halfcastewoman.substack.com
2) Comment on my most recent post by Friday, Sept. 5: bit.ly/464TtuU
September 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
To celebrate the UK paperback release of Not Your China Doll, my biography of film star Anna May Wong, I’m giving away two copies! Here’s how to enter:
1) Subscribe to my newsletter Half-Caste Woman: halfcastewoman.substack.com
2) Comment on my most recent post by Friday, Sept. 5: bit.ly/464TtuU
1) Subscribe to my newsletter Half-Caste Woman: halfcastewoman.substack.com
2) Comment on my most recent post by Friday, Sept. 5: bit.ly/464TtuU
I’m giddy with excitement for the British Film Institute’s monthlong season of Anna May Wong films this September! To celebrate the film festival, I talked with Dr. Xin Peng about programming the season’s selections and what moviegoers can expect: halfcastewoman.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
The Art of Reinvention
a season of Anna May Wong’s films at the British Film Institute
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September 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I’m giddy with excitement for the British Film Institute’s monthlong season of Anna May Wong films this September! To celebrate the film festival, I talked with Dr. Xin Peng about programming the season’s selections and what moviegoers can expect: halfcastewoman.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
Reposted by Katie Gee Salisbury
"She says each tent had eight large cages, which hold 35 to 38 inmates, which means each tent holds close to 300 detainees."
...Like “an oversized kennel.”
...Like “an oversized kennel.”
A former “Alligator Alcatraz” worker says detainees are subject to “inhumane” conditions — packed by the hundreds into cages without sunlight, with overflowing toilets and limited access to showers.
Former 'Alligator Alcatraz' worker describes 'inhumane' conditions inside
In an exclusive report, NBC6 spoke with a former corrections officer who says she saw hundreds held in cages with no sunlight, backed up toilets and little access to showers.
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August 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"She says each tent had eight large cages, which hold 35 to 38 inmates, which means each tent holds close to 300 detainees."
...Like “an oversized kennel.”
...Like “an oversized kennel.”
Which is more interesting:
AI writing that mimics human writing
Human writing that mimics AI writing
Neither
Or:
In five years, there will be no difference between the two.
AI writing that mimics human writing
Human writing that mimics AI writing
Neither
Or:
In five years, there will be no difference between the two.
August 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Which is more interesting:
AI writing that mimics human writing
Human writing that mimics AI writing
Neither
Or:
In five years, there will be no difference between the two.
AI writing that mimics human writing
Human writing that mimics AI writing
Neither
Or:
In five years, there will be no difference between the two.
Thanks for having me on the podcast @infinite-women.com!
This week on the podcast, Katie Gee Salisbury (@kayteesal.bsky.social), author of Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong, joins us to talk about Hollywood’s first Asian-American movie star. (1/2)
Listen now: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/inf...
Listen now: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/inf...
Katie Gee Salisbury on Anna May Wong by Infinite Women
Katie Gee Salisbury, author of Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong, joins us to talk about Hollywood’s first Asian-American movie star. More about Katie and her work: ht...
creators.spotify.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Thanks for having me on the podcast @infinite-women.com!
I pass by this building almost every day on my nightly walks and wonder who is going to pay the nearly $5M price tag so that they can be observed in a fishbowl by the entire neighborhood. And with no closets! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/r...
A Modern Townhouse Rises in Brooklyn and an Anonymous Critic Follows
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May 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I pass by this building almost every day on my nightly walks and wonder who is going to pay the nearly $5M price tag so that they can be observed in a fishbowl by the entire neighborhood. And with no closets! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/r...
Join me and writers @aimeeliu.bsky.social and Darien Gee today at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET for our LIVE event on Substack - UNFILTERED: Life as a Published Author - where we’ll discuss all the messy, behind-the-scenes realities that go along with publishing a book. substack.com/@dariengee/n...
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May 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Join me and writers @aimeeliu.bsky.social and Darien Gee today at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET for our LIVE event on Substack - UNFILTERED: Life as a Published Author - where we’ll discuss all the messy, behind-the-scenes realities that go along with publishing a book. substack.com/@dariengee/n...
RED CAR is a fantastic book and a real treat for Anna May Wong fans, myself included!
And Katie Gee Salisbury's interview with author Jennie Liu about THE RED CAR TO HOLLYWOOD made my week. You know you've done something right when Anna May Wong's biographer likes your book!
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Traveling Back in Time
Red Cars, Los Angeles geography, and Chinese American teenagers with Jennie Liu
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May 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
RED CAR is a fantastic book and a real treat for Anna May Wong fans, myself included!
The state of reading in 2025, from a Q train rerouted on the R line from Chinatown to Downtown Brooklyn: two women bonding over a book they both just started reading — @tonytula.com’s REJECTION. Then commiserating how you can’t start up conversations with people reading on devices. 📖✨👀
April 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The state of reading in 2025, from a Q train rerouted on the R line from Chinatown to Downtown Brooklyn: two women bonding over a book they both just started reading — @tonytula.com’s REJECTION. Then commiserating how you can’t start up conversations with people reading on devices. 📖✨👀
Reposted by Katie Gee Salisbury
A new post by @kayteesal.bsky.social on Anna May Wong's savvy self-promotion. camillelebromley.substack.com/p/the-chines...
The Chinese-American Actress
"Some say Anna May Wong was the most photographed Chinese woman of the 20th century."
camillelebromley.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A new post by @kayteesal.bsky.social on Anna May Wong's savvy self-promotion. camillelebromley.substack.com/p/the-chines...
The state of reading in 2025, a report from an Acela headed from NYC to Boston: A woman has a paperback novel splayed open on the table with one hand, while scrolling TikTok on her phone in the other.
April 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The state of reading in 2025, a report from an Acela headed from NYC to Boston: A woman has a paperback novel splayed open on the table with one hand, while scrolling TikTok on her phone in the other.
Me watching The Last of Us last night. But honestly, could be applied to anything that has happened in America in the last 90 days.
April 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Me watching The Last of Us last night. But honestly, could be applied to anything that has happened in America in the last 90 days.
Scanning the program for the Association of Asian American Studies conference next week in Boston. One clear trend: academics in AAS really love using "re-orienting" in their panel titles. Guess no one is immune from a bad pun, not even scholars.
April 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Scanning the program for the Association of Asian American Studies conference next week in Boston. One clear trend: academics in AAS really love using "re-orienting" in their panel titles. Guess no one is immune from a bad pun, not even scholars.
Just added my name to this letter. So much of my work is informed by the books I'm able to check out from NYPL and BPL. I honestly don't know what I'd do without public libraries. www.nypl.org/speakout?utm...
Tell City Leaders: Invest in Public Libraries
New York City’s public libraries provide essential free services and resources for all, and they deserve increased funding and support.
www.nypl.org
April 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Just added my name to this letter. So much of my work is informed by the books I'm able to check out from NYPL and BPL. I honestly don't know what I'd do without public libraries. www.nypl.org/speakout?utm...
Take a break from the dumpster fire/apocalypse/end of democracy and read a zine...?
My friend Camille produced this beautifully designed, “whip-smart little zine” called Know-It-All. I contributed a piece on the thing I know the most about—what else but Anna May Wong. substack.com/home/post/p-...
My friend Camille produced this beautifully designed, “whip-smart little zine” called Know-It-All. I contributed a piece on the thing I know the most about—what else but Anna May Wong. substack.com/home/post/p-...
March 31, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Take a break from the dumpster fire/apocalypse/end of democracy and read a zine...?
My friend Camille produced this beautifully designed, “whip-smart little zine” called Know-It-All. I contributed a piece on the thing I know the most about—what else but Anna May Wong. substack.com/home/post/p-...
My friend Camille produced this beautifully designed, “whip-smart little zine” called Know-It-All. I contributed a piece on the thing I know the most about—what else but Anna May Wong. substack.com/home/post/p-...
“White Supremacist Hopeful Becomes Target of His Own Hate.” That's all you really need to know about Chisa Hutchinson's brilliant play AMERIKIN. My review for Observer: observer.com/2025/03/revi...
Review: ‘Amerikin’ Asks Questions About Identity, Family And Race
A would-be white supremacist finds out his own identity isn’t quite what he thought it was in this tragicomedy that registers closer to reality than fiction.
observer.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
“White Supremacist Hopeful Becomes Target of His Own Hate.” That's all you really need to know about Chisa Hutchinson's brilliant play AMERIKIN. My review for Observer: observer.com/2025/03/revi...
Amused that this guy thinks the title of my book — NOT YOUR CHINA DOLL — is “horribly devisive.”
But why is it divisive . . . Because you realized Anna May Wong is not your personal China doll? Nor is any Asian woman?
But why is it divisive . . . Because you realized Anna May Wong is not your personal China doll? Nor is any Asian woman?
March 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Amused that this guy thinks the title of my book — NOT YOUR CHINA DOLL — is “horribly devisive.”
But why is it divisive . . . Because you realized Anna May Wong is not your personal China doll? Nor is any Asian woman?
But why is it divisive . . . Because you realized Anna May Wong is not your personal China doll? Nor is any Asian woman?
Tried to attend an information session on National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships today. Silly me.
February 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Tried to attend an information session on National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships today. Silly me.
When are we marching? I’m ready.
February 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
When are we marching? I’m ready.
Census.gov has been totally wiped. Information I was looking at just days ago about demographics from the 2020 Census has disappeared.
January 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Census.gov has been totally wiped. Information I was looking at just days ago about demographics from the 2020 Census has disappeared.