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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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
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.
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-...
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.
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.
I feel good about how I spent Jan. 20: watching an anti-Nazi themed marathon of Indiana Jones films & catching up with a good friend. Little kid @kehuyquan.bsky.social can brighten any day.
January 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I feel good about how I spent Jan. 20: watching an anti-Nazi themed marathon of Indiana Jones films & catching up with a good friend. Little kid @kehuyquan.bsky.social can brighten any day.
Today Anna May Wong turns 120. Here’s looking at you, kid!
Photograph by Nikolas Muray for Condé Nast, circa 1937, courtesy of Anna Wong’s personal collection.
Photograph by Nikolas Muray for Condé Nast, circa 1937, courtesy of Anna Wong’s personal collection.
January 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Today Anna May Wong turns 120. Here’s looking at you, kid!
Photograph by Nikolas Muray for Condé Nast, circa 1937, courtesy of Anna Wong’s personal collection.
Photograph by Nikolas Muray for Condé Nast, circa 1937, courtesy of Anna Wong’s personal collection.
This year PAVEMENT BUTTERFLY 🦋 (1929), one of Anna May Wong’s best performances and her last silent film, enters the public domain. Screen a beautifully restored version of it on YouTube here: youtu.be/mAZNJmcS09U?...
January 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This year PAVEMENT BUTTERFLY 🦋 (1929), one of Anna May Wong’s best performances and her last silent film, enters the public domain. Screen a beautifully restored version of it on YouTube here: youtu.be/mAZNJmcS09U?...
Another thing to be outraged about. Another Asian woman silenced and written out of popular history. Thanks to @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social for digging this up! open.substack.com/pub/merrillm...
December 31, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Another thing to be outraged about. Another Asian woman silenced and written out of popular history. Thanks to @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social for digging this up! open.substack.com/pub/merrillm...
Nice to see my favorite screening experience of 2024 make it into Metrograph’s best of list metrograph.com/metrograph-b...
December 30, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Nice to see my favorite screening experience of 2024 make it into Metrograph’s best of list metrograph.com/metrograph-b...
Yunte Huang, a man who made up stuff in his biography of Anna May Wong, is being platformed by Biographers International at their upcoming Bio Lab in January. The news is disappointing but not surprising. A thread. (1/10)
December 29, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Yunte Huang, a man who made up stuff in his biography of Anna May Wong, is being platformed by Biographers International at their upcoming Bio Lab in January. The news is disappointing but not surprising. A thread. (1/10)
Perhaps I can interest you in my biography of Anna May Wong instead? www.notyourchinadoll.com
December 29, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Perhaps I can interest you in my biography of Anna May Wong instead? www.notyourchinadoll.com
This Pyschology Today article on mixed race Asians has not aged well 🫢
www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/...
December 12, 2024 at 5:26 PM
This Pyschology Today article on mixed race Asians has not aged well 🫢
www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/...
Thanks for indulging me and my endless AMW obsession! Btw, I’ll be speaking about the film star TONIGHT in this free virtual event with Kyros AI, 5 pm PT / 8 pm ET. Join us here: www.kyros.ai/counseling-d...
November 17, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Thanks for indulging me and my endless AMW obsession! Btw, I’ll be speaking about the film star TONIGHT in this free virtual event with Kyros AI, 5 pm PT / 8 pm ET. Join us here: www.kyros.ai/counseling-d...
Things came full circle earlier this year when I was given the opportunity to co-curate an exhibition dedicated to AMW’s life and career at CAMLA. Unmasking Anna May Wong is now on view and open through January 26, 2025. Check it out if you’re in L.A.! camla.org/current-exhi...
November 17, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Things came full circle earlier this year when I was given the opportunity to co-curate an exhibition dedicated to AMW’s life and career at CAMLA. Unmasking Anna May Wong is now on view and open through January 26, 2025. Check it out if you’re in L.A.! camla.org/current-exhi...
I first learned about Anna May Wong 20 years ago as a college intern at the Chinese American Museum of Los Angeles when I saw this photograph. In it, AMW sits in a convertible alongside L.A. Mayor Fletcher Bowron & Chinese Consul T. K. Chang at the 1941 Moon Festival. It left an indelible mark.
November 17, 2024 at 11:10 PM
I first learned about Anna May Wong 20 years ago as a college intern at the Chinese American Museum of Los Angeles when I saw this photograph. In it, AMW sits in a convertible alongside L.A. Mayor Fletcher Bowron & Chinese Consul T. K. Chang at the 1941 Moon Festival. It left an indelible mark.
The book is currently nominated for the Goodreads Choice Awards in History & Biography! Fun fact: I’m the only Asian American author in the category and the only person writing primarily about an Asian American subject. You can vote for it here: bit.ly/4fpUYY8
November 17, 2024 at 11:10 PM
The book is currently nominated for the Goodreads Choice Awards in History & Biography! Fun fact: I’m the only Asian American author in the category and the only person writing primarily about an Asian American subject. You can vote for it here: bit.ly/4fpUYY8
Earlier this year I published my first book, ✨NOT YOUR CHINA DOLL✨, a new biography of Anna May Wong, Hollywood’s first Asian American movie star. Available wherever books are sold! www.notyourchinadoll.com#buybook
November 17, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Earlier this year I published my first book, ✨NOT YOUR CHINA DOLL✨, a new biography of Anna May Wong, Hollywood’s first Asian American movie star. Available wherever books are sold! www.notyourchinadoll.com#buybook
Hello Bluesky! Allow me to introduce myself: I’m a writer and photographer interested in culture and race, telling stories primarily about the Asian American/mixed race/female experience. www.katiegeesalisbury.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Hello Bluesky! Allow me to introduce myself: I’m a writer and photographer interested in culture and race, telling stories primarily about the Asian American/mixed race/female experience. www.katiegeesalisbury.com