Mark Minshen Lee

Apr 23, 2021

The “Gay Civil War”: How to Grapple With Public Shaming in a Health Crisis

Note: This piece was originally published in the Michigan Journal of Public Affairs on April 11, 2021. When images of crowded house parties and pool romps at New York’s upscale Fire Island made their way across gay Twitter last July, the condemnation was swift. Amid a deadly pandemic, how could…

Gay

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The “Gay Civil War”: How to Grapple With Public Shaming in a Health Crisis

Published in An Injustice!

·Apr 12, 2021

When You Silence Asian Pain, You Light us All on Fire

Note: This piece was originally published in the Daily Princetonian on April 8, 2021. “You know that mask you’re wearing doesn’t actually protect you, right?” a classmate asks me in February 2020. Unable to form a cogent reply to him on the spot, I make my way to my health…

Stopasianhate

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When you silence Asian pain, you light us all on fire

Mar 5, 2021

Half a million Americans did not ‘die of’ COVID-19 — most of them were killed

Note: This piece was originally published in the Daily Princetonian on March 4, 2021. Last week, the United States crossed a tragic and entirely preventable milestone: 500,000 COVID-19 deaths. …

Covid 19

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Feb 12, 2021

It’s time to get better masks for Princeton students, staff, and community members

Note: This piece was originally published in the Daily Princetonian on February 11, 2021. On Jan. 31, Taiwan announced a $7 million initiative to secure surgical masks for its entire population of 22 million. In a massive public-private partnership, the government devised a five-week plan to produce more than 10…

Masks

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Jan 13, 2021

Governor Murphy has suspended non-essential medical procedures. So why are NJ hospitals still performing circumcisions?

Note: This article was originally written on April 25, 2020 On March 23, Governor Phil Murphy issued an executive order suspending all elective surgeries in light of COVID-19. …

Covid 19

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