EP 2 - SHOES OFF INSIDE with MKT - Anna May Wong

Shoes Off Inside with MKT (fka The May Lee Show)

Welcome to another 'beta' episode of a brand new show with May Lee, Kelly Hu and Tamlyn Tomita, or MKT!* On this episode, we unveil the official title of the show and why we chose it! We also catch up on our recent travels, which include a serious sailing adventure, a festival in Okinawa that only happens every 5 years and wine tasting in Paso Robles with the fur babies. We also try and unpack the results of the midterm elections. IMPORTANT NOTE: This episode was recorded just hours before the GOP clinched control of the House and a day before Speaker Nancy Pelosi stepped down as Democratic leader.
The star of this episode, however, is none other than the late, great, gorgeous Anna May Wong. She just became the first Asian American to be featured on U.S. currency, but do people really know her full story? We invited Professor Shirley Lim, an expert in all things Anna May, to dig deeper into the life of the trailblazing actress, fashion icon and activist.
Show Notes:
Professor Shirley Lim's books,
"Anna May Wong: Performing the Modern"
"A Feeling of Belonging: Asian American Women’s Public Culture, 1930–1960"
*Shoes Off Inside will soon migrate to its own platform under the new title. We will make this as seamless as possible when it happens!