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Jen Yamato

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journalist, critic / co-host of the Asian Enough podcast🎙🎧
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Making the queer horror romance 'Leviticus' was an exploration — and a reclamation

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By Jen Yamato
| Aol Verified
In writer-director Adrian Chiarella's "Leviticus," gay teens in small-town Australia are stalked by a shape-shifting monster that takes the form of whomever they most desire. For cautious newcomer Naim (Joe Bird), that's Ryan (Stacy Clausen), the classmate he's been stealing kisses with in an abandoned mill, making it dangerous not only for the boys to be alone together but to act on their budding feelings.
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In too-timid Asian American assimilation horror ‘Slanted,’ something’s not quite white

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By Jen Yamato
| EIN News
Fitting in comes at a steep cost in “Slanted,” a sci-fi-horror satire in which a Chinese American teen makes a Faustian bargain seeking acceptance the only way that fashion magazines, her social media algorithm and the world at large suggest she can: by becoming white. Literally. Desperate to erase her Asian features, she takes the bait when a shady cosmetic company offers the ultimate makeover. The only catch? It’s irreversible. And you thought permanent eyebrows were a commitment.
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'Heated Rivalry' Author Rachel Reid Talks Season 2, Teases New Audiobook and the Future of "Hollanov"

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By Jen Yamato
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