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The slantyapolis blog (formerly SEFTRE) has served millions of views to 500K-1M+ individuals, trying to help in its own way, to give voice to the Asian and Asian American community, as well as document it, over the last 17 years. Sometimes op-ed, sometimes straight news, sometimes off the beaten path--the continued impetus remains that there's power in sharing voices and in sharing your own voice and reflecting that back into the communities you belong to.
The slantyapolis blog (formerly SEFTRE) has served millions of views to 500K-1M+ individuals, trying to help in its own way, to give voice to the Asian and Asian American community, as well as document it, over the last 17 years. Sometimes op-ed, sometimes straight news, sometimes off the beaten path--the continued impetus remains that there's power in sharing voices and in sharing your own voice and reflecting that back into the communities you belong to.
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