#sam lai

[buttonpoetry]

Sweet and condensed stereotype, originals stuffed into model minority.

Nhu Xuân Nguyễn & Sam Lai, “Android”

[qotnc]

News: @QOTNC x @_thirtysixplus collab in honor of Women's History Month! By: @NinaQAllen @hi_summs @puggowholetime 3.1.18 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜 #WHM2K18

In celebration of Women's History Month, QOTNC and thirtysix+ are proud to present a collaboration highlighting women of color in music. Throughout March, we'll feature 12 artists local to Maryland/DC Metro, Los Angeles, and San Francisco Bay Area.

QOTNC (QUEENOFTHENEWCOOL) founder Nina Q. Allen blends music and design on her platform to recognize women elevating culture.

thirtysix+ is a radical internet space created to empower women of color in music. it takes its name from the wage gap between women of color and white cishetero men. Team: Summer Ko and Sam Lai.

Follow the collaboration on  QOTNC Tumblr and thirtysix+ website.

Social: @QOTNC Twitter & Instagram ... @_thirtysixplus on Twitter. 

[wocbeats]

guest mix by EETHVLL: we're crying / we're alive

designed by lien do hello everyone, my name is sam, pronouns they/them! i joined wocbeats in 2015, and am so honored to be a part of the team with summer! to start off the new month (and new year for folks who celebrate lunar new year!), wocbeats proudly presents a mix by EETHVLL, titled "we're crying / we're alive." EETHVLL is one of a few musical monikers for lien do, a san francisco-based musician who i met through a mutual friend. i'm beyond happy to feature a fellow queer person of color who not only works in music but also produces and sings their own!

[buttonpoetry]

Are you a body, or a boy, or nobody, or nothing?

Sam Lai, "Chick With A Gun" 

[buttonpoetry]

There is always a piece of him telling him who to hate. It says, ‘It’s you, you hate you.’ You hate you.

Sam Lai, "The Difference" (CUPSI 2014)

[buttonpoetry]

Are you a body, or a boy, or nobody, or nothing?

FROM THE VAULT!  Sam Lai - "Chick With A Gun" (IWPS 2014)

Performing during prelims at the Individual World Poetry Slam. Want Button Poetry to come to your city? You can help make it possible!

[buttonpoetry]

And both of them see the Asian face peering out of a corner of a jaundiced skin and burnt hair.

FROM THE VAULT! Sam Lai - "The Difference" (CUPSI 2014)

Sam Lai, performing for Washington University during semifinals at the 2014 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. Help bring Button to you.

[future-urban-collective-blog]

Sam Lai - "The Difference" (CUPSI 2014) #Poetry #SpokenWord #ButtonPoetry @ButtonPoetry http://fucmedia.com/sam-lai-the-difference-cupsi-2014-poetry-spokenword-buttonpoetry-buttonpoetry/