Noy Thrupkaew is the associate editor of Sojourner: The Women¹s Forum, a national progressive feminist newspaper that has been publishing for 25 years. She lived in Thailand and Japan, and writes frequently on international women¹s human rights, welfare policy, and Asian and Asian American literature and film. Her work has been anthologized in For Women Only!, a health anthology for women edited by Gary Null and Barbara Seaman, a contributing editor at Ms. (She graduated from Brown University in 1996 with a degree in comparative literature and religious studies.
Thrupkaew I recently traveled to Cuba as part of a U.S. women’s delegation, sponsored by the Women’s International League for Peace and…
Thrupkaew I recently traveled to Cuba as part of a U.S. women’s delegation, sponsored by the Women’s International League for Peace and…
Thrupkaew After returning from Japan a few years ago, I was surprised to see that the States was in a lather over…
Noy Thrupkaew While the Marlboro Man surveys the great Eastern frontier from posters, walls, and cigarette stands all over Vietnam, young “Marlboro…
Noy Thrupkaew I just couldn’t do it. I was shuddering at the thought of becoming a member of women.com, one of a…
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