Published writing 2019 – to date
When you don’t see my name in major magazines,
you’ll find my writing in a New York Times Bestselling book out from Harper Collins or something
Travel + Food (+ Culture/film/music fests):
Refinery29: AAPI Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month are both May
What’s next in Asian Mental Health?
Thrillist: The Best LGBTQ+ Bars in New Orleans, with Missy Wilkson
Thrillist: How To Celebrate St. Paddy’s in New Orleans, Take it from me— A Person With an Irish Passport
Sundance Film Institute: Vietnamese American New Wave of Cinema –
Get Ready for this SEA-Change (Southeast Asian [American])
Conde Nast Traveler: 23 Best Places To Go in the US in 2023
I selected and wrote about one of these 23 places. It’s one of the spots where I grew up —
Charles County, Southern Maryland
The Daily Beast: How to do Halloween right in America’s Most Haunted City!
The Daily Beast: Chloe Zhao is winning, but Hollywood is still a nightmare for AAPI women
The Daily Beast: Welcome to the world of Traveling Dommes
The Daily Beast: I rented a metal box in the middle of nowhere and so should you
The Daily Beast: New Orleans is great for a taste of Vietnam
The Daily Beast: Rockhounding – Getting dirty can make you rich
New York Magazine: How to spend 100K a year for morale boosting at a Manhattan tech hedge fund
Joysauce: Cafe Minh – Vietnamese Fusion in Mid-City, New Orleans by Wife & Husband Chef Team
Joysauce: #UnityMarch2022 in Washington, DC – because we need to #StopAsianHate
Thrillist: How to celebrate LGBTQIA + Pride in New Orleans
Thrillist: Where and How to support Asian American Pacific Islander + businesses in New Orleans
Thrillist: I picked 22 places I like to eat and drink at in New Orleans for 2022
Redefine Magazine: You Spin Me Right Round – A review of SXSW 2022’s Opening Night film –
Everything Everywhere All At Once, starring Michelle Yeoh
Vogue Magazine: How to Spend a Relaxing Weekend in California’s Central Coast
Vietcetera: Vietnamese Diaspora Representation:
No one is getting it right, so just let Vietnamese Diaspora women handle it
The Daily Beast: A Closer Look at Las Vegas and what Hunter S. Thompson called
It’s about how you make the readers feel
Vogue Magazine: How to Spend a Spooky Weekend in Las Vegas
Refinery29: Vietnamese New Wave Music & Style: Refugees giving voice through pop &fashion
VICE: Asian food in the ‘burbs
Esquire: Those 5 words: Me love you long time
Southern Living: AAPI Women creating culture in The South
Script: The Horror Movies that Made Us + Hauntings in LV & DTLA
Script: Maria Judice produced Neptune Frost (Cannes, Toronto Film Festivals). What’s next for her
Script: A good time with the screenwriters of The Night House. Next they tackle Hellraiser
Flaunt: In the woods with women filmmakers
Flaunt: Sundance & Slamdance – Thuc in Utah
Flaunt: Wonderfront Fest – Rap and Rock’s biggest names in San Diego
Script: Zoe Lister Jones & her cinematic universe
Script: Jakob’s Wife – another breed of vampire
Script: Director Brian Metcalf
Script: Body Brokers – Requiem for Rehab
King Kong Magazine (print) (London/Berlin): “Lucky Numbers” + story on “AAPI-Representation”
PBS: Microaggressions are real and they affect AAPI women
LIVE Betr: A tale of two refugee girls
Flaunt: #BlackPowerYellowPeril
The Hollywood Reporter: Cartier Women’s Awards, with Lupita N’yongo
A catalog of Thuc’s film interviews/reviews for Final Draft
Prior: 2016 Essay
The Los Angeles Times: The Bridges of Los Angeles County
Alternative title: The Woman on The Bridge
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