Awesome Asian Women, with Karen Wang Diggs

EPISODE LINK: “Awesome Asian Women”

We had an absolute blast talking to Karen Wang Diggs, author of the book “Awesome Asian Women”! Karen was a freakin’ delight! She’s the real deal-a true intersectional feminist and a gifted storyteller with a passion for lifting women up. Her book contains inspiring stories of over 120 women, from Empress Wu Zetian to Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (who was just on Stephen Colbert and we love!) 

It is going to be a fixture on the Bitchstory bookshelf! 

Karen joined the zoom call and said “Hey bitches!” And we immediately knew she was our people! So many people are still triggered by the word “bitch”, so her greeting  and made me cackle and instantly love her.  It was such a great way to start an interview. Karen is very humble.  She wrote this impressive book in a very short period of time, so I think she’s both driven and probably very intuitive.  

One of the main inspirations for Karen to write this impressive collection of bad ass women was her own aunt. Her aunt was one of the last women to undergo Chinese foot binding.  Karen told us quite a bit about this woman who inspired her.  

I hope you’ll give this episode a listen.  It’s probably best with headphones because Karen‘s voice is a little bit quiet on the recording. I did try to boost her voice track, but it messed up the whole recording so I went back to the original. 

​You can find Karen on Instagram at @herstoryinhx

​Her website is herstoryinhistory.com

​Buy the book here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-book-of-awesome-asian-women-becca-anderson/21690746 (Or on Amazon if you must)