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Women of the Buffalo Chinese Fashion Group align to show traditional Chinese clothing at the 2023 Lunar New Year celebration hosted by CCWNY at University at Buffalo's Center for the Arts. pc: Cait Malilay The Chinese Club of Western New York hosted a Lunar New Year celebration at University at Buffalo's Center for the Arts on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. An estimate of 1200 people attended this year's celebration of the year of the rabbit. Jun Wang-Tiedemann, the president of CCWNY, said that the rabbit is a symbol of "prosperity, longevity and positivity." "It is a year for contemplation, hope and relaxation. Our goal for this event is to celebrate and raise awareness for Asian Chinese culture in Western New York," she said. Guests were greeted at the door where they received a red pouch with goodies. CCWNY sells Chinese paper cut artwork. pc: Cait Malilay There were tables where they could learn more about the culture, like the art of Chinese paper cutting ,...

pc: IG / @cait_malilay_reads "How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them" by Jason Stanley, a professor of philosophy at Yale University, Ph.D., is basically your introduction to fascism college course, or, in other words, Fascism 101.  At 193 pages long, if you don't include acknowledgments, one can definitely complete this in one sitting. Just because I personally describe it as fascism 101, one must certainly not underestimate the quality of the content as it is well worth the read indeed.  The Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy defines what fascism is in, if not all, most of its forms. Broken into 10 chapters, each goes into depth of a key idea of fascism and provides examples. He points out how one may think that fascism was a threat only long ago back in World War II, the days of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, but as he concludes, "It is tempting to think of normal as benign...there is no need for alarm. However both history and psychology show tha...

Local 2110 of United Auto Workers held a rally at 195 Broadway at 12:30 p.m. on Friday as part of their strike for higher wages, a more diverse workplace and better union security for HarperCollins Publishers employees.  The union represents over 250 employees in the editorial, sales, publicity, design, legal and marketing departments. The rally was co-hosted by R.F. Kuang , Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of “Babel: An Arcane History,” and Molly McGhee, the author of the upcoming novel, “Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind.” “We are asking for other ways to make compensation better for people of color, and make it a more secure place for people of color to work,” said Carly Katz, an audio coordinator at HarperCollins Publishers, in an interview with “Conversations With Cait.” Lee and Low Books found in a 2019 baseline survey that the publishing industry overall is 76% white and 74% are cis women. Katz, who has been with the company for five years, makes about $5...

HarperCollins Publishers employees are striking for wage increases, a better commitment to diversifying the staff and union security. In this episode, we have Carly Katz, an audio coordinator at HarperCollins Publishers, to tell us more. In October, over 95% of unionized employees voted to strike, according to a press release.  The union, Local 2110 of the United Auto Workers, represents over 250 employees in the editorial, sales, publicity, design, legal and marketing departments.  HarperCollins is the only unionized Big Five publishing house. The majority of workers are women and the average salary is $55,000 with a starting salary of $45,000.  You don't need to do the math to understand that that's clearly not enough to survive in New York City!  Negotiations began in December of last year, yet unionized employees have been working without a contract since April.  A rally is going to be held this Friday, Dec. 16 at 12:30 p.m. led by R.F. Kuang , Sunday Times ...

pc: Instagram / Capital One It's December, and you know what that means. Other than Timothée Chalamet's birth month, it's Swift season! Aside from "Christmas Tree Farm" and "New Year's Day," two obvious chilly season faves, here are 13 additional Swift songs that should be on your winter playlist to honor her 33rd birthday.  1.) "The 1" "Roaring 20s, tossing pennies in the pool And if my wishes came true It would've been you... But it would've been fun If you would've been the one" First on our list is from Swift's 2020 album, "Folklore." Fans suspect that this is one of her several songs that reference F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." 2.) "'Tis the damn season" "We could call it even. You could call me babe for the weekend 'Tis the damn season, write this down..." 'Tis the damn season! It must be a strange feeling people get during the holidays if ...

This is our first international trip edition of Cait's Travel Diaries. In this episode, we cross the Canadian border, make Asian food stops in Mississauga and head to St. Lawrence Market in Toronto.   Be sure to subscribe if you haven't already for updates on future episodes. You can also follow my new travel/bookstagram account  @cait_malilay_reads .

  Happy Halloween! In this episode of Cait's Travel Diaries, we travel to Salem, Massachusetts, admire the beautiful artwork at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and visit the John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Be sure to subscribe if you haven't already for updates on future episodes. You can also follow my new travel/bookstagram account  @cait_malilay_reads . You can also check out "Conversations With Cait" ep. 5: The Salem Witch Trials if you'd like to learn more featuring Rachel Christ, the director of education at The Salem Witch Museum.