The time has come: Plan A Magazine has started a Patreon at $5/month. We are beginning an experiment. The idea is to use Patreon to create an Asian American writers fund. It's one thing to encourage and platform writers; it's another thing to pay them. Oxford, Jess, Mark, Teen, and Plan A's newest editor, Diana talk about the Patreon, as well as white people ranking Southeast Asian cuisine, and a U.S. State Dept. official calling China the first "non-Caucasian" competitor.LINK TO PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/planamagIntro Voice Track: Nicole PonsecaOutro Voice Track: Minimum WageTWITTER:Oxford (@oxford_kondo)Jess (@cogitatotomato)Mark (@snbatman)Teen (@mont_jiang)Diana (@discoveryduck)REFERENCED RESOURCES:I Took On the American Cheeseburger, and It Defeated Me (by Frankie Huang)https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-took-on-the-american-cheeseburger-and-it-defeated-meCulture and race can’t be ignored in US-China rivalry – American official Kiron Skinner is right (by Chi Wang)https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3009382/culture-and-race-cant-be-ignored-us-china-rivalry-americanNothing Unites Southeast Asians Faster Than Seeing a White Man Insult Their Food (by Arzia Tivany Wargadiredja)https://www.vice.com/en_asia/article/xwnw8j/southeast-asia-cousine-ranking-twitter-offensiveSUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS:[email protected]