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Phoebe Chen

Phoebe Chen is a writer, lecturer, and historian of visual culture based in Brooklyn. Her essays and criticism can be found in the New York Times, Artforum, the Nation, the New York Review of Books, Apartamento, Aperture, and more. She is currently completing a PhD at New York University.

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Saving Face: Daughters in Love

Alice Wu’s feature debut is a romantic comedy in which the most compelling relationship is the one between a young queer Chinese American woman and her long-widowed mother.

By Phoebe Chen

Essays— Aug 26, 2025