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Marin Independent Journal
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California Voice: HMOs must be accountable when bad decisions cause suffering

5+ hour, 51+ min ago  (763+ words) My wife's suffering merited nothing. At least that's what an arbitrator thought. In 2010, Lindalee noticed a large lump in her left breast." Her HMO denied her an appointment with her longstanding OBGYN and sent her to a substandard clinic instead....

Marin Independent Journal
marinij.com > 09/01/2025 > in-debut-memoir-fetishized-former-model-kaila-yu-reckons-with-asian-beauty-standards-misrepresentation-and-stereotypes-2 > amp

In new memoir ‘Fetishized,’ former model Kaila Yu reckons with Asian misrepresentation, stereotypes

6+ mon, 3+ day ago  (617+ words) As a young Taiwanese girl living in the Inland Empire, former singer and import model-turned-writer Kaila Yu said she often felt "uncomfortable" in her skin, growing up around Eurocentric beauty standards. "I felt like my features weren't desirable," Yu said…...