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Yellow Rage is a duo of Philadelphia-based Asian American female spoken wordpoets, made up of Michelle Myers, who holds a PhD from Temple University,^[1] and Catzie Vilayphonh, the Fashion Director for two.one.five magazine.^[2] Their poems are self-written and are often based on personal experiences, focussing on social and political issues relevant to the Asian American community and aiming to challenge common misconceptions of Asianness.^[3] The performances are often aggressive and include frequent swearing,^[4] but also include wit and humor.^[5][6]

Career

Formation

The group was originally a trio, along with former member Sapna Shah.

Shah is of Indian descent, Vilayphonh is Lao, and Myers is mixed-raceKorean American. They met at a writing workshop in Philadelphia in 2000 at the Asian Arts Initiative.^[4] Their first group poem, I'm a Woman Not a Flava, about misappropriation of Asian cul