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This week we're talking about a Kanye-Beethoven mashup, the fictional book characters who sparked sexual awakenings, the Sad Asian Girls Club destroying stereotypes, how photography is helping black girls define their own voices, the Slowave movement and public art.

Meet The Art Collective Of 'Sad Asian Girls' Destroying Asian-American Stereotypes

When you think of an Asian woman, what comes to mind? A tiger mom? An anime fantasy? A manicurist talking about you in another language? For Asian women, these stereotypes are frustrating, disheartening and downright depressing.

Instead of letting those feelings fester and rot internally, Rhode Island School of Design students Olivia Park and Esther Fan decided to do something constructive. Late last year, they started Sad Asian Girls Club, a collective of Asian-American girls aiming to break the culture of passiveness and silence through discussions of racism and feminism, providing more representation for Asian girls of all types and backgrounds around the world.

While technically the collective consists of just Fan and Park, Sad Asian Girls Club has evolved into a community in the most modern sense of the word — a stark red, black and white-tinted place they've carved out online on Tumblr, Instagram and YouTube. The Internet is where you can find vitriol and hate in abundance, but it's also where you can find empathy and solidarity from people who've had the same experiences as you.

So who is the "Sad Asian Girl"? According to Fan, "She's any Asian individual identifying as female who is struggling to fit into some kind of mold perpetrated by both Western society and Asian society. There are different expectations from both sides that we constantly have to choose between or just be isolated by both." (Read more here)

How Photography Helps Black Girls Define Their Voice On Their Own Terms

Photographer and youth organizer Scheherazade Tillet first had the idea for "Picturing Black Girlhood" about seven years ago, when she was visiting the Chicago Art Institute's "Girls on the Verge," an exhibition on adolescent girls. The show included work by photographers like Sally Mann and Lauren Greenfield, showcasing images of that precious and bizarre moment of being not a girl and not yet a woman.

However, Tillet couldn't help but notice that in the exhibition there were only one or two images of people of color.

"I felt like their voices weren't there," Tillet told The Huffington Post. As the founder of A Long Walk Home, a nonprofit organization that uses art therapy to inspire young women and protect girls from violence, Tillet works closely with women in her Chicago community. "I wanted to take my girls to see the show, but how could they identify with it if they didn't see themselves represented?" (Read more here)

The Fictional Book Characters Who Sparked Our Sexual Awakenings

Young love: there's nothing quite like it!

One day, you're picking up Little Women for the first time, expecting a warm story about sisterhood; the next, you're cursing the gods ("or whatever") for making Theodore "Laurie" Laurence a fictional character rather than a flesh-and-blood person for you to love and kiss IRL.

But the course of true love is rocky (read: not smooth), and what kind of person would you be if you let this little caveat stand between you and your star-crossed lover? You've been reading books for a few years now, so you know a thing or two about romance: never mind practical restraints! Go all in! WWJD? (What Would Juliet Do?)

Jokes aside: crushes on fictional characters can be visceral. Which makes sense, when you consider that the objective of reading is to wander around in another person's head. Is that not also a virtue of love? Getting to know a fictional character is a viable and fun means of exploring romance and sexuality — as evidenced by the hordes of fan fiction that exist around popular books.

For preteen and teen readers — especially those who identify as queer or otherwise don't see themselves in popular representations of love — reading is an avenue for sexual exploration. Imagining interactions with a made-up character is just one way to question, consider, and express oneself.

At HuffPost, we have a few fave fictional crushes. Gilbert Blythe's kindness, Marcus Flutie's red locks and Jacob Black's sensitivity caught our attention. Here's a brief overview of the fictional characters who sparked our sexual awakenings:

1. Gilbert Blythe from Anne of Green Gables
2. Sandy and Dennys Murry from A Wrinkle in Time
3. Dirk from Weetzie Bat
4. Marcus Flutie from Sloppy Firsts
5. Artemis from Artemis Fowl
6. Sonny from Manchild in the Promised Land
7. James Potter from Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix
8. Jacob from the Twilight Series
9. Theodore "Laurie" Laurence from Little Women

(Read more here)

Yeethoven Is The Kanye And Beethoven Mashup You've Been Waiting For

When Kanye West released his sixth solo album, titled "Yeezus," in 2013, he — with a single turn of phrase — fused his identity with that of the central figure of Christianity. The connection between Ye and JC was more than just an egotistical outburst from a narcissistic rock star, but a message about power, sacrifice, influence and vision, albeit a bombastic one.

Now, three years later, Ye has received another rather complimentary comparison. On April 16, at the Artani Theater in Los Angeles, the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra will perform "The Great Music Series: Yeethoven," comparing Mr. West to Ludwig van Beethoven, and thus exploring the overlap between classical and hip-hop, 18th-century poofy collared shirts and 2013-era leather pants. (Read more here)

A New Yorker's Guide To Getting Outside And Seeing Art This Spring

The challenge for every New Yorker come springtime: figure out how to spend as much time as possible outside, under the warmth of the sun, before the frosty chill of winter is, inevitably, upon us again. Bonus — do so without spending loads of money on trains, planes and automobiles meant to take you upstate, down south or across the pond.

To accomplish this, you can visit one of our urban mecca's few parks, dawdle outside some of the city's magnificent architectural gems, or just sidle down the sunny sides of the streets. OR, you can go see some public art. We vote for the public art.

In honor of the second best season in New York City (it's hard to argue with fall, guys), here is a New Yorker's guide to getting outside and seeing art this spring. Don't worry: we're focusing on the free, public art that won't cost you a penny. (Read more here)

Getting Down With The Personal Essays In 'So Sad Today'

The ideal emotional state for reading Melissa Broder's essay collection So Sad Today is right there on the cover. (Read more here)

The Slowave Movement Wants To Disrupt The Way We Think About Sleep