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Oh My Mother!

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... that many Asian Americans have the name Connie because of news anchor Connie Chung, including Connie Wang, author of Oh My Mother!, who wrote about the name phenomenon in The New York Times?

Source: Connie Chung was trusted and respected — qualities that my mother herself had enjoyed in China. So when I picked my name, my mom readily acceded. What more could she hope for from her own Connie?

What my family didn’t know was that a version of the same scenario was playing out in living rooms and hospitals across the country. Asian American families from the late 1970s through the mid-’90s — mostly Chinese, all new immigrants — had considered the futures of their newborn daughters and, inspired by one of the few familiar faces on their TVs, signed their own wishes, hopes and ambitions onto countless birth certificates in the form of a single name: Connie.

Today, it’s common to join an organization, take a new job or attend a conference and meet an Asian Connie; at every workplace I’ve been one of a few. And with each of them, I’ve found it’s always the same story: No, it’s not short for Constance. Yes, they grew up watching Connie Chung on TV. And, yeah — it is weird, isn’t it, that they’ve never met a non-Asian Connie their age either?

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/05/11/opinion/connie-chung-named-after.html

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Created by Phibeatrice (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Phibeatrice (talk) 23:08, 9 November 2024 (UTC).

The hook fact is interesting, but as currently written the hook is very complicated and hard to read. Maybe:

ALT1 ... that in her memoir Oh My Mother!, journalist Connie Wang noted the popularity of the name Connie among Asian American women?

ALT1a ... that in her memoir Oh My Mother!, journalist Connie Wang noted that many Asian American women were named Connie?

It might be better to leave out Chung's name from the hook, since this new proposed wording might make it more likely for readers to read the article and find out more (i.e. hooking them in to find out, where then they would learn about Chung's influence). Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 15:00, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

ALT2 ... that Connie Wang, author of Oh My Mother!, has written in The New York Times about the phenomenon of giving Asian Americans the name "Connie"? same sources as the others, perhaps more readable. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 20:00, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

While that might work, I'm not too much of a fan of that specific wording as the hook is supposed to be more about Oh My Mother! rather than Wang herself. It might work if the nominator can bring Wang's article to GA status and thus making this a double nomination. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:31, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

ALT3 ... that the author of Oh My Mother! has written about the phenomenon of giving Asian American girls the name "Connie"? same sources as the others, hopefully addresses your concern about focusing on Oh My Mother. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 15:10, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

What a fun topic! Short-ish but certainly covers the topic well and well over the limits. Quote usage seems appropriate. Well cited. GTG. Maury Markowitz (talk) 20:11, 19 November 2024 (UTC)