Why Karen Carpenter Matters By Longreads Feature For one brown, queer Filipino-American, Karen Carpenters’ music anchored her to her musical family’s past while helping chart her path in their adopted Southern California.
Yesterday Once More: Why the Carpenters Are Still Huge in the Philippines By Krista Stevens Highlight Karen Tongson was named after 1970s soft rock icon Karen Carpenter, and she examines what fuels the Carpenters’ popularity in her home country.
