The Conversation
- Seeking Asian Female (2)
- Raguel: Fuck me halfway through that trailer my testicles nearly crawled back into my body. What a fricking...
- trolldetector: All you need is love.
- About A Boy by Nick Hornby (5)
- Raguel: I could be wrong but the distribution windows for media and especially film seems very hierarchical. If you...
- bigWOWO: Illegal streaming? I had no idea anyone did that! Well, I really should check out some movies one of these...
- Eurasian Sensation: Actually the trailer’s voiceover makes it seem wayyy more cheesy than it is. I don’t...
- Superbowl Recipe and Xenophobic Superbowl Ad (22)
- Raguel: Time to get your concealed carry licences, folks!
- Eurasian Sensation: Jeff Yang has a good article about this ad: http://inamerica.blogs.cnn....
- Raguel: I haven’t even gotten to why the ad really is so offensive to us, ROFL
- Jeremy Lin shines (20)
- N: @danny You should youtube his college games. The two against Boston college and the one against UConn. Lol, he can...
- Lingyai: @Ben Efsaneyim Why would it be surprising a non Asian crowd cheering for Lin? Most of the NBA fans going to...
- bigWOWO: Danny and Mojo, Holy crap! That’s amazing! I didn’t know he could dunk either! I think...
- Holy Jesus, Jeremy (1)
- Lingyai: Lin’s style on the court: http://oi39.tinypic.com/f1xnvd .jpg Lin call Stanford coach a liar and says...
- “But he hit me back first!” (32)
- trolldetector: CHINESE PRIDE MUTHAFUKAZ
- bigWOWO: I didn’t post that video to mock Koreans (again, why do you seem to think everything is against...
- jstele: Stay classy, Byron. This whole argument isn’t even about race, but your ego and inability to admit that...
- Stop SOPA and PIPA (9)
- Raguel: ^ Nice one Byron! I’m reading through the NYT picks, they’re good!
- bigWOWO: The Times had an Op-Ed by the President of the RIAA, and I commented. My comment was picked as a...
- Raguel: Found a great website, take a look at this: https://www.cdt.org/ Why should privacy be important, in an age...
- The Perversity of Human Biodiversity, a.k.a. “Scientific” Racism (402)
- bigWOWO: Here’s an interesting suggestion coming out of MIT: Connectome by Sebastian Seung...
- Battle Hymn of the Kitten Daughter (36)
- Raguel: You know Andre, you and me, I think we and a lot of other folks may have gone through some pretty harrowing...
- Andre M. Smith: Russians call me German, Germans call me Russian, Jews call me a Christian, Christians a Jew....
- Two podcasts that address racism in the military, and Danny Chen the person (9)
- Raguel: The origins of racism in the American military as described by loudestfuckingazns is accurate. Very recently,...
- bigWOWO: Sorry, Larry, just noticed that the spam robot junked your comment. Approved!
- bigWOWO: Agreed. It just has more weight if you include your name. Not that the ideas are any less valid, but it just...
- Facebook IPO (5)
- King: Actually WOWO, I bump into plenty of Asians up at the Art Center College of Design http://www.artcenter.edu/a...
- bigWOWO: Agree with King. This might not be a bad thing for Asian Americans to hear about. We can jump off the STEM...
- Raguel: People are too accustomed to thinking about value only in terms of money. Even artists are guilty of it. Some...
- Activism is as activism does (10)
- trolldetector: Brooks also goes onto say ‘You should attach yourself to a counter-tradition and school of...
- bigWOWO: By the way, speaking of activism, there was a great David Brooks column recently. He talks about how people...
- Raguel: I have no experience whatsoever with activism. I simply do not feel safe participating in it. There is always...
- How to Win a Streetfight (18)
- bigWOWO: No worries. I feel the same way. Nothing against her, but just doubtful.
- Raguel: Hi Byron! I’ve been occupied doing a lot of reading and thinking recently. I suppose its just another...
- bigWOWO: Hey Raguel, What about your comments on ASSK?
I agree with everything you said. About #1…I think...
- What Cultures Value (19)
- UFC 117 Sonnen vs. Silva Recap (1)
- bigWOWO: I think Michael Bisping solved the Chael Sonnen puzzle today, even though he lost a controversial decision....
- 6 on 1 Beatdown of Asian Man (36)
- King: “I mean I look around me and 99% of the time there are no women that look like or dress like Adriana Lima...
- SWR: Apparently the girl in the second video was not the girl who filmed the fight. It was probably unwise of her to...
- Raguel: I mean I look around me and 99% of the time there are no women that look like or dress like Adriana Lima in...
- Selfish Reasons To Have More Kids by Bryan Caplan (Review) (6)
- bigWOWO: Jeff, You called it! They were (if I recall correctly) 7 (twins) and 2. He’s still in the honeymoon...
- jeffat8asians: “Overpaying?” With the possible exception of college tuition (and even that is arguable),...
- Hitler: Kids suck lol.
- The Asian Rock Thread (16)
- ben: I’ve been getting into Asian rock music recently so thank you all very much for uploading all these videos.
- Simple Pickup on ABC News (132)
- Tommy: I think I’m coming here more for Moro’s comments than BigWoWO’s posts.
- Moroboshi: I didn’t say that. All I said was guys who believe in HBD are the same guys who probably also follow...
- Chr..: Moro, I don’t want to argue with you anymore! You seem to think that AMs are just as popular as other...
- “Lazy” Americans and the Decline of the American Middle Class (6)
- bigWOWO: But kobu, how can we have literature and art without money to support artists and writers? About...
- kobukson: I don’t know why everyone seems to think the notion of the decline of the middle class is such a bad...
- bigWOWO: There are a lot of veterans (supposedly) on that site. I can kind of understand it–military guys are...
- Aung Sung Suu Kyi Movie with Michelle Yeoh (45)
- bigWOWO: Eurasian, Lee Kuan Yew has always been upfront about Singapore’s hybrid system. To the best of my...
- Eurasian Sensation: @ BigWowo: New governments following independence or a major power struggle often have the sort...
- N: @bww And ironically, one of the rare democratic successes in the region that is Singapore behaves much closer to a...
- Paper Pushers by the Stunt People (4)
- Andre M. Smith: I divide my year annually between New York and Shanghai. One of my common visitations in the latter...
- Raguel: Smiley tests 8 )
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- Seeking Asian Female (2)
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Giving to Harvard
Okay, I am DYING to get started on our Justice course, but I said that it would start on Saturday, so let’s just wait until Saturday. 12 am, Saturday morning. I suppose it’s only two and a half days away. Oi.
I saw this great blog post on the NY Times website, which I think is a great lead-in to our Justice course: Should you give to Harvard? In the blog post, Randy Cohen argues that one should not give money to Harvard and that money serves a greater social good when it goes towards community colleges, or historically black colleges, or schools that attend to the needs of a greater number of students. He rails against Harvard as a bastion of elites and elitist thinking.
John Liu Wins Democratic Nomination for Comptroller
John Liu won the Democratic nomination for City Comptroller of New York City yesterday. Because New York City is controlled by the Democrats, this basically assures him a victory in the November election. Assuming he wins, he’ll be the first Asian American to hold elected city-wide office in New York City. I’ve seen Liu speak before, and he’s the real deal. He does his job well, and he’s outspoken on Asian American issues.
His new job is going to be a pretty serious responsibility:
American jailed for trying to reclaim kids
From CNN: American Jailed for Trying to Reclaim Children. More here. We don’t know all the details of this story, but wow, what a story. The American courts had declared dual custody of the children, and the Japanese ex-wife took them up and fled to Japan, despite the fact that the American ex-husband feared that she would do just that. Because Japan is not a party to the Hague Convention, Japan is under no obligation to abide by any foreign court rulings. The American guy flew to Japan, re-kidnapped his kids as they were with their mother, and then tried to drive to them to the U.S. Consulate. Unfortunately for him, the Japanese police were waiting for him after being alerted by his ex-wife. To his surprise, the US Consulate then refused to open the gates as he tried to run. Of course, we’re only getting the American guy’s perspective in all this since the wife isn’t here to plead her case to the American media, but this is certainly sad. Now he’s stuck in a Japanese prison cell, possibly stuck for five years.
Justice with Michael Sandel: Invitation from bigWOWO
I’ve written a post about “Talent,” an issue that has dogged me for two months. Over the last two months, I’ve written two posts and recorded two podcasts about this real-life issue, and none of it got published because I’m still challenging my own beliefs. I’m usually very good about arguing points and winning debates, but this last issue kind of killed some of my faith in humanity, and I’d like for you guys and gals to help me think it through. My “talent” post will be up tomorrow. (I think it will be protected, so let me know if you need the password.)
Asian American Female Suicide
AAM posted a link to this interview with blogger Jen Wang from Disgrasian and Aileen Duldulao, who recently authored a paper on Asian American female suicide. US-born Asian American women, according to the report, have higher rates of suicide and higher rates of contemplation of suicide compared with other groups. In the interview, available in both text and audio, Jen talks about her dealings with depression and thoughts of suicide. It’s a good interview.
An Old Article about Lyoto
Lyoto "the Dragon" Machida
Someone e-mailed me an old NY Times article today: Contender Shores Up Karate’s Reputation Among U.F.C. Fans. It’s about Lyoto Machida, written right before he knocked Rashad on his rear. The article is about how Lyoto’s style is changing people’s perception of karate. I agree with most of the article, but I think that karate’s reputation was suffering even before the UFC. Lyoto really turned things around.
What’s ironic is that he’s not the only karate specialist. Chuck Liddell and current welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre, both mentioned in the article, are primarily karate stylists, as is Bas Rutten. Pat Miletich got his striking from karate too. Lyoto just happens to have the most karate-looking style.
Miss Asian Oregon
Okay, time for an exciting announcement. I am the co-owner of the Miss Asian Oregon Pageant, and we will be having our inaugural event on October 10th, 2009 down in Salem. My partner Michelle is a former contestant/finalist and law firm owner, and we are totally psyched about doing this. Our emcee/organizer Liani is a prominent public official and lawyer activist. We now have all of our contestants, and we’re ready to rock the state of Oregon.
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Tagged Activism, Asian American, Asian women, beauty, image, media, Miss Asian Oregon, pageants
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The New Art of Book Promotion
Most of the people on this site are either bloggers, writers, or both. I thought you all might find this Washington Post article interesting: Novice Authors Must Promote Themselves, Since Publishers Won’t. Here’s a paragraph and a half from the article:
She cobbled together a trailer for her book on her home computer, using iMovie software, downloading a free tune off the Web for background music, and stuck it on her Web site. Her agent helped get her on one network television morning show. About 20 friends hosted book parties, which she hit on a self-funded three-week blitz, selling books out of the trunk of her car. A guy shot video of her reading an essay at one of these parties, and she posted it on YouTube when the paperback came out.
Our Sam Yoon Campaign
I wanted to give us a little time to bask in our one year birthday before business as usual. Thanks again, everyone, for making this place what it is.
So…back to business. As I’m sure some of you already know, Sam Yoon lost last night. He had 21% of the vote compared to Michael Flaherty’s 24%, so Flaherty will be running against Menino in November. Not only did he lose the mayoral race, but he also now becomes a lame duck councilor who will lose his seat in January. You can see his concession speech above (or here if the embedded video doesn’t work). As all of you know, bigWOWO readers contributed $250 for Sam, and we were working hard to get him a win.
