The Conversation
- Scapegoating our own (12)
- Frank Chow: @King He definitely said he opposed “same-sex marriage”, that didn’t change....
- King: @ Frank But Manny didn’t even say what he’s been accused of.
- Frank Chow: I think any athlete should be an athlete and accept the responsibility of their words in a public forum....
- Facebook co-founder renounces U.S. citizenship prior to IPO (13)
- Raguel: This is a storm in a tea cup, a new five minutes of hate. This is because despite the outrage, people will...
- Frank Chow: “The country is not over-taxed; in fact, tax rates are near 60 year lows.” -source,...
- bigWOWO: Linda, Mark Cuban is rich (richer than me anyway), and he’s just as horrified as I am. I don’t...
- The Perversity of Human Biodiversity, a.k.a. “Scientific” Racism (428)
- LadyBlack: Hello, you who believe that some races are inferior and that some are superior. As a Black (in particular...
- bigWOWO: Thanks, Grover!
- Grover Porquel: Excellent roundup. I have taken on these “biodiversity” types myself over the years and...
- Higher education: the next subprime bubble (5)
- bigWOWO: Let’s think hypothetically. Let’s say they had quotas, such as a company of X number of...
- kobukson: In the past, a high school diploma was sufficient for getting a job. Things changed and a HS diploma...
- bigWOWO: I do agree with you, Ei, to a certain point. I have heard that some lawyers and engineers are having...
- Americans Eat the World’s Cheapest Food (36)
- bigWOWO: A week in, and: I liked the mock chicken, but the family didn’t like it. I don’t know if...
- King: ^ But isn’t Anthony Bourdain the same guy who recently called Paula Deen the “Worst Unhealthy Cook” for...
- kobukson: I like Anthony Bourdain’s take on vegetarians and vegans: “Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like...
- Why Do Asian People Have Bad Eyesight? (37)
- Suing the Bachelor for racial discrimination (34)
- George: The problem with the entertainment industry is that they have already stated that blacks are not on the show...
- George: “Oh and prediction, you know the first female non white bachelorette will be Asian, and it will be...
- Chen: i’ve been reading about BFOQ cases, and it seems as if the entertainment industry wins unless they do...
- Reasons to eliminate black studies (23)
- Asian Men, Black Men, and the Competition for White Women (569)
- Raguel: Actually, white people may laugh at him even more, and that may be why they like him so much.
- Raguel: How does this nihilistic dog so filled with ressentiment and love of the slave morality even dare to mention...
- ChineseMom: (continued) Criticism of contemporary Chinese literature and Marxism Q: After the publication of your...
- Immigration records of Asian immigrants to be made available to public (2)
- American woman becomes hero to abused women in China (39)
- Chen: thats it. This woman got beat up, and that is wrong. I’m sure some assholes are going to use that and run...
- Eurasian Sensation: Patriarchal practices are incredibly ingrained in some countries and are extremely hard to shift....
- Raguel: Wasn’t it reported in one of the major american magazines like life, time etc that travelling ulamas...
- San Diego student left alone in cell for five days (3)
- bigWOWO: Haha…I know, Zach! This is the absolute worse kind of invisibility that there is!
- Zach Katagiri: Man — talk about asian american males being invisible!!
- Linda: this will be the next episode of “I survived….” I am surprised they don’t have video...
- Adventures of the Karaoke King by Harold Taw (Review and Question) (4)
- bigWOWO: Alpha, Glad that you see the precious metals rather than the ranking! Although I guess I should consider...
- Raguel: Why not make contact with other blogs and Asian American websites to feature your reviews? This way,...
- Alpha Asian: B, I know what you mean. A lot of reviewers just give very bland reviews and they don’t really...
- Asian women fetch high prices for egg donation (5)
- Dman: I don’t get the article Asian women in demand for donating her eggs. I did not see anything mentioned...
- bigWOWO: I think that buying an egg is financially easier these days than adoption from China. I know people trying...
- Linda: Also regarding about adoption. I think a lot of Americanized Asians are open to adoption in the US. (unlike...
- Re-Programming Your Mind (74)
- Chr..: I’m not making this up! I saw this guy in front of a Trader Joe’s here in NYC not too long ago as...
- Asian Women and the Invisible Chain (187)
- Chr..: @ King Yes, and what can the general masses do to stop with what’s going on right now? Not much I would...
- King: @ Chr Because the money, more than anything else, is ‘the system’ that affects everything else.
- Chr..: “The whole thing looks like a very twisted version of musical chairs, doesn’t it?” Why does this...
- Creative Monopolists (3)
- Asian husband-wife team on Shark Tank (3)
- Artists Who Refuse to Work for Free (5)
- Courtney: I have been drawing for 22 years. I think it’s really inconsiderate to ask an artist to sit down for...
- More Asian Americans Marrying Within Their Race (106)
- Chr..: “Look at some of the fatcats on Wall Street–a guy who can drop $800 on a single night out isn’t...
- The Richer Sex by Liza Mundy (Review) (12)
- Chr..: “dystopian mating marketplace where, like income inequality, the rewards of female sexuality will go...
- Whiteness and American TV (9)
- Linda: @hadoken – I don’t know why korean dramas are like crack. I go thru phases. since it’s a...
- Scapegoating our own (12)
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Six Year Old Boy Missing from Balloon
There is an interesting, ongoing story right now about a 6 year old boy who apparently jumped onto a large mylar homemade helium balloon and flew away from his house. People around the world were tracking the balloon as it flew overhead, but when it landed, the boy was not inside. A sibling said that he had seen the boy, Falcon Heene, step into the balloon, but authorities are hoping that they will be able to find him around the neighborhood.
The Heene family was featured earlier this year on Wife Swap. The mother is Japanese.
Heene family
Congratulations, Miss Asian Oregon 2009!
Miss Asian Oregon Pageant from Daniel Liffick on Vimeo.
Congratulations to the 2009-2010 Miss Asian Oregon Royal Court! The winners (with their titles and platforms) are:
Miss Luketan Somnasang, Miss Asian Oregon, Renewable Energy
Miss Gina Songkham, First Princess, Inspiring Young Asian Americans to Achieve
Miss Soohyun Park, Second Princess, Bridging Different Cultures
Luketan is an accountant with PGE, Gina is a college student, and Soohyun is a final year law student. All are serious about using their voices to make an impact. They did a phenomenal job presenting their ideas on the day of the competition, and it was truly amazing to see it all come together after so many weeks of preparation.
Male Pageants
Mr. Hyphen (click pic for source)
Okay, okay, okay. You all know how obsessive I am when it comes to thought issues, so I wanted to post one last thing before showing you all the Miss Asian Oregon Pageant.
Several times over the past month, people have mentioned male pageants. Larry mentioned Mr. Hyphen, and someone else mentioned….oh, I guess Mr. Hyphen is the only male pageant. A few female Thymos members said that they’d go to a Mr. Asian Oregon, and someone else suggested an Asian male bodybuilding competition. I personally wouldn’t be interested in bodybuilding–I think those guys look like overstuffed pillows, and I think it’s unhealthy–yet I do like the idea of a male pageant.
Thymos Weekend: Anti-Pageant
(pic from here)
Man, what a wild and fun weekend! On Saturday, we had the Miss Asian Oregon Pageant. Yesterday, we had the anti-Pageant. Both events were lots of fun.
I wanted to put a post for each event. Even though the Pageant came first, I thought it best to post the anti-Pageant first, because while the anti-Pageant is over, the pageant has just begun–hopefully we will have opportunities for the new Royal Court to use their crowns to inspire and raise awareness of their platforms over the next year. Also, since the anti-Pageant was a bit more negative than the Pageant (in my opinion anyway), I thought it best for the positive voices to get the last word. So this is my anti-Pageant post.
Justice, Episode 2
For those who are new to bigWOWO, this is the second in a series of discussions that we’re having. We’re all taking this Harvard class together.
View the video above, and discuss below!
Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
Obama
While I think it’s cool that Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize, I wonder…for what?
His presidency just started. So far he hasn’t achieved much of what he has promised–troops are still in Iraq, we still have Guantanamo, we’re still in the worst economic state since the 1930′s, etc. In terms of race relations, he has not stepped up the plate when he could have. He has revealed racism by being who he is, but that’s more a function of who he is rather than what he’s done. I’m not saying that I expected anything within eight months–I’m still overall positive and hopeful–but I think the award comes way too early.
Pageant Podcast
Last night, we recorded a podcast on pageants with Michelle Vlach-Ing, co-founder of Miss Asian Oregon, and Christina Fa, activist from California. Download it here, or hear it below:
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It is 22.8 mB, 49:55 long. I was able to do a direct transfer to mp3 from GarageBand, so this time I won the battle of Mac Powerbook vs. Byron. The pageant is just two days away, and we wanted to get this up fast, so I didn’t get a chance to edit much. It’s almost raw footage. As always, thanks to Instant Conference for use of their recording platform.
Posted in Activism, Asian American, Podcasts
Tagged Activism, Asian American, beauty pageants
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Arrogant Hate Mail from the Ivory Tower
I got this e-mail from a disgruntled professor in California who is upset at the fact that we’re producing Miss Asian Oregon. I usually don’t post angry hate mail, but this one really got on my nerves because I really don’t get it–why do some professors, whose tenure protects them from the hills and valleys of the economy, take such an antagonistic view against the private sector? These people are teaching our future leaders. They feel soooo high and mighty because they get a guaranteed paycheck, and they take that arrogance and throw accusations against the rest of us who are trying to pay the mortgage and put food on the table for our kids. It baffles me.
Posted in Activism, Asian American, Education, Features
Tagged Education, Miss Asian Oregon, money, recession
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The Secret of Asian American Scholastic Achievement
No, it’s not that we raise our kids military style. Nor is it a genetic thing.
Nope, the NY Times just published an article that says that “nonsense sharpens the intellect.” When you see something that doesn’t make sense, it enables you to see patterns in other fields that you ordinarily would not notice. From the Times article:
Posted in Asian American
Tagged Asian American, interracial relationships, IQ, IR, schools
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No More Ground Beef
(pic from here)
I gave up Shark Fin Soup last year. That was for the sharks. This year, I’m giving up ground beef. This is for me, not the cows. I suggest that everyone else give up ground beef too. If you’re wondering why, check out this article: Woman’s Shattered Life Shows Ground Beef Inspection Flaws (watch the video feature too). The story: Stephanie Smith went to her mom’s house for a hamburger, and because the ground beef patty was contaminated with E Coli, it left her sick and paralyzed ten days later. Doctors say she’ll never walk again.
