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: December 2009
Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake
Takeshi Kaneshiro and Kyoko Fukada
One of the issues in converting from blogger to novelist is getting out of oneself. Blogging is all about writing from the blogger’s perspective, while novel writing (I think) deals a lot with understanding and becoming your characters. When blogging, it’s all about you. When writing creatively, it’s all about everyone but you. Maybe that’s why there are so few blogger-novelists.
With my novel writing, I’ve been trying to get out of myself. How does one do that? I don’t know how others do it, but I’ve been trying to expose myself to different viewpoints whether by reading, observing, or watching. For me, it’s about stepping back away from myself, from activism, from blogging, from everything that I’m used to doing.
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Tagged Japanese drama, Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake, Kyoko Fukada, Takeshi Kaneshiro
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Justice, Episode 11
My goodness. Only two more episodes left! Everyone chime in so you can get your WOWO-Harvard degrees!
This episode is about obligations vs. freedom, Aristotle vs. Kant. Sound off!
Alexander Wang in the NY Times
Alexander Wang on right
I’ll admit that I don’t know anything about fashion. A high school friend once told me I had to be more fashionable. I tried, but it was so hard that I just gave up. I realized that my fashion sense was so bad that I should be content just to match.
Nevertheless, I realize that fashion is important–not just for people who want to look good, but for society in general. Fashion is just another way of expressing oneself through visual means. When people look good, they feel good, and they inspire others. Which is why it’s good to see Asian Americans like Alexander Wang making their mark.
Big Businesses and the Environment
I saw this Op-Ed in the NY Times a few days ago: Will Big Business Save the Earth. It was written by Jared Diamond, the guy who wrote “Guns, Germs, and Steel.” Check out the article. His thesis is this:
The embrace of environmental concerns by chief executives has accelerated recently for several reasons. Lower consumption of environmental resources saves money in the short run. Maintaining sustainable resource levels and not polluting saves money in the long run. And a clean image — one attained by, say, avoiding oil spills and other environmental disasters — reduces criticism from employees, consumers and government.
Costco
(Click the video above to see the video. I wanted to embed it, but the embedded video autoplays upon loading.)
I am one of Costco’s biggest fans. Sure, you pay $50 a year to be a member, but man, what a store! The quality is top-notch. You get the best food from all over, and most of the everyday prices are hard to beat. Jim Sinegal definitely created a good business model. He pays his people very well–Costco people make more money than people in similar positions atWalmart, Starbucks, and other places–AND the store treats customers well.
Active Web Activism: Militant and Alpha-Asian
Hey All,
My fundraising has been dormant since Sam Yoon’s campaign, so I told my web posse that I’d post stuff up about their endeavors.
1. Project X: Militant’s work focused on the arts. You can contribute money to help him out. He’s going to give money to support Asian American artists in film. In his own words:
Money, Marriage, and the Arrangements People Make
A bunch of us were discussing the new terms of Tiger and Elin’s prenup here. mT raises some questions about money and marriage. If a woman demands money for her hand in marriage, directly or indirectly, or, in Elin’s case, if she demands money in order to stay in a marriage, directly or indirectly, does that somehow compromise her values as a person? mT raises a good point about the morality of such an arrangement.
I have a few opinions here.
Tagged marriage, money
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Justice, Episode 10
I’m all caught up. This episode is about what makes a good citizen and freedom of choice. From the description, it touches on the Talent issue. Sound off!
Tiger, Edwards, and Beta Women
Riddle me this…
Tiger Woods, the highest paid athlete in the world today, the highest paid athlete in perhaps world history, risked losing this:
Elin Nordegren
and this:
for this
Rachel Uchitel
this
Jaimee Grubbs
and/or this
Kalika Moquin
