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: March 2010
Chang-Rae Lee on the Census
Fill out your census form!
And check out the video above. Chang-Rae Lee didn’t feel his racial difference until he reached adolescence and started dating. I wonder what he’d have to say about all our discussions. Lee made Complex Magazine‘s list of IR couples for Asian men.
Secrets of the Universe/FlashForward 2
(FlashForward Spoiler below)
I’ve been ill for the past few days, stuck at home yesterday. The good news is that we just got full cable. Wow. I never understood how people could watch 4-7 hours of TV a day, but with the Food Channel, Spike, and Versus, it’s now quite clear to me. Ultimate Fighting, WEC, or Iron Chef every night? It doesn’t get better than that. If I were to convert to Christianity, I imagine Heaven would be something like this, with a perpetual beer in my hand. (Gomi is fighting tonight at 5 pm Pacific for those who have Spike TV. It’s free.) Other people can play their harps and sit on clouds; me, I’ll take my cable and beer.
Random news
by Michelle Wie
1. Did anyone know that golfer Michelle Wie is also an artist? Check it here. Apparently, she’s disturbed:
Bloody skulls, a robot mauling a teddy bear, a schoolgirl wearing a plaid skirt and a gas mask. The golfer Michelle Wie looked up from her artwork and said with a laugh, “It’s like drawings you do in fifth grade and someone says, ‘You need help.’ ”
2. Jaime Escalante, the inspiration behind the teacher in Stand and Deliver, died Tuesday of cancer. If you haven’t seen the movie of his life, do. It’s pretty amazing what one teacher’s passion can do for a roomful of students.
Fill in Our Future
Just got an e-mail from Courtney at Fill in Our Future. As you all know, the deadline for the census count is April 1st. Probably all of you have already received your form. If you haven’t done so already, fill it out and send it in. I was at a presentation last week where a census rep went through everything that this form represents. Not only does it determine how much federal funding we get in our respective communities, but it also determines how much representation, i.e. House representatives, we get in the federal government as well. It really does mean that you will be counted.
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The Long and Short of It
Keni Styles, from SF Gate
Now that we’re completed Happy Week, let’s talk about penis size.
I saw this column by Jeff Yang where he talks about the Asian male penis stereotypes, and then goes on to talk about Keni Styles, whom Minority Militant first noticed a while back. Thanks also to Efren who posted on Jeff’s article. According to everyone, Keni Styles, a Thai-British 28 year old, is mainstream porn’s first big Asian male star. Jeff started off his article by mentioning the Asian male stereotypes for lack of size, and Efren talks about how he feels that Asian American men just don’t participate when there’s a call to action. You can see Jeff’s full interview here.
Bounce Back
This is my last Happy Week post.
My reason for declaring Happy Week was the book above, Bounce Back by John Calipari. As you sports fans know, Calipari is the Kentucky coach who was fired from the Nets a while back. He also suffered a bruising defeat while coaching the Memphis Tigers a few years back. As Kentucky is currently the top seeded team, Calipari clearly bounced back. I began reading his book before March madness though.
The Definitive History of Asian Men Dating Outside their Race
So what do you all think of the new look? As some of you know, something batty happened with my WordPress, and the old theme was one of the casualties from the fall. The new theme, which I absolutely LOVE (and will try to tweak if you e-mail suggestions), was designed by Eyoung. Thanks, Eyoung for your awesome theme.
Touch
The video above made me smile. It’s simple and sensual. I think the reason it appeals to me is that the protagonist is seeking to express her inner beauty through her outer appearance and actions. I love how she works to be in this world.
This short movie also has the Japanese bad guy from Karate Kid II–Yuji Okumoto. That in itself makes it view-worthy.
Note to Yuji: Dude, I think you were way cooler than Daniel-san in that movie, and Kumiko should’ve gone for you instead. Plus–you could’ve kicked the shit out of Ralph in a real fight, crane kick or touristy drum trick notwithstanding. Everyone knows that.
The Male Brain
Louann Brizendine
Continuing Happy Week:
From the front page of CNN.com, Louann Brizendine, whom I’ve quoted before, writes:
Perhaps the biggest difference between the male and female brain is that men have a sexual pursuit area that is 2.5 times larger than the one in the female brain. Not only that, but beginning in their teens, they produce 200 to 250 percent more testosterone than they did during pre-adolescence.
So that’s why there’s no female PUA. This MD feminist probably would’ve been blasted off the 44s, but I’m glad she has written something about what seems obvious to many of us who work with lots of kids and adults. Here’s another interesting comment:
Sam Geunjin Kang and M-Flo
Continuing Happy Week, I hope the video above (produced by Wong Fu Productions) makes you smile. If it does, please share why.
The video below shows what the Japanese have done with rap/hip-hop. It’s a catchy tune:
Happy Happy Week!
