Category Archives: Activism

Building Subcultures and Accepting Emotions

Posted on August 13, 2010 by jaehwan

I’m at the car dealership right now, getting one of the seatbelts on my car fixed. I accidentally broke it while installing a car seat, and now it’s gonna cost me. But man, this waiting room is high tech. Free … Continue reading →

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Necessary Roughness by Marie G. Lee (Review)

Posted on July 31, 2010 by jaehwan

bigWOWO Rating: Asian American Silver I’m continuing my reading YA Asian American Lit.  Necessary Roughness by Marie G. Lee was my latest reading.  It is a YA book about a teenage Korean American boy and his twin sister who move … Continue reading →

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Ashley Judd Graduates from Harvard with MPA to Help her Activism

Posted on July 25, 2010 by jaehwan

The audience on this blog tends to be older and more experienced than that of the typical AA website, but occasionally we get comments from a younger set of people just starting to make major early life decisions. Here’s something … Continue reading →

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Local laws, local enforcement in Flushing

Posted on June 22, 2010 by jaehwan

Oh, sweet! The NY Times allows us to embed videos. Check out the video above–I used to shop at some of these places! It’s about how Chinese stores in Flushing prevent shoplifting. They either demand exorbitant amounts of money not … Continue reading →

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Teaching Apple to Really "Think Different"

Posted on June 17, 2010 by jaehwan

Congratulations, King: 1st EVER Winner of the bigWOWO award! In doing so, he invented the category of “creative interference.”  (Check the sidebar for my new page for award winners.) It’s not often that someone sends me something so funny that I … Continue reading →

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Kingstonian Tar-and-Feather

Posted on June 7, 2010 by jaehwan

King posted this article in the FlashForward thread.   He was posting it to say something about interracial relationships among African Americans, but the story I caught from the article was this one: Hai Nguyen, 37, of Houston recalls the instant … Continue reading →

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Vietnam to America

Posted on June 2, 2010 by jaehwan

Check out the video above and read the story here.  Some of the stories coming out of Vietnam are absolutely fascinating.  Planning an escape–that’s true heroism. I’ve heard some stories from local former refugees in my area, and I think … Continue reading →

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"Sister, Can You Lend An Ear" by Julia Oh

Posted on May 19, 2010 by jaehwan

Sister, Can You Lend an Ear? By Julia Oh ©2002 Julia Oh Sisters know what I’m talking about. The demeaning terms and images that are associated with Asian women: “Suzie Wong. Geisha girl. Me so horny. Damsel in distress. China … Continue reading →

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Beauty and the Ethnic Woman

Posted on May 16, 2010 by jaehwan

Thanks, King, for sending in these articles: Erasing Ethnicity. (I google searched for a picture of a blonde haired, blue eyed Asian woman to put on the front-page of this article.  The results were all hideous, so I didn’t bother … Continue reading →

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Ed Lin Event Recap

Posted on May 5, 2010 by jaehwan

Thank you Thymos, AAJA-Portland, Friends of Portland Chinatown, and Murder By the Book for the awesome Ed Lin event yesterday.  Special thanks to Amy Wang, Ruth Liao, Elizabeth Suh from AAJA; Joann Le, Fai Chong, and Ivy Lin from Friends … Continue reading →

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