The Conversation
- Literature and Religion: Podcast with Kobukson (25)
- MojoRider: kobukson, thanks for your thoughts. to me, it’s one big epistemlogical mystery. Something happened...
- kobukson: correction: Scripture does NOT hold the view that matter=evil.
- kobukson: Mojorider: Kobukson, you had touched briefly upon Jesus being a feminist….very interesting. The Gnostic...
- Why Do Asian People Have Bad Eyesight? (1)
- B: Hi, this is actually a very good post – I was adopted from Korea and I have glaucoma…since I was a...
- YA Literature/Someone Like Summer by M.E. Kerr (23)
- jaehwan: Done!
- RiceCakeRabbit: :-s Sorry for the double post, feel free to delete one or the other…
- jaehwan: Sorry, RCR, my spam filter is weird. It’s supposed to be “learning” how to better identify...
- White on Rice (Review) (14)
- A handful of sugar, a pinch of salt, and a liter of water (15)
- Why Parents Hate Parenting (10)
- TZ: @ Leon: I love other people’s kids too but I’m not so good with them. At a company function I once...
- jaehwan: Alpha, I totally agree. I know lots of people who succumb to the pressure/promises of kids being some kind...
- MojoRider: I’ve no experience in being a father, I have no children of my own, but I am a godfather to a niece...
- Agent Cho: The Mentalist (7)
- 1001 Cranes by Naomi Hirahara (Review) (5)
- jaehwan: Thanks, G! Do you actually teach these books, or is it more of just a library where kids are free to take...
- g: Nice review, and you’re right, there’s lots of Asian American writers these days who are writing for...
- King: I think it’s just missing the “l” at the end. http://www.ted.com/talks/ch...
- Japanese Hamburg and Japanese Spaghetti (13)
- jaehwan: Thanks, Leon and TZ! I think what I’m going to do is just make larger portions with my omurice and my...
- Leon: TZ- Dammit, yours sound much tastier than mine.
I also wanted more rice than what could fit inside the wrap.... - TZ: Instead of peas, I use corn. A little sweeter that way. And I use shitake mushrooms. I also don’t put the...
- David Blackwell, First Black Tenured Professor at Berkeley, Dies at 91 (2)
- Teaching Apple to Really "Think Different" (45)
- The People I’ve Slept With, opening in SF, LA, NYC (1)
- kobukson: It’s an Asian American romantic comedy, which, as most of you know, is kinda rare. There’s an Asian guy...
- The Asian Rake and Jamie Yeo in Singapore (118)
- Asian woman sues Steven Seagal for sexual assault (22)
- jaehwan: Segal should go to jail for his bad acting. Or maybe gaol…in Australia.
- The Default Human Being (15)
- Literature and Religion: Podcast with Kobukson (25)
Tag Archives: Asian American
Self Defense?
Thanks Mojo–another violent incident coming straight out of Philly. This incident is a bit gray in terms of what happened and what the consequences should be. If you look at the video above, there was a shooting on a busy … Continue reading
Health Risks for Minorities Trying to Look White
You know those skin whitening creams that some minorities use to whiten their skin? Apparently there are health problems associated with them. One woman used it, and it made her skin so thin that it bruised easily. She also got … Continue reading
The Asian Inferiority Complex
(pic from here) I remember calling an Asian American friend when I first landed in Japan right after college. “How do the guys here get anything done?” I asked him, jokingly. “The women here are eye-blindly beautiful. I’d have trouble … Continue reading
Girly Girls, Princesses, and Asian American Women
(pic from here) I read Emily Co’s piece on AbsolutelyFobulous about the Princess and the Frog, and the implications of ethnic princesses. In her piece, she writes: I know we have Mulan and everything, but somehow she doesn’t seem to … Continue reading
Raise your voice (and use your money) against the Philadelphia School District
Thanks to Minority Militant, Alpha-Asian, AngryAsianMan, Field, and, well, just about everyone else, for bringing some attention to the racial violence taking place at South Philadelphia High School. We’re not seeing it very much in the mainstream media, so I … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Asian American
Tagged Asian American, South Philadelphia High School, Violence
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Alexander Wang in the NY Times
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Ore wa Raisu Chyeisa desu
Quick…according to ABC’s new show FlashForward, what does it take to change an Asian woman’s face to go from this: to this: Here are the choices: a) Two eligible Asian bachelors with good jobs b) A creative rebellious Japanese tattoo … Continue reading
Mr. Hyphen tomorrow, the quest for masculinity
As some of you know, Mr. Hyphen is tomorrow. Check it out if you’re in Oakland. It’s a male pageant, something which I wrote about before. I’m not crazy about the idea of male pageants for Asian American men. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Asian American
Tagged Asian American, beauty pageants, Gender, male pageants, masculinity
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First Vietnamese American to Command a Navy Destroyer
In the NY Times today, there’s an inspiring story about H.B. Le, the first Vietnamese American to command a U.S. Navy destroyer. The article discusses Le’s history as a boat person, his father’s history as a military man, and his … Continue reading
