The Conversation
- Jeremy Lin: Our Generation’s Joe Louis (9)
- Amy Chua: Chinese Conceit, Chinese Ignorance, and the $24,000 question (247)
- bigWOWO: Not sure if you’re a “bot” or a real person, Andre, but I know lots of Chuas. Only...
- Andre M. Smith: Further on Chua as a Chinese surname . . . My wife, a gyn surgeon, hails from a family of...
- “But he hit me back first!” (44)
- King: I will be kissing Asian women like Linda against the wall without a shirt”. Yuck!!!
- Raguel: “I’m glad you guys are pissed off at blacks. It takes the pressure off of me while you are hating...
- Siegfried: I’m glad you guys are pissed off at blacks. It takes the pressure off of me while you are hating...
- Seeking Asian Female (8)
- Raguel: Yes! I mean with me. How did I miss that part out? And why do I suddenly feel some anxiety?
But here is an... - King: “If I ever get a mail order bride I will get her addicted to sex first.” I assume you mean with you...
- bigWOWO: Linda, Haha! Maybe that dude is on to something with the foreign language nagging. But to be honest, maybe...
- Raguel: Yes! I mean with me. How did I miss that part out? And why do I suddenly feel some anxiety?
- The Other-Directed Personality (1)
- Siegfried: Mitt got Obama worried. He is shaking in his boots. It’s over for Obama because Mitt is going to...
- Holy Jesus, Jeremy (9)
- N: @TD Good pick up on that one.
- trolldetector: @Colin I love how whites keep trying to troll their divide tactics Asian blogs under different guises.
- Eurasian Sensation: @ Colin: I’m pretty sure Jeremy Lin and his supporters are not the same person.
- Jeremy Lin shines (21)
- trolldetector: GO JEREMY LIN
- 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...
- What Cultures Value (22)
- trolldetector: @Colin. Dont you belong on a Lord Of The Rings filmset? Thats where most white trolls dwell isnt it?
- colin: A bit late to this, but bigwowo, you grossly underestimate the anti-work and anti-intellectual ethic here in...
- bigWOWO: Yeah, I could go for that.
- About A Boy by Nick Hornby (6)
- bigWOWO: That’s a really good point, Raguel. Like it or not, TV executives control everything (including what...
- 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...
- 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
- 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...
- 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.
- “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...
Tag Archives: media
East West Magazine Closes Down
It looks like East West Magazine is shutting down. Read the editor’s blog here–I agree with all of her reasons for closing it down, even though it’s sad to see it’s go. East West will become yet another casualty of high printing costs, fewer advertisers, and the hard economy. I never read East West (I’m not an AA woman), but with their passing goes yet another area where Asian Americans can discuss culture and society. They now join Yolk and A Magazine. Next on the block is Giant Robot, which is desperately trying to raise $60,000 to stay in business:
The Oak Park Story
Sylvie from The Anti-Social Ladder sent the following press release. The documentary is going to be showing alongside Curtis Choy’s Manilatown is in the Heart. If you’re in SF, check it out.
For Immediate Release
February 15, 2010
Contact: Valerie Soe (vsoe@sfsu.edu) and Russell Jeung (rjeung@sfsu.edu))
The Oak Park Story World Premiere, March 14-15, 2010 at SFIAAFF
Visit the official blog for The Oak Park Story
Joe and Heidi Wang from the Amazing Race
Joe and Heidi Wang
I just got the newsflash from 8 Asians: Joe and Heidi Wang will be running the Amazing Race, beginning this Sunday on CBS. Like the winners Tammy and Victor Jih from last season, the team has an Asian American male and an Asian American female, but unlike last season, they’re not brother and sister. Woohoo for diversity! They’re also parents of two children, so cheers for the Rice Daddy.
Nakata in Calvin Klein Ad
Hidetoshi Nakata
Thanks to Julie for this.
Hey Siegfried, here’s some eye candy for you.
Seriously, I think it’s great that Calvin Klein is diversifying their portfolio of models. I saw Nakata when he first started playing. When I was in Japan, he was the #1 guy on the soccer team. My roommate was a British dude who played soccer, and he idolized Nakata.
Children of Invention
bigWOWO Rating: Asian American Bronze
Let me first begin by saying that I’m not a frequent consumer of artsy-style indie films. So take my words below with a grain of salt.
I received several e-mails announcing Children of Invention, but I usually ignore movie announcements since I live in po’ dunk Oregon and usually can’t see them anyway. In this case, however, TMM let the world know that you could “rent” this movie on YouTube. That’s right, for the low price of $3.99 and a YouTube account, you can see this movie over the web. A rental gets you 48 hours of unlimited viewing. It’s a really great way to get your movie out while still getting paid. I’m glad that Tze Chun decided to go this route.
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 fit that Disney princess mold. I’m pretty girly, so I’d love to see an Asian princess who traipses around in a poofy dress, preferably wearing a tiara. I just simply didn’t identify with Mulan and I wonder if little Asian girls feel the same way. I can’t really picture them clamoring to wear Mulan’s armor for Halloween when they can don Belle’s yellow froufrou ballgown.
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:
Justice, Episode 9
Anyone still there?
I’m so far behind on this Justice course that it isn’t even funny. Sigh, this is like real school. I’m halfway through Episode 7 right now, and it’s a shame since Ep 9 is the Affirmative Action episode (and I love arguing AA). Don’t worry about ruining it for me though…please sound off. We need to motivate each other.
bigWOWO's Editorial Policy: Fair, But Not Always Balanced
Erin from Hyphen brought up an interesting issue on the Hyphen Blog: After the Banana: Reflections on the AsAm Blogosphere. In her blog post, she raises the question of neutrality, and whether we as bloggers ought to be adhering to fair and balanced reporting. With respect to the Banana event, she links bigWOWO specifically:
Write-ups of the event since, though, have been troubling to me. Aside from Jon Yang‘s very balanced account (thank you, Jon), I find that my fellow bloggers have opted for a kind of resolute cheerleading, such that our team can do no wrong, and to be critical is to speak treason.
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:
Asian woman disgusted
to this:
Asian woman in love
Here are the choices:
a) Two eligible Asian bachelors with good jobs
b) A creative rebellious Japanese tattoo artist
c) An Asian American FBI agent who is on a mission to solve the crime of the century
d) Some White guy she doesn’t know but whom she is willing to travel overseas to meet
If you need to cheat, you can check the answer in Episode 9.
