8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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Was Jesus Asian?
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Clean Slate”
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Why So Few Asians in Oregon?
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Yearly Archives: 2008
Too many look-alike Asians? The curious case of Gail Kim and Lena Yada
Gail Kim, an Asian-Canadian who is one of the top female professional wrestlers today, recently left the TNA wrestling promotion to join the WWE. Coincidentally, (or may not so coincidentally), Lena Yada was released from WWE. While the official reason … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Entertainment, Sports
Tagged Batista, Gail Kim, Jimmy Yang Wang, Lena Yada, professional wrestling, Sonjay Dutt, TNA, WWE
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Goh Nakamura’s Ulysses
Face it — if your life were an indie movie, Goh Nakamura’s music would be playing in the background. You know, as you sit in a San Francisco coffee shop, getting dumped by your girlfriend while her “it’s not you … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music, Reviews
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Asian Baby With 16 Toes!!
This news is pertinent to the 8Asians community because it involves an Asian baby, and as we all know, Asian babies are the cutest babies on Earth. However, our highly-sought status from creating the world’s most cuddly sentient creatures is … Continue reading
Posted in WTF
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No on 8: How NOT to Run an Initiative Campaign
Given the passage of California Proposition 8 which attempts to add an amendment in the state constitution to ban marriage among same-sex couples, there’s been a lot of finger pointing at who’s to blame. Given the statistics that have been … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, LGBT, Observations, Politics
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Education Improves Your Health (If You’re a Drunk Korean Guy That Smokes)
The Healthcare Economist recently wrote about a clinical study published in the Journal of Health Economics that examined whether education correlates with healthy behaviors. And it seemed to prove true; those who are educated saw their doctors more often and … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyles
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Blog Tour: Christine Son’s “Off the Menu”
I love “chick-lit,” also known as fiction written for and targeted to young, working women in their twenties and thirties. I must say, it’s about time chick-lit is written by and for Asian American women, and Christine Son’s Off the … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, The Arts
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Junshien Shoots Ya Good
Ever since my cousin in the Bay Area added this guy to her Facebook, I’ve been watching and paying attention. And if you happen to be close, wedding and portrait photographer Junshien has got to be worth every penny in … Continue reading
Posted in Observations, The Arts
Tagged Bay area, Junshien, photography, portraits, San Jose, wedding
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Chinese “Shanzhai” Brands
This lesson is courtesy of chinaSMACK.com: “Shanzhai” (山寨) = shan1 zhai4 = literally “mountain stronghold” in reference to historical warlord holdouts that were outside of government control. A “shanzhai” edition product thus refers to products outside of government regulations that … Continue reading
Do you know a Grace Kim? Meet Playboy’s Miss November 2008
Do you know a Grace Kim? That is a very common name… I’m sure Korean American parents all over America are wondering if their daughter, Grace Kim, is indeed the Grace Kim that they’ve heard from friends and family that … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Observations
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Masa’s Jpop vs Kpop vs USpop Mash-Ups
Ernie’s recent post on Mr. Sassy’s rendition of Mariah’s Touch My Body inspired me to finally get this post written. For those who listen to POP 88 may already be familiar with one of my favorite DJ’s whom I discovered … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music, POP 88
Tagged Baby one more time, BoA, Britney Spears, Ivy, Jewelry, Jolin Tsai, Mariah Carey, Masaremix, Mash up, Toxic
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Reviews in 88 words or less – Toronto Reel Asian Festival – Part Deux
In an effort to keep promises, here’s part two of some of the films you can enjoy at this year’s Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival. Wonderful Town – director Aditya Assarat – Thailand Four years after the devastation of the … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies, Reviews
Tagged cinema, fairy tales, films, foreign, horror film, korea, Movies, reel asian, romance, thailand, Toronto
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Sassy Korean Guy Sings Mariah Carey’s “Touch My Body”
No comment needed, although I like how he does the “point in the air” thing at random times throughout the song. Or how he touches his body at the 1 minute, 58 second mark. Because, you know, that’s the name … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, WTF
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