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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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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Who Is The Asian Woman Sitting Courtside At Lakers Home Games?
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Instacart | Big Sister
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Asian American Frozen Foods: Royal Asia’s ‘Prawn Hacao With Soy Ginger Sauce’
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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Toronto Reel Asian Internationl Film Festival’s Call for Submissions
The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival’s 2011 Call for Submissions is now open! Enter your project before April 1st for no fee with a final deadline of June 1st with a $20 entry fee. This is your chance to … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Announcements, Entertainment, Movies
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Do Asian Women Have The Smallest Vaginas?
We in America are obsessed with the biggest. The Biggest Loser. The biggest thermometer. The biggest hamburger. Even on 8Asians, things aren’t that different. The most popular article I’ve ever written was about Asian men and penis size. Specifically, I … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Health
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The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsmen: Targeting the Chinese American Market
Hollywood interpretations of Asian themed movies and books often racebend the originals (e.g. 21, Last Airbender, and Akira), catering to what they assume are the tastes of a mostly white audience. China Lion, the distributor of the Chinese movie, The … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged China Lion Film Distribution, The Butcher the Chef and the Swordsman
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DUDE WTF ASIA: Android on Crack
Wow. This guy in the Android suit is going absolutely ballistic while dancing away at Taiwan’s Sony Xperia Arc cellphone stand. I have to say that the closest we have to this in the US is the guy that dances … Continue reading
Bank of the West Joins Japan Disaster Relief Effort
Like many corporations, Bank of the West is joining the effort to help Japan in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami by donating $200,000 to assist the survivors of aftermath. More importantly, the bank is also waiving fees for … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Nonprofit
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Top Internet Dating Tips for Asian Men
There are thousands of internet sites dedicated to “help” Asian men find dates. From the sheer number of sites, you would think we were all shut-ins, losers and helpless awkward shy weirdos who couldn’t put a coherent sentence together that … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Lifestyles
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Filipino Blogger Uproar Over Hoax Study That Claims Filipinos are Gullible
So in the past few days, there’s been an uproar within the Filipino blogosphere about a study that claims Filipinos are gullible. In this study purported to be done by Harvard, they have ranked first in gullibility. And of course, … Continue reading
Posted in DUDE WTF ASIA, Observations, WTF
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Miyazaki Club T-shirts from Martin Hsu
Calling all diehard fans of Hayao Miyazaki, the man behind iconic films like Totoro, Spirited Away and Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind (just to name a few). Artist and friend Martin Hsu has debuted a new t-shirt design for … Continue reading
Sucker Punch Review: Full of Sexy Eye Candy & Sexy Explosions
Imagine Inception, Matrix, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Now dilute it with flashy 300-esque CG effects and add the scantily clad charm of Burlesque, the kitsch of Showgirls and a handful of women prison movies. Bake it at … Continue reading
Viral Like SARS: The Story of the Panyee Football Club
Asians are stereotyped as not being innovative, as well as stereotyped as being nonathletic, so I was delighted to see this video about the Panyee Football Club. How do you play soccer when you live on a floating village in … Continue reading
Posted in Sports, Viral Like SARS
Tagged Make the Different, Panyee Football Club, Thai commercial, Thai Military Bank, youth sports
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The 8Asians Talk About: Hideaki Akaiwa, Badass of the Week
Our internal e-mail lists have us discussing all kinds of stuff: Asian American identity, representation in the media, the experiences of activism in an academia setting and its progression as we transition to the working, adult world. Sometimes we talk … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Observations, TalkAbout
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8Asians.com Mugs
Hey kids, you should buy some 8Asians.com mugs ($13.95) because… well, because they are mugs. And they have the 8Asians.com logo on them. Man, how about that website, right? Like, one post is an identity debate about whether Asians hate … Continue reading
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