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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Asian American Commercial Watch: Ronny Chieng & Old Spice’s “The Expert”
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Hizashi no Naka no Rairu
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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Asians Behaving Badly: Edward Younghoon Shin Alledgedly Murders Business Partner & Blogs About It
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Monthly Archives: October 2011
HBO Develops China Doll, New Show About Interracial Family, A Robot & China
HBO has a new show in the works! The title of the show is China Doll (that’s ALMOST racist, right?). As much as I want it to be about Asian drag queens, it’s not. Apparently it’s “about an interracial family … Continue reading
The 8 Most Offensive Asian Halloween Costumes
Halloween is coming up and while most of us use this holiday as an opportunity to dress like sluts, a select number of people like to use it to dress up in the most offensive outfits. No, I’m not talking … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Fashion, Lifestyles, WTF
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8Questions with Frank Abe of Conscience and the Constitution
The generally accepted Japanese American narrative goes something like this: We came to this country. There was discrimination. Then Pearl Harbor happened. We went peacefully to the concentration camps and then while there we remained docile and peaceful. Some fought … Continue reading
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Teruo Artistry “Stereo Invaders” Tee
Everyone should remember Space Invaders–that pixelated time suck that involved shooting little aliens with your pew-pew lasers (fun fact: the aliens only got faster as you killed them off because the computer didn’t have to work as hard to animate … Continue reading
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Asian American Commercial Watch: What Happens in Vegas’s Hip Hop
http://youtu.be/e1GeYkej8B8 Funny, after I said I had not seen that IKEA commercial on TV that I had blogged about, the next day, I saw the commercial. I haven’t seen this latest Las Vegas commercial that I saw on a website, … Continue reading
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Bay Area Giveaway: Tickets for ‘Finding Joe’ Directed by Patrick Takaya Solomon
http://youtu.be/-AAfuD6xUHs UPDATE 10/20/11: Congrats on our first batch of winners! Komo, laughingluna, Vincent, and Annie! Patrick Takaya Solomon’s Finding Joe is an enlightening and entertaining exploration of famed philosopher / mythologist Joseph Campbell’s studies and their continuing impact on our … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Promotions, San Francisco Bay Area
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Mixed Race Families Still Get a Second Glance
Even in an area as progressive as the San Francisco Bay Area, it’s not unusual for my family to get a second look when we’re walking into a restaurant, store, or other public area. My family is both mixed race … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Family
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The Breakthrough of Haruki Murakami
Who wrote a book that sold at over a million copies in one month, with hard copies gone before the end of the first day and averaging online at more than 1 a minute? You might be forgiven for thinking … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Entertainment
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Tiger Mom Vs. Dragon Mom: New Ways to Talk Parenthood
If there is any topic that has some of the most extreme views and opinions, it’s parenthood. Parenting philosophies. Parenting methods. Parenting books. It’s seems pretty inexhaustible, and no doubt, incredibly overwhelming. So, of course, when anything hits the media … Continue reading
Handmade Blue Totoro Doll
Just because you grow old, it doesn’t mean that you have to grow up. Even if adults can’t see Totoros, you can always keep them around in the form of a plush. This 7″ Crocheted Blue Totoro ($25.00) is great … Continue reading
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Meet Gabriel See, A 13 Year Old Child Prodigy
When I first read about Gabriel See, he reminded me of another kid I had blogged about from the Greater Seattle area who was also a “genius,” Raymond Zheng. But as I read further, I realized that Gabriel is probably … Continue reading
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Charles Yu’s “How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe”
There is just enough space inside here for one person to live indefinitely, or at least that’s what the operations manual says. So begins Charles Yu’s debut novel, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe ($10.17). Yu is … Continue reading
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