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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My Visit to San Francisco’s Angel Island Immigration Station
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Daughter of the Late Pat Morita Protests Karate Kid Remake
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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Who Is The Asian Woman Sitting Courtside At Lakers Home Games?
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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Monthly Archives: June 2014
The Evolution of Asian American Studies: Princeton Hires First Professor of Asian American History
When I was undergraduate at Princeton during the last century, instituting an Asian American Studies (AAS) program was a focus of the university’s Asian American Students Association. After decades of effort by many students, Alumni, and professors, Princeton University finally … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged Ann Cheng, Asian American Studies, Beth Lew-Williams, Princeton University
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YouTube: If Asians Said The Stuff White People Say
Well, this video starring Jenny Yang and Eugene Yang was posted on YouTube by Buzzfeed Yellow back in the first week of June, but I still think of the video from time-to-time. I just took a look, and the video … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Discrimination, Entertainment, TV
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Little Kids Doing Kung Fu
One of my favorite things in the world is little kids doing kung fu. Aside from the complete attack of adorable, I think it has to do with the wistful regret of not having done martial arts myself as a … Continue reading
Posted in Sports, Viral Like SARS
Tagged cutie, karate, kids, martial arts, tae kwon do, wushu
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Shen Yun Performing Arts: A Review of Sorts
If you live in the Bay Area or in other urban areas, you may notice that periodically, advertisements go up for a “Shen Yun Performing Arts.” These usually have a picture of a Chinese woman doing some sort of traditional … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Religion, The Arts
Tagged Falun Dafa, Falun Gong, Shen Yun Performing Arts
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Jeremy Lin’s Huffington Post Interview
Since the Houston Rockets didn’t make it past the first round of the NBA playoffs, Jeremy Lin had the opportunity to do an interview with the Huffington Post Live to: “talk about basketball, life beyond “Linsanity” and his latest projects … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
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V3con 2014: Preview of Featured Topic Presentations
By Eugene Hung This post is the last of a series that has introduced 8Asians readers to some of this year’s V3 Digital Media Conference (V3con) honorees, speakers, panelists, and performers. The V3con Opening Awards Reception will be held on … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Southern California
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V3con 2014: Preview of Workshops and Panels
By Eugene Hung This post is part of a series that will introduce 8Asians readers to some of this year’s V3 Digital Media Conference (V3con) honorees, speakers, panelists, and performers. The V3con Opening Awards Reception will be held on Friday, … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Southern California
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Wendy’s New Strawberry Fields Chicken Salad
http://youtu.be/X__WdkyiUCo In the latest Wendy’s commercial, the fast food restaurant chain is promoting its latest creation: their new strawberry fields chicken salad. Not too surprising that the Asian American IT guy (full of IT equipment) is kind of dorky, much … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, TV
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Am I Anorexic? Asian Girl Body Issues
A few months ago, a student from Yale University, Frances Chan, blogged in the Huffington Post about her horrific experience with Yale–she was 5’ 2” and about 90 lbs, and they designated her an “eating disorder” case and began to … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Food & Drink, Health, Health and Beauty, Lifestyles, Sports
Tagged anorexia, body issues, cris cyborg, fitness, francis chan, Health, huffington post, karate hottie, michelle waterson, MMA, yale university
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American Girl “Archives” Asian American Ivy Ling Doll
Back in 2010 I wrote about the few available Asian appearance dolls on the market for our Asian American daughters, and more specifically as a Christmas present for my own five year old daughter. Top of my list was the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Family, Shopping, Toys
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What You Might Not Know about Judith Hill, Recipient of the 2014 V3con Voice Award
By Eugene Hung This post is part of a series that will introduce 8Asians readers to some of this year’s V3 Digital Media Conference (V3con) honorees, speakers, panelists, and performers. The V3con Opening Awards Reception will be held on Friday, … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Entertainment, Movies, Music, Southern California
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What You Might Not Know about Jonathan Gold, Recipient of the 2014 V3con Visibility Award
By Eugene Hung This post is part of a series that will introduce 8Asians readers to some of this year’s V3 Digital Media Conference (V3con) honorees, speakers, panelists, and performers. The V3con Opening Awards Reception will be held on Friday, … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Food & Drink, Southern California
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