Author Archives: Ernie

About Ernie

I'm the creator of 8 Asians and one of the editors. While I'm a regular blogger to the site as well, think of my role as Barbara Walters on "The View," except without the weird white hair. During the day, I'm a Developer for a major Internet company and live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I've also been writing in my blog, littleyellowdifferent.com, for seven years.

Will K-Pop Group Girls’ Generations “The Boys” Be The Next American Radio Hit?

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Ernie

Remember BoA and her entry into American Pop Music? While she may not have been the crossover K-Pop Superstar that SM Entertainment had hoped for – unless you count a couple of boys dancing at gay bars, the Korean music … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Music | Tagged , , , | 25 Comments

DUDE WTF ASIA: Filipino Man Gets Plastic Surgery To Look Like Superman

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Ernie

File this under “new to me” as well as “dude is Asian so we’re totally allowed to blog about this:” A man in the Philippines is reported to have multiple cosmetic surgeries to look like Superman. Note that if you’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Beauty, DUDE WTF ASIA, Lifestyles | 2 Comments

Over Half Of All Asian American Professional Women Ages 33-46 Are Childless

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Ernie

From 8Asians reader Phantom: An article from Slate magazine on America’s widening fertility class divide. “According to the new Center for Work-Life Policy study, 43 percent of the women in their sample of corporate professionals between the ages of 33 … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Family, Lifestyles | 13 Comments

First Ever Asian American Bay Area Mayors Hit Stumbling Blocks

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Ernie

While Jean Quan is the first Asian American mayor of Oakland and Ed Lee is the first Asian American mayor of San Francisco, a string of events have both of the Northern Californian mayors in the hot seat the exact … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area | 1 Comment

Chinese Linguist Who Created Pinyin Now a Political Dissident

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Ernie

Most Chinese American kids who inevitably take Chinese courses in high school or college learn pinyin, a phonetic way to record Chinese sounds to the Westernized alphabet. NPR has recently published an article on its 105-year-old creator, Zhou Youguang: “[He] … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Education, History | Leave a comment

National Film Society Discusses Awesome Asian Bad Guys

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Ernie

Don’t think of this as “Asians Behaving Badly” as much as it is “Asians talking about Asians who act like behave badly.” Here, the National Film Society (which, contrary to logic, are two Asian guys with a YouTube channel, not … Continue reading →

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Let’s Overanalyze An SNL Skit: J-Pop Talk Show

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Ernie

Now that we’ve established that, yes, there are people who aren’t Asian who like Asian music, leave it up to Saturday Night Live to present this in a comedy skit called J-Pop America Fun Time Now, a mock college TV … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Discrimination, Entertainment, TV | 21 Comments

San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum Changes Logo to a Math Symbol

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Ernie

Design blog Brand New has a great piece on the recent re-branding of San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum. From 8Asians reader Raymon: “The logo (an inverted ‘A’) is pretty contemporary and doesn’t have any cliche ‘Oriental’ elements in it. I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Local, San Francisco Bay Area | Leave a comment

Photojojo Founder Amit Gupta Has Leukemia, Searching for South Asian Bone Marrow Donors

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Ernie

Amit Gupta, founder of popular camera website Photojojo, has been diagnosed with Acute Leukemia, and is appealing to South Asians on the Internet to get swabbed for a possible bone marrow match. The National Bone Marrow Registry has 9.5 million … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Health, Technology | Leave a comment

8Asians is Looking for Interns!

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Ernie

As 8Asians slowly expands from our humble beginnings as a blog almost five years ago, we are looking for Editorial and Community Management Interns, Marketing and Social Media Interns and Design/Development Interns. These positions will great hands-on experience on working … Continue reading →

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Watch Tonight: Glee’s “Asian F” Episode

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Ernie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaPSNXdyqBE&feature=player_embedded FOX’s Glee: Love it for the musicals, Hate it for the musicals, Love it for seeing Asians on television, Hate it for seeing stereotyped Asians on television with Charice, Publicly hate the show on your Facebook and twitter but … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, TV | 1 Comment

Bitch Magazine Tackles Asian American Male Sexuality

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Ernie

Via Bitch Magazine: “When I called up Sueyoshi to chat about the ‘cultural castration’ of Asian American men, historically cast as impotent nerds, lacking virility and sex appeal (or played derisively by white men, a la Mickey Rooney in Breakfast … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Dating, Discrimination, Entertainment, Lifestyles, Movies | 2 Comments