Author Archives: Guest Writer

8Asians Now Has a Tumblelog!

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Guest Writer

A couple of astute readers might have noticed the Thursday 8Asians.com Photo Zen and Video Zen posts going on for a couple of weeks; no dialogue, no witty opinions, no angry, controversial diatribes — just linking a photo or a … Continue reading →

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Popular Posts in the Past 15 Days

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Guest Writer

Say My Name: Changing my Adoptive Name – “Sitting down in a chair the other day, a funny thing happened: I turned a year older. It got me thinking about my name. Six months earlier I’d handed over some papers … Continue reading →

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The 8Asians Writers Talk About: Asian Shooters

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Guest Writer

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. And sometimes, we … Continue reading →

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Popular Posts in the Past 15 Days

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Guest Writer

“TOKYO!” (the movie) opens in selected cities 3/20/2009 – Amazingly, the movie doesn’t involve school girls or tentacle rape. Dartmouth College Appoints First Asian American President of Ivy League University – All well and good until some smart-ass white kid … Continue reading →

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Pros and Cons of Web Products in the Chinese Market

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Guest Writer

By Niniane In recent years, there has been a good deal of talk about the rising importance of the Chinese market. Companies hold seminars on how to conduct business in China. Many of my American friends took Mandarin classes. Given … Continue reading →

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Say My Name: Changing my Adoptive Name

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Guest Writer

By Chunsoon Sitting down in a chair the other day, a funny thing happened: I turned a year older. It got me thinking about my name. Six months earlier I’d handed over some papers and a check for two-hundred dollars; … Continue reading →

Posted in Lifestyles, Observations | 73 Comments

Ask an Asian: A Korean Grandmothers’s Unauthorized Visits

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Guest Writer

(Every so often, we here at 8Asians get e-mails asking for advice. Here is someone — let’s call her “M” — asking for advice on how to deal with her intruding grandmother-in-law.) Could you and your fellow 8Asians contributors help … Continue reading →

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Popular Posts from 8Asians in the Past 30 Days

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Guest Writer

Model Minorities in Reality TV: The Amazing Race’s Tammy & Victor Jih: The token Asian team on The Amazing Race this season are attractive sibling lawyers, and you’re sitting at home watching them eating a bag of potato chips. Random … Continue reading →

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8Asians.com’s Open Comment Thread #1

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Guest Writer

So in the spirit of trying something new, we’re going to do something that a lot of other blogs do and have an open comments thread; that means that so long as you abide by the comments policy of not … Continue reading →

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The 8Asians Writers Talk About: Gay Taiwanese Presidential Scandals

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Guest Writer

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. And sometimes, we … Continue reading →

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When Life Hands You Lemons, Redesign the Website

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Guest Writer

So if you are visiting the website and you’re not using an RSS Feed Reader, you may have noticed some, uhm, subtle differences to the 8Asians. Like the fact that we completely redesigned the website. Truth is, we didn’t expect … Continue reading →

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The 8Asians Writers Talk About: “Yellow on the Outside, Shame on the Inside”

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Guest Writer

“With just my three simple Asian Pride Theorems, I can reveal the truth about Asian culture — whether it’s Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, etc. — and all the reasons why Asians do the things that they do. First, Asians … Continue reading →

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