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Do Asian Women Have The Smallest Vaginas?
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Asian Pubic Hair Questions
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Do Asian Women Have the Smallest Breasts?
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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Do All Asians Have Flat Butts?
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Do Asians Have the Smallest Testicle?
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Do Asians Have the Worst Smelling Farts?
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Author Archives: Lily
Lived Experience: Study Seeking Asian American LGB Students
A new research project is being done over at Western Michigan University on the lived experience of students (undergrad and grad) who self-identify as both Asian American and lesbian, gay or bisexual. The project is hoping to capture the diversity … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Discrimination, Education, LGBT
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Ramen Master David Chang Goes Global
I have discovered a new excuse to go to Australia. David Chang of the Momofuku restaurants recently opened up Momofuku Seiobo in Sydney, his first joint outside of New York City. And next year, he’ll be opening one in Toronto. … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink
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Naturalized Chinese American Not Allowed To Leave China Over Business Dispute
Hu Zhicheng, a naturalized American citizen, worked in the United States as a successful engineer for 20 years and then decided to return to China to work in 2004. Unfortunately, the last three times that Hu has tried to leave … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Business, Current Events, Discrimination
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Young Chinese Mexican American Starts Feminist Photo Blog
A friend recently pointed me to this amazing new photo blog project on tumblr started by Amy, a Chinese Mexican American from California and unabashed young feminist of color. The Feminist Photo Blog Project hopes to capture the different faces … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Entertainment, Family, Lifestyles
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The Philippines Is New Capital Of Call Centers
According to the New York Times, the Philippines is overtaking India as the primary call center for Americans on the phone with customer service lines. Why the change in where we outsource those jobs? Partly wages, partly utility infrastructure, and … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Business, Current Events
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One Of Japan’s Last Traditional Sword Makers
http://vimeo.com/32113233 Etsy put together this awesome short video about Korehira Watanabe, one of only about thirty remaining swordsmiths in Japan. I know next to nothing about swords, but even so, his swords look incredible, as in I watched this video with … Continue reading
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Hollywood Keeps Cranking Out Martial Arts Movies
Apparently Hollywood and the world in general are falling in love with martial arts movies and producing them by the dozens. “As the world is shrinking, it’s also coming together in its appreciation of kicking, lunging and screaming.” Even Taylor Lautner and … Continue reading
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Hawaiian Singer’s “Occupy” Song At Obama Summit
With the refrain, “We’ll occupy the streets, we’ll occupy the courts, we’ll occupy the offices of you, till you do the bidding of the many, not the few,” Hawaiian singer Makana’s song, “We Are The Many,” “turned a top-security dinner of … Continue reading
Inside Out Project: Calling Artists in NYC
So what’s this Inside Out Project? Well, it was founded by JR, winner of a TED prize. As a part of this project, Stefanie emailed us saying that she’s working on a project specifically to talk about the under-representation of Asian … Continue reading
Posted in New York, The Arts
Tagged art project, artists, inside out project, NYC, photos
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Japanese Restaurant Charged With Serving Sake To Toddler
A two-year-old was served sake at a Japanese restaurant in Ohio and “served” may be an overstatement. The cook, Mingyang Zhu, after giving rice wine to all the adults at the table, apparently squirted some sake into the youngster’s mouth … Continue reading
Asians Make Up Only 0.4% Of Stars On Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame
In light of Shakira’s recent addition to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, CNN’s recent article on minorities in Hollywood calculates some fairly depressing statistics on diversity in the biz – only 0.4% of the 2,354 stars are Asians. That’s TEN STARS. … Continue reading
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Tagged Asians in Hollywood, Entertainment
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