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Asian Heritage Athletes in America Feature: Nathan Chen
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Do Asian Women Have The Smallest Vaginas?
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Do Asian Women Have the Smallest Breasts?
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Do All Asians Have Flat Butts?
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Asian Pubic Hair Questions
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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Category Archives: Family
“You are so stupid.” Have Chinese Americans Been Overreacting This Whole Time?
You aren’t authentically Chinese/Taiwanese unless your mother has at some point called you stupid, or as I’ve heard it in Mandarin, bèn (笨). Don’t misinterpret: my parents love me to pieces and today, 30-some odd years later, our relationship couldn’t be stronger. However, I … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Observations, WTF
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Why Do So Many Asians Have Bowl Hair Cuts?
My wife and I have been discussing whether we should give our 1-year-old son a bowl haircut. Okay, discuss is not really what happened. I asked her if we should give him a bowl haircut, and she said, “No.” I … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health and Beauty
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Unique Parenting Style? Asian American Parents Sought for New Cable Series
An award-winning production company and a top-rated national cable network is casting a new docu-series that will explore unique perspectives on parenting — styles like attachment parenting, authoritative parenting, green parenting… you name it, they’re interested in hearing about it. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, TV
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Off the Great Wall: The Complicated Chinese Family Tree
Did you know that every member of a Chinese family is called something different depending on whether it’s from one’s mom’s side or dad’s side and their seniority? It gets quite confusing, so the folks at Off the Great Wall … Continue reading
Posted in Family
Tagged asian american family, chinese family, extended family, Family, family tree, love chinese family
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Haunted by ‘Christmas in Hanoi’
This was originally published at LA Stage Times and has been republished at 8Asians with the author’s permission. Christmas in Hanoi is currently running at East West Players at David Henry Hwang Theater, 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, History, Observations, Southern California, The Arts
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Asian Americans Have the Highest Suicide Rate for American Women Over 65
Asian American women above the age of 65 have the highest suicide rate of any American ethnic group of women, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Their suicide rate of 6.5 per 100,000 was followed by white … Continue reading
‘Do Not Marry Before Age 30’ Author Joy Chen is Misanthropic and Myopic
It is a truth universally acknowledged that [those who assume] a man in good fortune must be in want of a wife. Bullshit, I say, as I try to purge my mind from the insidious exposure I have had to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Dating, Entertainment, Family, Lifestyles, Observations
Tagged chinese women, dating, joy chen, marriage, relationships
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Study Concludes that Bilinguals Have Faster Brains
This study conducted by neuroscientist Brian Gold finds that people who have been bilingual since childhood have faster brains and suggests that this kind of bilingualism can slow the mental decline in aging. Both seniors and younger people’s bilingual brains … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, Health and Beauty, Lifestyles
Tagged Bilingualism, brain health
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2013 Growing Up Asian in America Art, Essay, and Video Contest: If I Were President
Every year, the Asian Pacific Fund hosts an art and essay contest on Growing up Asian in America. 2013′s theme is “If I were President”. San Francisco Bay Area students from Kindergarten through the 12th grade can submit essays, poems, … Continue reading
On the Chinese Traditional Practice of Postpartum Care, “Zuo yuezi”
I am surprised that the Chinese traditional practice “Zuo yuezi” (坐月子), sitting the month, referring to a specific diet and lifestyle of women after childbirth for one month, is considered a news story by a mainstream media. The Los Angeles … Continue reading
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Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant Or McDonald’s?
This time of year, for those who do not celebrate Christmas, and those who do not have family to celebrate Christmas with, there’s always the question of where you can go to eat on Christmas day, and traditionally that answer … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Current Events, Family, Food
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Future of Japan and What that Means for Japanese Americans
This past Sunday, the New York Times had an opinion piece title, “Without Babies, Can Japan Survive” by Alexandra Harney. The article discusses the problems facing Japan’s aging population and what kind of future Japan could have (assuming the current … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Politics
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