8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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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
An Asian American Halloween Story
With Halloween just around the corner, I have to admit that October 31st has never been one of my favorite holidays. That opinion would probably be a surprise to most Asian American kids. I mean, what’s not to like about … Continue reading
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Producer of K-Town Reality Show Writes About His Experiences
This piece, “No Time For Love, Dr. Jones! (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Produced a Reality Show)” was originally written for GeekWeek.com and has been reposted here with permission. By Mike Le …And you may think it … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Family, Lifestyles, TV
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Eddie Huang Mans-up on his Restaurant Review, Posts Mom’s E-mails
And now for what may just be a great documentary film subject in the making: after Chinese American urban chef Eddie Huang gets zero stars (!) for a review of his restaurant Xiao Ye in the New York Times, he … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Family, Food & Drink, Lifestyles, New York
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Missing Asian Women in America?
Most people already know that the one-child policy in China has caused a lot of sex based selection in children, causing an very lop-sided ratio of males to females in China. The United Nations estimates, there should be 40 million … Continue reading
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What Asian-American Kids Watch on TV: Phineas and Ferb
One of my sons’ favorite shows is a Disney Channel cartoon called Phineas and Ferb. It’s about two stepbrothers who have adventures while looking for things to do on a summer day. Phineas and Ferb are excellent engineers and builders … Continue reading
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Tagged Baljeet Rai, Disney Channel, Kelly Hu, Maulik Pancholy, Ming-Na, Phineas and Ferb, television
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The 8Asians Writers Talk About: Dryers And Dishwashers
Fellow blogger John, recently sent out an article to our internal mailing list on how clothes dryers are having a tough time in the Chinese marketplace. At first no one responded, maybe because most of us thought, “so what, that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Lifestyles, Observations, TalkAbout
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Buy A Murder House During Ghost Month
August 10 marked the start of Ghost Month, a Chinese and Taiwanese celebration based in superstition around wandering souls. There’s a belief that for one month out of the year, deceased souls can come out and visit the living. Because … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, Real Estate, San Francisco Bay Area
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Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy Now Available Online for Free
Earlier this year, I had reviewed the documentary film, Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy. The film had its national broadcast premiere this past week on PBS’s POV series. For a limited time, from September 1, 2010 through November … Continue reading
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3 Hilariously Contradictory Pieces of Advice Given to Pregnant Asian Women
By Anonymous Having now entered the second trimester of my pregnancy, there really is no denying that I’m knocked up — the belly seems to swell another inch every day and I think I’ve already started waddling. And as any woman who … Continue reading
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Does Your Child Listen To You? Culture May Play A Part
An interesting new study by Sheena S. Iyengar, a professor at the Columbia Business School and author of The Art of Choosing found that a culture’s views on choice affect task performance, decision-making, and happiness. Specifically Asian-American children perform best … Continue reading
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An Update on Filipina Nannies in Canada
On our post discussing the documentary “The Nanny Business” about the plight of Filipina Nannies in Canada, we got the following comment: We have been trying for months now to find a Nanny in Canada, with no luck. So we … Continue reading