Category Archives: (featured)

Are Comments of this Photo of Taiwanese Shaved Ice an Example of Culinary Racism?

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Ernie

This week, popular food blog Serious Eats put up a Flickr photo of a popular Taiwanese dessert hongdoubing, or shaved ice with condensed milk, red beans and flan. It was meant to be taken as food porn, but to a … Continue reading →

Posted in (featured), Food & Drink | 19 Comments

Racial Microaggressions

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Lily Huang

One night as I got home to my apartment building, some guys were hanging around outside. As I passed, one of them said something about Chinese food. It was something like, “Chinese food is the worst. It’s gross.” I might’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in (featured), Discrimination, Lifestyles | 17 Comments

Angry Asian Vlogger: Peter Chao

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Moye

Canadian vlogger and aspiring filmmaker Peter Chao has been making Internet waves over his YouTube videos, featuring his opinions on topics from Kanye West’s outburst at the MTV VMA’s to hot women, all while donning shades and a thick Chinese … Continue reading →

Posted in (featured), Lifestyles | Tagged , | 33 Comments

Jenna Ushkowitz Glees Her Heart Out

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Moye

Let’s talk about Glee. Not only is this new musical show one of the most hyped up series of the new TV season, but it also features a new face: Jenna Ushkowitz, an experienced Broadway actress who landed the role … Continue reading →

Posted in (featured), TV | Tagged , | 14 Comments

Alex Ko: The New Billy Elliot on Broadway is Asian!

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Jen

Thirteen year old Alex Ko has been named to be the new Billy Elliot on Broadway. A gifted dancer and half Chinese-American, Alex Ko is set to become the first Asian-American Billy Elliot in the Broadway production of the Elton … Continue reading →

Posted in (featured), The Arts | Tagged , | 9 Comments

Boston Mayoral Candidate Sam Yoon Thanks Asian American Community, Still Needs You

Posted on September 9, 2009 by John

City Councilmember Sam Yoon has been running for the mayor of Boston.  With the primary election on September 22nd, The Boston Globe did a nice profile of Yoon and his campaign, highlighting his background and breakthrough election in 2005: “In … Continue reading →

Posted in (featured), Current Events, Politics | 4 Comments

(500) Days of Summer’s Chinese Family Scene

Posted on August 30, 2009 by John

One of my favorite movies this summer and this year is the romantic comedy & tragedy (500) Days of Summer, following the ups and downs of a relationship between Tom and Summer over 500 days in non-chronological random order. At … Continue reading →

Posted in (featured), Current Events, Entertainment, Movies | 23 Comments

8 Questions for Asians Arts Museum

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Ernie

As previously blogged by Moye, the Asians Arts Museum — note the plural, it’s what threw me off — is a pretty detailed parody site of the Lords of the Samurai exhibit in San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum. So much … Continue reading →

Posted in (featured), 8Questions, The Arts | 13 Comments

More of my cousin, Daniel Liu (or maybe a little too much!)

Posted on August 25, 2009 by jozjozjoz

After I asked for people to keep an eye out for my cousin Daniel as his image begins appearing in commercial ads, I began receiving requests from people for asking for “introductions” and “more hot pixxx pls!” Um, sorry… no … Continue reading →

Posted in (featured), Family, Fashion, New York, Southern California | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 21 Comments

Hate Crimes are Not Funny: Asian American Groups Protest The Goods

Posted on August 21, 2009 by jozjozjoz

Asian American groups protest THE GOODS: hate crimes are not funny, originally uploaded by !!! :: jozjozjoz :: !!!. As reported by Angry Asian Man and also by 8Asians, various Asian American groups protested The Goods for its “Pearl Harbor” … Continue reading →

Posted in (featured), Current Events, Entertainment, Movies, Southern California | Tagged , , , , , | 12 Comments

Asian American Influences in Real Estate: Silicon Valley and Beyond

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Jeff

“You Asians Ruined Everything!” My Brother-In-Law, a realtor in Silicon Valley, was taken aback when a white real estate agent suddenly said this to him.  The agent was complaining about the negative practices of some Asian-American real estate agents.  My … Continue reading →

Posted in (featured), Business, Lifestyles, Local, Real Estate, San Francisco Bay Area | Tagged , , , , , | 11 Comments

Young Christians Try to Convert Indian Girl on YouTube

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Ben

When I saw this video off of one of my Facebook feeds, I just had to say… “wow.” While I respect religious beliefs, if this is what we’re teaching our children, then sometimes I just don’t know what to say.  … Continue reading →

Posted in (featured), Lifestyles, Observations, WTF | Tagged , , , , | 16 Comments