8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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Do Asian Women Have The Smallest Vaginas?
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Asian Pubic Hair Questions
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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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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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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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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Category Archives: Family
Do Asians Sleep the Least?
Ever since I took this class called Psychobiology of Sleep and Dreams, which discusses many topics on sleep disorders, studies regarding sleep and the significance of their findings, and even a comparative analysis of sleep amongst many animal groups, I … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, Lifestyles
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Chinese Girl Covered in Black Hair Abandoned By Parents
There are some strange things in the world. The story of this little 6-year old in China who has a “rare condition that causes her to grow hair on more than 60% of her body, including the left side of … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health
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The 8Asians Talk About Spanking
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
Posted in Family, Lifestyles, Observations, TalkAbout
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The Differences Between Asian Americans And Third Culture Kids
This guest article was originally published here and has been reposted with permission. By Daniel I was asked anonymously about the differences and similarities between TCKs (third culture kids) and Asian Americans. The person pointed out that they share some … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Lifestyles, Observations
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Breaking The Silence: Vagina Monologues and Domestic Violence
by Erin Jerri Malonzo Pangilinan I am a domestic violence survivor. It’s hard to have courage to speak these words to my family and close friends, let alone write that sentence for publication. I was afraid to talk about it. … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Discrimination, Entertainment, Family, Lifestyles, The Arts
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Honor Student Diana Tran Jailed for Missing School
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eJrKi0jKao Abandoned by her parents, Diane Tran works a full and part time job to support two siblings while being a honor student taking AP courses and college level courses, but was jailed for a night and fined $100 after … Continue reading
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Gets A New Asian Wife!
Congratulations are in order for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his new wife, Priscilla Chan! Yes, the latter may have been Zuckerberg’s longtime girlfriend but she has now officially joined the ranks of other Asian trophy wives like Wendi Deng, … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Current Events, Dating, Family, Lifestyles
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Minorities Are Now Majority Of U.S. Births, Census Says
From USA Today: “For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S,” The Associated Press writes. News from the Census Bureau is “a sign of how swiftly the USA is becoming … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Family, Lifestyles
Tagged American minorities, births, census, Family
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South Korea’s Adoption Day & the Transnational Network Of Families
According to this article from the Wall Street Journal, May 11th is Adoption Day in South Korea. The article interviews Jane Jeong Trenka, who was adopted from South Korea to the US. She currently works in South Korea as the president … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Education, Family
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How High Heels Are Today’s Foot-binding
When I read the article about Chinese foot-binding in the Los Angeles Times, I really found it highlighted the complexity of the practice of foot-binding. On the one hand it was a painful, dangerous, demeaning, and debilitating practice that women … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Family, Fashion, Health, Lifestyles
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100 Years Of Asian American Immigration Documents To Be Publicly Available
I have always envied white Americans who talked about researching their genealogy as what little of my family’s written records were lost in WWII, but soon, some other Asian Americans will not have that envy. Immigration records for Asian Americans, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Education, Family, History, Lifestyles
Tagged documents, history, immigration, records
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The Past, Present, And Future Of Asian American Basketball
With a knee injury ending Linsanity for the 2012 regular season, one might wonder about the future of Asian American basketball. Is all of the current enthusiasm over basketball just a temporary craze that will fizzle out? Will another Jeremy … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Discrimination, Family, History, Lifestyles, Sports
Tagged AAU Basketball, Jeremy Lin, Wat Misaka
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