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Do Asian Women Have The Smallest Vaginas?
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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My Visit to San Francisco’s Angel Island Immigration Station
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Category Archives: Family
Ask an Asian: Are the Majority of Young Japanese Americans Part White?
Every so often, we here at 8Asians get e-mails asking for advice. Here is one such e-mail received last week: I found this quote on Andrew Sullivan’s blog: “a large majority of Japanese-Americans born in the 1980s and 1990s have … Continue reading
Posted in Ask an Asian, Family, Lifestyles
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Hapas, Quapas, and More: Multiracialism Redefining “Asian American”
“I’m half Japanese, and my husband is all Irish. Our kids have very Celtic coloration — pale skin and fair hair. They’re not obviously Asian in appearance at all, and yet they still feel very connected with that part of … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Family, Lifestyles
Tagged Apl.de.ap, hapa, Lisa See, multiracial asian americans, Quapa, Rebecca Chiyoko King O'Riain
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What Asian-American Kids watch on the Internet: The Morning Benders’s Excuses
When I drove my car after letting The Daughter use it, I noticed that she had replaced one of my CDs with one that she had burned. I decided to listen to her CD, and there was one song I … Continue reading
The Korean Unwed Mothers Support Group: Resources for Single Moms
A friend who is doing doctoral work in anthropology recently shared this article about the Korean Unwed Mothers Support Group, which “enable[s] Korean women to have sufficient resources and support to keep their babies if they choose, and thrive in … Continue reading
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Are South Koreans Done with Corporal Punishment?
We’re almost in the family way, so there are a plethora of conversations about kids and discipline in this house. The old adage “spare the rod, spoil the child,” seemed fairly operative in a lot of my Korean friends’ childhood … Continue reading
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How To Be A Bad Asian: Turning Out Gay
Life is hard enough as an Asian. Not all of us can get perfect SAT scores, graduate from medical school or trick out a Honda Civic. The pressure to embrace our culture remains but sometimes, we just don’t want to. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, How To Be A Bad Asian, LGBT
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Trust Women Month: Why Asian Americans Need to Stand Up for Reproductive Rights
by Sophia Yen MD MPH I have always felt that Asian-Americans could be counted upon to support reproductive rights and this great article on Asian-Americans and abortion at New American Media has some statistics backing my gut feeling: The National … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Family, Health, Lifestyles
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How To Be A Bad Asian In More Ways Than One
Life is hard enough as an Asian. Not all of us can get perfect SAT scores, graduate from medical school or trick out a Honda Civic. The pressure to embrace our culture remains but sometimes, we just don’t want to. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, How To Be A Bad Asian, Lifestyles, Observations
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NY Times Infographic: Who’s Marrying Whom?
Source: NY Times The NY Times ran an interesting infographic last week showing an interesting snapshot of mixed race marriages in America, and in particular of how prevalent mixed race marriages are in Asian America. One of the interesting trends … Continue reading
Breaking News: Bruce Lee Had a Thing for White Girls!
It never ceases to amaze me when there are 8Asians commenters that continue to use Bruce Lee as a figure for dating exclusively Asian. While Mr. Lee was very proud of his Asian heritage, he himself was a quarter Caucasian … Continue reading
Book Review: Grandfather Counts by Andrea Cheng
I was recently sent a review copy of Grandfather Counts by Andrea Cheng. It caught my eye immediately, as the premise reminded me of an event in my own childhood. While the book isn’t new (it was published in 2000 … Continue reading
The 8Asians Talk About: Contradictory Advice from Asian Parents
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, TalkAbout
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