8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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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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Daughter of the Late Pat Morita Protests Karate Kid Remake
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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Frozen Flower: Reviews via Chat
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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Category Archives: Lifestyles
VIRAL LIKE SARS: Internet Meme Proposal
Take note, unoriginal-guys-thinking-of-organizing-flash-mob-proposals. This is how you combine viral pop culture with sappy milestones in your life. Timothy Tiah in Kuala Lumpur decided to take the jump and ask his girlfriend, Audrey, to be his wife. And the creative part … Continue reading
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Top 10 “Asian” Christmas Ornaments
It’s the holidays so I decided to forgo the hard hitting “research” based articles I usually write (The Science and History of the Asian Squat Or Do All Asians Have Flat Butts?) to bring to you something more in the … Continue reading
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Pokemon Yellow Gameboy Cartridge Soap
For some people gaming isn’t just a pastime but a way of life. For those who live, breath and eat gaming, they might as well wash with it, too. This Pokemon Yellow Gameboy Cartridge Soap ($5.00) is perfect for such … Continue reading
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Big Inari Sushi Kitty Pillow
It’s been a long time since we featured an item focused on our favorite thing: sushi. So when we found this Big Inari Sushi Kitty Pillow ($29.99), we had to jump on the opportunity. Measuring a whopping 14 inches across, … Continue reading
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8Days Giveaway: Akufuncture Gear
UPDATE: Congrats to our winners: Joshus Tadayoshi Kimura, Ariel, Pedro Gamuzza, and Sand! This is part of 8Asians’ 2011 “8Days of Giveaways” Celebration. Established in 2009, Akufuncture is dedicated to creating Chinese-inspired fashion, riding the fine dichotomy between high fashion … Continue reading
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5-piece Tea Set with Flower Design
It’s always great to wake up to a nice sunny day and start your day right with some tea. The 5-piece Tea Set with Flower Design ($48.24) is the perfect set that will enhance your tea drinking experience. You could … Continue reading
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Health Study Sees Rice as Source of Arsenic Exposure
Via US News: “New research finds that pregnant women in New Hampshire, which has high levels of arsenic in drinking water in some wells, may also be ingesting arsenic through rice…Karagas said arsenic levels in rice ‘should be monitored,’ although … Continue reading
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MyNinja! Classic Black Tee
If there’s one thing people assume Asians are, its a ninja. Take back the stereotype with one of these Classic Black Men’s Tee ($18) by MyNinja! About the company, they say: MyNinja! will never be a design, nor a shirt, … Continue reading
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How Vietnamese and Indian Immigrants become American
There are some who argue that becoming American means giving abandoning the culture from you come. Caroline B. Brettell and Deborah Reed-Danahay, say otherwise, based on their study of immigrant communities in Texas. How then do these communities become American? … Continue reading
“Good Asian Driver” Tee
We’ve all heard the stereotype: Asians are bad drivers. From personal experience, this isn’t true (although, if everyone thinks he’s an above average driver then 50% of people are wrong). So show off your pride in your driving with this … Continue reading
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Missing Chapters in Iris Chang’s “The Chinese in America”
Iris Chang’s book The Chinese in America is one of the very few books that chronicles a major Asian American community, the Chinese Americans. Of course, no one book could fully capture the incredible diversity of the Chinese American category … Continue reading
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Sabo Kappa Cactus Plushie Air Freshener
Nobody wants to see an air freshener lying around. There’s an entire industry dedicated to hiding them. This Sabo Kappa Cactus Plushie Air Freshener ($19.75) takes a new route: it is plainly visible, but so confusing that people will never … Continue reading
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