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: Observations
How To Be A Bad Asian: I Love Kung Fu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA4YXXI2J7M 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 … Continue reading
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The 8Asians Talk About Their New Years Blogging Resolutions
So 2012 has finally arrived. According to many, it marks the coming of the end of the year. To others, it’s just another 365 days of life. For us here at 8Asians, it’s a chance to refresh, restart, make and … Continue reading
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The Rice that Binds
By Margaret Sharpe I used to envy girls whose mothers had hot-glue guns at home. Do you know how many cool things that could be done with a hot glue gun? Forget the fact that some of these girls already … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Lifestyles, Observations
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Timothy Yu: “Has Asian American Studies Failed?”
Via English and Asian American Studies College Professor Timothy Yu: “…it would seem that Asian American studies has a long way to go in reshaping the larger public discourse on Asians in America. We can’t expect every college graduate to … Continue reading
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Tiger Mom Reveals Herself As Laissez Faire College Mom Almost One Year Later
It’s almost been a year since the Wall Street Journal excerpted Amy Chua’s book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, in an article called “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” on January 8th, 2011 – which became the most popular article … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Family, Lifestyles, Observations
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Mixed Reactions Over Kim Jung Il’s Death
I wish my Grandfather were still alive so that I could ask him what he thinks about the passing of North Korea’s Kim Jung Il. My Grandfather was a very wise and gracious man. He never made an unfavorable comment … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Family, Observations, Politics
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The 8Asians Talk About: Yu Darvish and Japanese Baseball Players
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, people … Continue reading
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The 8Asians Talk About: Ching, Chong and Chick-Fil-A
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 Discrimination, Food & Drink, Observations, TalkAbout
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Chinese-Taiwanese Familial Relations
It has not been easy for my Taiwanese family and my Chinese in-laws to understand each other. That is a gross understatement and for now we’ll leave it at that and table the wildly contentious, high-tension stories for another time. … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Family, Lifestyles, Observations, Politics
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The Walking Dead: Glenn & Maggie Fall for Each Other
My first post on Glenn and Maggie’s “one night stand” on AMC’s The Walking Dead was a bit tongue in cheek, kind of stating that the only way an Asian American man could “get” a white woman was if we … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Entertainment, Lifestyles, Observations, TV
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What Do White Supremacists Think of Asians?
A Japanese American veteran of the Second World War told me a story that always stuck in my head. He said that while he was training in the South, he and his fellow Japanese American soldiers went into a restaurant … Continue reading
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Monster Energy
It’s not everyday you get to see an Asian American break dancing on TV. But in this commercial for Monster Energy, we get to see Chuck Maa from Instant Noodles crew (of MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew fame) show his … Continue reading
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