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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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Clean Slate”
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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Links: The Census and SROs, Indian Jews, Cruise Ships
The San Francisco Postal Service Should Be Ashamed It Won’t Deliver to Single-Room Occupancy Tenants. (SF Citizen) Twilight comes for India’s fading Jewish community. (CNN) Gay Cruise Ships are starting to dock in Asian ports, including Hong Kong and Taiwan. … Continue reading
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[Mar 31] NORTHERN CA: Growing Up Asian Panel in Palo Alto
Wednesday’s panel will include City Councilman Yiaway Yeh and Palo Alto High School teacher Arne Lim, both of whom grew up in Palo Alto, and students from Paly and Gunn. Klausner, Palo Alto PTA member Sunny Dykwel and Board of Education member Dana Tom will moderate a discussion of issues related to the city’s growing Asian population. The event is “Growing Up Asian in Palo Alto,” a presentation by the Palo Alto PTA Council.
All people, regardless of race, are invited to attend and participate,… Continue reading
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[Apr 1] SOUTHERN CA: ITASA 2010 West Coast Conference
The Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Student Association is a non-profit organization providing events and resources that explore and celebrate Taiwanese American identity in order to inspire, empower, and activate its community. ITASA is most notable for its regional conferences which take place in the West Coast, East Coast, and Midwest each year. Each school goes through a rigorous bidding process of having the privilege to host their region’s conference at their campus. West Coast schools… Continue reading
[Apr 1] NORTHERN CA: Macho Bravado
Asian American Theater Company’s world premiere of “Macho Bravado” by Alex Park. A Korean American soldier has returned from fighting in the Middle East to find a greater battle at home over his love, his identity and his masculinity. Confronted with questions of infidelity and self-doubt he and his wife struggle to maintain the macho bravado that defined their relationship before the war. This is a story that goes beyond the post-traumatic stress that a soldier and his wife experience, and vent… Continue reading
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Links: Cosplay Performances, NYC Eats
A cosplay performer plays on the edge of reality (SF Public Press) A Google Map of the best Chinese bakeries and restaurants in NYC’s Chinatown. (via Stan and Jenny8Lee) The Definitive History of Asian Men Dating Outside Their Race (Complex) … Continue reading
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Links: Brains and Cultures, that Asian Guy from Mythbusters & Anime Body Pillows
How Different Cultures Shape the Brain [Newsweek] Indian Students Wield Tests for College Spots [NYT] Golfer Michelle Wie is growing up and settling down [LAT] Grant Imahara from MythBusters on busting myths and building robots [Smart Planet] Korean Man Is … Continue reading
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[Mar 28] NORTHERN CA: American’s Failure to Protect Human Rights in Taiwan (Past, Present, and Future)
American’s Failure to Protect Human Rights in Taiwan (Past, Present, and Future)
Presentation by Michael Richardson
Date: March 28, 2010 (Sunday) 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Location: Taiwanese American Center-Northern California
4413 Fortran Court, San Jose, CA 95134
Sponsor: Taiwanese American Center-NC
Admission: Free
Information Contacts: John Hsieh (510) 784-7341; Taiwanese American Center-NC (408) 263-7188
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Michael Richardson is a freelance journalist and independent political cons… Continue reading
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Japanese American Gunman Charged in Teacher’s Slaying
A lawyer representing a 54-year-old Japanese man who was charged Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a Pasadena art college instructor said his client had become upset after hearing his wife subjected to “a racial and sexual slur.” The charged … Continue reading
Are Asian American men really small, or just insecure?
As most of you have noticed by now, I’m always interested in posting stuff about Asian American (straight) men’s issues and the rather annoying paradox of representation in American media: Asian American men bitch about not being represented in the … Continue reading
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[Mar 27] SOUTHERN CA: No-No Boy: A New Play by Ken Narasaki, based on the John Okada Novel
1946. Seattle, Washington. A Japanese American draft resister is released from prison and returns home to find nothing is as it once was. He struggles to piece together his war torn world.
Ken Narasaki’s stage adaptation of John Okada’s ground breaking novel No-No Boy is scheduled for its world premiere March 27, 2010. Originally published in 1957, the novel was re-discovered and republished in 1976 and has since become a staple of Asian American studies programs in universities across the coun… Continue reading
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On This Day: BoA, PostSecret, Obama’s hapaness
The one white girl at an LA BoA show clearly wants to drive back to Malibu. [By Ernie, one year ago today] Someone is terrified of Japanese businessmen on PostSecret. [By Moye, one year ago today] An observation about the … Continue reading
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[Mar 25] SOUTHERN CA: Asian Pacific Islander TV Pilot Shootout
More details to follow. Sponsored by FOX Diversity. The winner will receive the opporunity to pitch an executive at FOX. Continue reading
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