Tag Archives: women

Chinese American Author Wakes Up Chinese Girl Power

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Shako Liu

I sat down with Joy Chen, a Los Angeles based author, weeks ago for a story I am working on, which is about Chinese “leftover women,” a Chinese social phenomenon stigmatizing educated, urban and single women over age 27. Chen … Continue reading →

Posted in 8Questions, Books | Tagged chinese, do not marry before age 30, gender equality, joy chen, women | 19 Comments

Higo Pocket Knife

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Guest Writer

They don’t make things like they used to… or do they? The Higo Knife ($60) by Miyamoto Manufacturing Co. has a story dating back to 1920. Originally developed by Tasaburo Murakami in 1894, this all purpose tool is still made … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessories | Tagged blade, gift, knife, men, pocket, pocketknife, tool, women | Leave a comment

Vivek Wadhwa On Race, Gender, and Meritocracy in Silicon Valley

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Jeff

When Vivek Wadhwa founded a tech company, he was advised by fellow Indian Americans to have a white “front man” to pitch company to venture capitalists. Moving to academia in an attempt to slow down from the hectic tech business … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Discrimination, Local, San Francisco Bay Area | Tagged african-americans, gender, race, Silicon Valley, The Indus Entrepreneurs, TIE, Vivek Wadha, women | 7 Comments

Mirai Nagasu Joins the U.S. 2010 Olympic Women Figure Skating Team

Posted on January 25, 2010 by John

Over the weekend, Arcadia, California native and sixteen year old Mirai Nagasu came in second place in the 2010 US Figure Skating Championship to secure a spot on the U.S. women’s figure skating team for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Earlier … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Local, Southern California, Sports | Tagged Arcadia, figure skating, ice skating, Kristi Yamaguchi, Michelle Kwan, Mirai Nagasu, Olympics, Sports, suicide, women | 1 Comment

Kim Jong Il Loves Women, Doesn’t “Violence Women Domestically (or internationally)”

Posted on January 19, 2010 by jozjozjoz

If you’ve been on Facebook in the last couple of months, then you might have been inundated with requests to vote in Chase’s Community Giving Facebook Campaign. With financial resources drying up for many organizations, this campaign has been a … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Comedy, Technology | Tagged Asian, Asian-American, comedy, community, community service, Danny Cho, domestic violence, Facebook, Kim Jong-Il, nonprofit, sexual abuse, women | 2 Comments

My Time in Cambodia: Cleanin’ Like My Momma

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Jude

Now that I’m living in an actual “third world” country — instead of just studying about one — I find it important to be aware of what I’m seeing and how it connects to the ideas and “truths” I learned … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations | Tagged broom, cambodia, cleaning, domestic, foreigner, gender inequality, Khmer, labor, Phnon Penh, poverty, sweep, women | 5 Comments

Depression, Suicide and Asian American Women: My Story

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Guest Writer

By June Some questions were raised in a recent interview in NPR about why there is a high percentage of suicide among Asian-American women. There are allusions to the high pressures of Asian parents and the usual stereotypes of submissive … Continue reading →

Posted in (featured), Family, Observations | Tagged depression, mental health, suicide, therapy, women | 19 Comments