Should an industry whose sales and marketing strategies feed guns to the black market be liable for shooting deaths?
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We all love stats, don't we? I love stats so much, that I made sure we did a sex survey for Issue 7 of Hyphen (out in a month! Keep your eyes peeled!) just so I could mess with stats. Sex Stats!
Until then, though, have a look at these Asian American community stats, extracted from the annual community survey, and prettily diagrammed.
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Check out Rasika Mathur Thursday night on the new MTV, Nick Cannon, comedy show Wild 'N Out. From what I hear, the show is a more hip hop version of something like Whose Line Is It Anyway, which sounds fresh. It is awesome to see South Asian sisters being represented by the likes of a loud, in-your-face comedian like Rasika, who I saw back in 2002 at this amazing South Asian arts festival in LA called Artwallah. Speaking of representations of South Asian women, this site had me laughing and identifying. While we are on the topic of strong South Asian women, I picked up the latest Stuff Magazine in the airport the other day because it was featuring the women of the latest Owen Wilson/Vince Vaughn vehicle The Wedding Crashers. I am interested in going to see this movie because the duo supposedly crash an Indian wedding in the movie. And sure enough, there was a South Asian women, Naureen Zaim in there posing in her skivvies. Anyway, reading her brief bio I found at that she is a semi-professional boxer who has a 6-0 record with two knock outs. Now that's badass.
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Now that Harry Potter #6 is out, I'm reminded of the ongoing controvery over Harry Potter's love interest, Cho Chang. I haven't read any of the books, so I'm wondering what those of you who have think about it.
Some people think it's a good thing to have an Asian featured so prominently in the story. Others think she's just another stereotype and point out that her name doesn't make a lot of sense. Apparently she is supposed to be Chinese. So why a Korean surname for her first name?
People have also been complaining about Katie Leung, the unknown Scottish actress who is playing Cho in the movie version. I'm not sure what the complaint is actually -- she hasn't done anything yet. Some people think she's not attractive enough for the part and are hating on her online. (Of course there are plenty of fan sites too.) Here's a story about it that ran a few months back. I can't believe people in the story below (I would link to it, but you have to register. Blah) questioned whether or not she could speak English. Um hello, she attends a prestigious prep school. What do you think?
Continue reading "Harry Potter's Girlfriend"
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Check this: a former assistant beauty editor at Ladies Home Journal was fired for blogging!
Nadine Haobsh lost two jobs -the LHJ and an offer from Seventeen Magazine --because her blogging was considered "unprofessional."
I know this isn't "Asian American" per se, but it's rather chilling to us bloggers --and who isn't a blogger these days? (Note: if you knock the last three letters off her name she could sound Chinese. Be on the lookout for other references that make this blog entry uniquely Asian American!)
Continue reading "The Truth Shall Get You Fired"
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Kayo Hatta, who directed Picture Bride, drowned to death last week in an apparent accident at a friend's pool.
Continue reading "Director Kayo Hatta dies"
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In case you were wondering, the Real ID Act of 2005 (mentioned in an earlier post on this blog) passed in May. This might become another leading edge in the new war of Centralization vs. States' Rights, one with real potential, unlike the medical marijuana fight, or abortion.
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It was bound to happen. Thought y'all might enjoy this.
It's from this site, created, presumably, to promote the book "Karate the Japanese Way", which title in itself begs the question. Hmmm ... self aware Asiaphilia smacks of the "asshole argument". You know the asshold argument: "Well, I'm an asshole, but at least I know I'm an asshole ..."
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Can't say I'm too surprise with Bush's pick for Supreme Court. Thoughts on nominee John Roberts here at Poplicks.
I meant to post this when I read it last week. Or maybe it was the week before. It's a story in the SF Chron about Asian American comedians. Besides Margaret. Kims of Comedy.
Continue reading "I Heart Michelle Wie"
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Phil Ting is being sworn in today as San Francisco's Assessor/Recorder, becoming the only Asian American to hold citywide office.
Ting was appointed by Mayor Gavin Newsom last week to fill a job vacated by Mabel Teng, who resigned amid a scandal over political patronage at the department.
Ting is a UC Berkeley and Harvard grad (full disclosure, my wife went to Harvard with him and is friends with him; we went to his wedding), was executive director of the Asian Law Caucus.
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The Intrepid Foundation has set up a fund benefitting children in Southeast Asian in the name of Mike Matsushita, an American who was confirmed as among the dead from the London terrorist bombings.
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Bai Ling talks about her career and her Playboy spread in today's San Francisco Chronicle.
Unlike China, in America she can get naked all she wants and have all the one-night stands she wants.
Continue reading "Bai Ling's Free Spirit Tells Her to Get Naked"
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And you know, it just wouldn't be a normal day in this world without another radio DJ saying racist shit. JR Gach and Pi (a.k.a. Shawn) on WRCZ 94.5 FM in Albany, NY referred to Asian Americans as "slant-eyed gooks," and characterized blacks as "cotton-pickers" and criminals.
Transcripts and more info here at Asian Media Watch.
Continue reading "Even More Racist Radio - Enough Already!"
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Hello. Very busy. Going out of town for work. But thought I'd leave you with these fine links:
It was only a matter of time before there would be a site like this: Bitter Asian Men Why are they so bitter? Cause white girls AND asian girls won't date them. Probably doesn't help when Jackie Chan says white guys should marry Chinese women in order to spread Chinese culture. Huh? Wow, that is whack.
Continue reading "Are You A Bitter Asian Man?"
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A former Bronx, N.Y., resident who left the country after 9/11 may be among the casualties of the London terrorist bombings.
Mike Matsushita, left the United States for either Australia, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, or Vietnam, according to the New York Daily News. In any event, he had moved to London recently and either moved to the United States as a kid from Vietnam or was born in the Bronx, depending on which story you believe.
Our thoughts are with Matsushita's family and the rest of the victims' families of this horrific event.
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On the fourth of July I sat on my cousin's deck, getting a slow sunburn and eating cold potluck. So far, so American. I also fell into a brief, if inevitable, discussion on the State of the Nation with a couple of friends, one of whom, apparently, had let her affinity group disperse. The inevitable upshot of the discussion was that we all believed that the hundreds of thousands of people who marched against the war in 2003, and the millions who disapproved of it, would rise up in support of some positive action ... but that no one had yet to propose a truly effective action.
Some rumblings from that conversation and from a recent article in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, have turned my attention towards a new initiative, currently limited to San Francisco, but with the potential to become a nationwide effort.
Continue reading "How to Kill a War"
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Admit it. You watch it. It's everywhere, and it's taken over America.
Reality TV. It's okay, I watch it too. Even "SuperNanny" on the really slow nights. And I couldn't turn off the marathon of "Gastineau Girls." Like most viewers, probably, I enjoy feeling superior to the rest of America when I watch, even as I feel guilty and sort of disgusted with myself afterwards.
There are a few exceptions. "30 Days," the new show from Morgan Spurlock of "Supersize Me" fame, is getting great reviews. (Participants spend 30 days living in someone else's shoes.)
"Crime and Punishment" was more like a documentary that shed light on the day-to-day workings of the criminal justice system.
But apparently reality TV can get a little too real. ABC's attempt to examine racial and class prejudice, called "Welcome to the Neighborhood" has been preemptorily cancelled before it even hit the airwaves, amid protests of racism, housing violations, and a complex morass of ethnic representational politics.
Read the AP article about it.
Continue reading "No One's Coming to Dinner"
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Rick Delgado, who was fired from New York's Hot 97 radio station earlier this year for his role in broadcasting the offensive Tsunami song, has been hired by Clear Channel Entertainment to head up KYLD-FM (Wild 94.9).
Continue reading "Tsunami Song Producer Coming To San Francisco"
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I've been following this case about NY Times reporter Judith Miller and Time reporter Matthew Cooper. Miller was jailed yesterday for refusing to name a confidential source for a story. Cooper avoided jail time by agreeing to testify, saying that his source had talked to him and Oked it. In the same case, Time Inc the corporation was also held in contempt and agreed to turn over Cooper's notes. (Lesson here: never talk to a Time reporter.)
Continue reading "What's in a Name?"
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Eww. When I said to my fellow Hyphenators that we needed more interesting, morally ambiguous, Asian Americans to write about, this wasn't exactly what I had in mind. On the other hand. She does make good copy.
Continue reading "Hapa Washingtonienne"
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So, I know you probably read this blog for the Asian American-ness of it. Hyphen is an Asian American magazine after all and maybe you want to know what the latest news is in Asian America, or get into a debate over race, or just see what the Hyphen staff is up to.
Perhaps you want to find out what happened to Michael Lohman, that Princeton grad student who was caught pouring his semen and urine into the drinks of Asian American women. And also secretly cutting their hair and saving it for masturbation. (Read the original blog posting here.)
Continue reading "Princeton Sicko Update & an Ant Invasion"
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