So for Halloween this year, maybe I should dress up as white person. I mean, white people seem to think it’s OK to dress up as Asian, Native American and Middle Eastern people.
The costumes above are from an online store that even has categories for the ethnic flavoring of your choice, like “”Spanish/Mexican”. Alas, they are unable to help with my costume. There is no “White” category.
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We’re in the final stages of putting Issue 13 to bed, so I’ve been in super-editing and proofing mode. In two of our stories about Asian American literature, Amy Tan’s name comes up.
The girls from the Pan-Asian Repertory Theater's revival of The Joy Luck Club, from Broadwayworld.com
Continue reading "Does 'The Joy Luck Club' Need a Revival?"
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Big ups to Cielo Oreste, Hyphen's very own art director, for her recent collaboration with Timbuk2.
Continue reading "Mass Appeal"
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On Wednesday the Senate voted to kill debate of the Dream Act on the Senate floor. The Dream Act would grant provisional legal status to undocumented high school students and enable them to attend college.
Continue reading "Immigrant Students Kept Waiting"
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Finishing the Game: actors Roger Fan, Dustin Nguyen, director Justin Lin, producer Julie Asato
Thanks to everyone who made it out last Friday to Bruce or Bust, Hyphen's opening night party for Finishing the Game. The place was packed! We were excited to help promote independent Asian American films and toss a few back at the same time. Double whammy.
Continue reading "Bruce or Bust Party for Finishing the Game, Plus Far*east Movement"
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As the resident "America's Next Top Model" expert here at Hyphen, I was watching the CW last night and saw a commercial for "Aliens in America."
The show is about a socially-awkward teenage boy in Wisconsin trying to survive high school. To help improve her son's popularity, the mom decides to get an exchange student. But the exchange student turns out to be not who they expect: a Muslim teenager from a small village in Pakistan. Hilarity ensues.
Continue reading "AsianSpotting: Aliens in America"
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I just got a press release about the book Mythix I: Revelation by 12-year-old Justin Tse.
Continue reading "What's Up with Asian American Child Authors?"
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I have a theory that if I went through a database of American males under the age of 40 and, looking only at their first names, sorted out the Gilberts and Godfreys, the Howards and Hamiltons, they'd all be Asian. Pretty much. And actually, most of them would be Chinese: the sons of Chinese immigrants. If they're sporting oddly musty "Anglo" names that recall old white men in tweedy suits, I'm willing to bet.
Continue reading "Why is your name Winston?"
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Spoken word poets Bao Phi and Giles Li and emcee Kiwi kicked off their Beats, Rhymes and Rice tour last week to challenge “assumptions of Asian manhood in America.”
Continue reading "Beats, Rhymes and Rice"
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Lance Hahn, singer and guitarist for prolific punk rock band J Church and general icon of the American punk rock scene, died Sunday after complications relating to dialysis.
Continue reading "RIP Lance Hahn"
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Hyphen's been writing tidbits about Bobby Jindal for a while, whether it's in our "Heroes/Villains" chart back in Issue 8 or blogging about him.
Continue reading "Jindal Takes All"
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Who says Asian women can't drive?
Not guitarist/facial hair devotee Dave Navarro, who wrote about Verena Mei, the first Asian American woman and first import model to earn a NHRA Pro Drag Racing License, on his blog (linked from Gawker). Seems like his Internet radio show is one of her sponsors. Check out her site here.
Eat that, Devon Aoki. Too fast too furious indeed.
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Filipino Americans have been up in arms lately over the highly publicized Desperate Wives bashing of Filipino doctors, as Harry reported, and also about the way Frannie Richards, 33, was mistreated by employees at a Chicago H&M.
Continue reading "Is the 'Desperate Housewives' Slur Worth $500M?"
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It looks like John Cho of Harold and Kumar fame is going to be the new Sulu for the next Star Trek movie, according to multiple news stories and StarTrek.com.
Continue reading "John Cho to play Sulu"
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A couple of weeks ago I attended the Zine and Comic Expo at APAture, which is always a treasure trove of finds.
Continue reading "APA Zinestresses Rock My World"
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Vancouver Chinatown
I was in Vancouver's Chinatown last weekend, and I wondered: do all Chinatowns have a public cleanliness problem?
Continue reading "Are All Chinatowns Dirty?"
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The man who revolutionized running in the kitchen won the third season of Top Chef last night.
Continue reading "Hung Wins Top Chef"
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Swing by the Asian Art museum tonight and check out this month's MATCHA, the museum’s monthly Thursday evening mixer.
Continue reading "MATCHA: Heaven and Earth (SF)"
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There's a petition started that demands an apology for a derogatory remark about the Philippines made in last week's episode of Desperate Housewives.
Continue reading "Still desperate for Asian Americans on TV"
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The Houston Chronicle reports about the flourishing of Indian American newspapers in Houston, which has a huge South Asian population.
Continue reading "Indian American Newspapers Compete in Houston"
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Lately I've been thinking a lot about the role of grandparents -- and also other extended family -- in raising a child.
Continue reading "Grandparents"
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