Blog Archive: July 2010

Blog Archive: July 2010

AAIFF Films: 'Other Nature'

Cynthia Brothers - July 22, 2010

 

Nani Sahra Walker's documentary Other Nature (2010) follows several Nepalese activists in their fight to include LGBTQ rights under Nepal's new democracy. In 2008, after transitioning out of centuries of monarchy, Nepal was the most recent nation to become a federal republic, which included an effort to write a constitution incorporating the needs of its citizens. While Nepal's Supreme Court has been the first in the world to recognize "third gender" (a category originated by advocates in Nepal's LGBTQ movement), implementation by the government, as well as societal attitudes, have been slow on the uptake. 

Undocumented Youth DREAM of Citizenship

Victoria Yue - July 21, 2010

Okay, so I realize that the headline doesn’t actually make that much sense when you see the DREAM acronym spelled out, but I can never resist a good (or bad) pun. DREAM stands for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, which is a proposed federal legislation that would permit undocumented immigrant students, who are otherwise law-abiding citizens, a chance to apply citizenship.

The Hyphenite's Social Calendar: Wounds Unkissed, Carmina Burana

Cynthia Brothers - July 21, 2010

Friday July 23rd -- NYC

Mouth to Mouth Open Mic

Asian American Writers' Workshop presents its sixth Mouth to Mouth open mic of the year. This month's open mic is hosted by comedian Ali Wong and writer Sung J. Woo (Everything Asian).

9 pm (sign-up at 8:30 pm)

Asian American Writers' Workshop

110-112 W 27th St, 6th floor, New York

$5 suggested donation

Jeremy Lin on Verge of NBA Contract with Golden State Warriors

Alvin Lin - July 20, 2010


Jeremy Lin is on the verge of signing a multi-year NBA deal. League insider Marc Stein tweeted that Jeremy Lin is going home to the Bay Area to play for the Golden State Warriors. Other interested suitors included the LA Lakers, the Dallas Mavericks, and an unnamed Eastern Conference team. Compared to the other suitors, Golden State was his best opportunity for NBA playing time in the near future. Hyphen covered Jeremy Lin last December, then as broader media coverage followed, and also as he finished the season as a finalist for the John Wooden and Bob Cousy awards, for the country's best Division-I basketball player and best point guard.

AAIFF Films: Masculinity in 'Mao's Last Dancer'

Joyce Chen - July 20, 2010

 

These days, masculinity in the media is taking on forms other than the Old Spice guy’s booming voice and log-rolling antics -- try ballet dancers and grand jetés in place of He-Man and power-punches. Bruce Beresford's Mao's Last Dancer is the kind of film that many Asian Americans have been long waiting to see following the questionable representations found in films like The Hangover and The Last Airbender (comical angry Asian mob bosses and sinister villains, respectively).

Same Shoes, Different Journey.

Theresa Celebran Jones - July 19, 2010

Via Angry Asian Man comes this episode of The Moth Podcast called "Chink." Told by Master Lee, the story is about his experience growing up as the only Chinese kid in his school in West Hartford, Connecticut, a town not far from where I grew up. Naturally, he was bullied and called a chink and got into fist fights every day, until a Bruce Lee flick came to the local drive-in. It's hilarious, and it felt like home.